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  • Taking ownership in your career

    Have you noticed that if you buy or make something yourself, you tend to take better care of it than if someone else gave it to you? Honestly, do you drive a rental car like it is your own vehicle? Doesn't a home cooked meal taste better than mass produced food? When you spend your own time and

  • Savvy savings during holiday season

    It's nearing the end of October, and when you go into any store - grocery store, department store, discount store - what do you see? A mix of Halloween, Thanksgiving and even December holiday displays!It feels like the holiday displays and decorations come out earlier and earlier each year. Stores

  • Great Leadership

    At the last NCO academy graduation, we were pleasantly surprised to have the fifth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force, Robert D. Gaylor, officiate. While he is retired, he still continues to serve as a great enlisted leader. Chief Robert D. Gaylor is a man who lives standards, and does so with a

  • The right side of the equal sign

    I was always okay at math, but it took a lot of effort, and it always seemed very easy to forget. My daughter is now in sixth grade and, apparently, I was absent a lot that year. As I was helping with her homework the other night, I had to break out the calculator to check her work. Fortunately,

  • Domestic Violence is a community issue

    I had been traveling and visiting counties all day dropping off brochures, hanging posters, meeting with counselors and law enforcement. I didn't return to San Angelo until later that evening and was ready to go home. I thought I'd just stop by my office at the shelter to drop off my belongings and