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Back to School

    It is almost back to school time. Children, young adult college students are back for another year of hitting the books and renewing friendships at school. It is also back to work for the professors, teachers, secretaries, janitors and school bus drivers. I am very fortunate to deliver the Rivers Banner and the Virden Empire advance to the schools in Rivers, Oak River, Hamiota, Virden, Elkhorn and Reston. At each school, every time I drop off the paper, I am greeted with a smile and how are you doing? Those front-line people who I meet, and you know who you are, always make my day. It is so nice to be greeted that way. They do an awesome job and I just want to say thank-you to each and every one of you. I hope you have a fantastic year at whatever school you work in.

Thank-you to all the bus drivers who are responsible for delivering your children safely from home to school and back, you do an awesome job as well. 

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     All of my children attended Oak Lake school over the course of a number of years and had such fine educators. One statement that Mrs. Brenda Masson said in a greeting to parents and students at an occasion at the school that has stuck with me, was that the staff at Oak Lake school taught our kids to be good citizens! What a powerful statement! My hope would be is, that statement would resound in every school this year. Teachers, Educators thank you for teaching and I hope all will learn the word respect and for all to be great citizens, Lord knows our society needs it.