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Hero of the Week May 16, 2012

April 19, 2012 by Last Pair of Boots

With all the recent publicity about the firing of Coach Bobby Petrino, I must share something I witnessed wednesday evening while attending a joint meeting of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, Parks, Travel and Tourism Commission and  Highway Commission.  We were all invited to a wonderful evening reception and dinner at the NW Arkansas Botanical Garden.  After dinner, UofA Chancellor, Dave Gearhart was the speaker/MC.  He began by acknowledging the media coverage of the firing reminding us he could say very little because of the pending appeal process.  However, he did say “I have never been so proud of a University of Arkansas employee than I was of Athletic Director, Jeff Long for the way he handled all aspects of this high profile situation.”  With that, approximately 300 people gave a standing applause of unanimous approval.
Clearly, the entire leadership deserves praise for making Arkansas proud … proud of the courage, integrity and character it took to stand on principle … the “Do Right Principle”.

Jeff Long is my hero of the week

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First Steps with Computers

April 19, 2012 by Last Pair of Boots

I remember the first time I sat down to a computer … actually the first and second times.  The first was a small Apple I won in a drawing at the National Office Products Convention.  Frankly, I thought I was “pretty with it” because I could actually push the on button and the screen came to life.  Well, that’s about as far as I got with this little bit of new technology.  The second time was in the mid 1990’s when the City of Little Rock IT Department decided the Mayor should become computer literate.  This attempt was a bit more successful and ultimately served as the gateway for my interest in computers and their practical applications in my business and personal world.  Thank goodness for the patience of our IT staff as I stumbled thru simple tasks … left and right click, menus, control /alt / delete, and escape.
Today, as I post my first blog entry, I feel somewhat like that very first visit with a computer except I now am less intimidated and more excited to travel down this new trail and adventure

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