Traveling for work can test your marriage
“I’m a crane operator. I kind of go where the work is. I have a list somewhere of all the places I’ve been. I haven’t been in every state, but I’ve been in all different regions...
Author: David Berkowitz
He’s still recovering from freak Army accident
“I just finished my term in the military. I was in the Army for four years, but I got hurt on a convoy. “It happened at a training facility in California. I was riding in the...
Short-term memory not what it used to be
“My son gave me a book, the story of my life. It’s a great, big book. It has all these questions in it, and you just answer the questions. The trouble is, I can’t write a...
Her philosophy on life was to always help others
“The first day I was in nursing school the teacher asked each of us, ‘What is your philosophy on life?’ I said, ‘I shall pass through this world but once. Any little thing that I can...
She learned the concept of hard work from parents
“I grew up in Elgin, Oregon, way up in the hills and the mountains. I was a farmer’s daughter. We were what they called shoestring farmers. We didn’t make very much money. You lived year to...
Busboy, pizza jobs as youth paying off now
“Before I left Chicago, I was a union carpenter. It slowed down a lot because of the Freddie Mac/Fannie May deal. There were no houses getting built because of all the bad loans. I was laid...
Military background prepares her for 911 role
“It can be pretty chaotic. Like Sunday, my first call was a homicide. There are people on the phone screaming and you’re hearing them talk to EMS and saying, ‘He just stopped breathing. He’s dead.’ Listening...
911 dispatcher enjoys doing something selfless
“The hardest part is trying to find out where the caller is located. People don’t think about it when they call 911. They start to ramble because they’re so scared. “The first thing out of my...
Students learn skills to help them land jobs
“I really enjoy seeing our Opportunity Center clients succeed in life and accomplish things they never thought they could. “I saw a little girl today who mentioned that she just wrote her name, which was a...
Client takes job interview into his own hands
“One of my client’s goals was to work at Golden Corral. So I arranged an interview with the manager, and the two of us went over there. “He was so nervous, I think he drank like...
