Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

The Lumberjack Issue 8, 3 May 1989, p. 6

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Page 6 Moments Captured From Awards Night Student Senate Members Ri Roger B. Phillips Presents Basketball Award Fournier Offers Insight Into Community Colleges I wonder ee Td be today a He had not had th Etec te Be ee is to I define attend Flint Collese (now ica Community College). After two years at Mott I spent 20 years in the United States Air Force; tetiring in 1981 as a Major with a masters degree from Central Michigan University in Business Management. I often advise people on career choices. I usually advise a young person who is interested in a military career to get all the college they can before entering the service of their choice. The most important advantage to military service is the educational opportunities. It is more difficult today to get into the service, therefore to some the community college is the best alternative to a better future. The greatest advantage of a community college is it's location. Providing quality education to Satisfy a wide range of Alpena Area needs is the mission of ACC. More specifically, I believe my mission as head of the Data On the lighter side.... Quotes and Comments By Mike Rhea -The trouble with inferiority complexes is that the right people don't have them. -If at first you don't succeed, deny you even tried. Early to bed and to rise, and you'll never meet the rich and famous. -Those who live in glass houses have faded furniture. -When somebody tells you nothing is impossible, ask them to dribble a football. -There are two types of people who don't say much, those who are quiet, and those who talk too. much. -There are two speeds on the Streets of Alpena, so fast you get a ticket, and so slow you're late. Tiecey as the aa of an application that can better be done on a computer. This implies a person knows as application ans how a computer can be used to assist someone working ‘with that application. I tell my Introduction to Data Processing students the purpose of the cour: is confidence. Confidence ieee interest, interest begets experience, experience begets knowledge and completing the cycle knowledge begets confidence. Whether one believes the purpose of the college is experience, knowledge or avocation courses- one should agree that confidence is the common product of al healthy human growth processes. Equally as important, I see ACC as the primary instigator and facilitator for change in the Alpena area. With this comes the great responsibility for understanding of the needs and desires of the community. Sometimes these needs and desires have to be more simply defines and otherwise made clear so change is seen as good and healthy for the community's welfare and future growth. I am proud to be a player in the game so important to our community and ultimately to our world's success. -Auto-Bliss is that brief happy time between the last car payment and the first repair bill. -The reason parents blame things on the younger generation is that there is only one other choice. -In order to maintain a proper attitude on life, those who have a dog to adore them should also have a cat to ignore them. -Eternity is hard to conceive of unless you've had to sit through lecture hall. -Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it themselves. -For thought: The word listen has the same letters as the word silent. -Teen-agers were put on this earth to keep adults from using the telephone too much. -First drafts of common titles: Give me Liberty, or forget it! Leave it to k, Burger -While money can't buy everything, it sure puts you in a great bargaining position. -Intelligence is spotting the flaw in the bosses reasoning, wisdom is not pointing that flaw out. -The only difference between stupidity and bravery is timing. BENCOMP INC Computerized Business Solutions Sales © Service ¢ Training ¢ Support| Phone: (517) 354-4413 109 S. Second Avenue Alpena, MI 49707 Duke. Romeo and Julie. Ben Him. Get a Forestry Education in one of Michigan’s most beautiful areas Michigan Technological University School of Forestry and Wood Products Houghton, MI 49931 Write for a free brochure Michigan Technological University is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity employer.

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