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WORDS Of HOPE Moving household goods is big business in America. H?e natives are restless! Hie big city sttracts small-town dwellers. Suburbs attract city dwellers. Hie country promises to satisfy the nos talgia for a simpler ? ?>: life style. The " up ward mobility" urge drives fapiQies from place to place in search of better positions and greater success. Young people Often feel that a college or university in a distant state has to be better than the one in the next city. Often the urge to move results from a desire to run away from problems. "If I could only live in '' Middle town"--surely things would be better for me." Some families pull up stakes in search of greater opportunities for their chil dren. Sometimes the mi gretoiy urge comes from a desire for new and different experiences. Hie rationali zation may be somewhat as follows: "Other people are on the move--what am I doing here?" Sometimes, moving to a new environment is the thing to do. Hie experience may be profitable and en riching. It may be a necess ity for s multitude of good reasons. There are many cases, however, when the entire family would be better off to "stay put" Moving turns out to be an exchange of one set of problems for another. We take ourselves with us wherever we go! A few years ago, a college professor received an invita tion to join the faculty of a college 1,000 miles from where he was living. Hie professor wrote the presi dent of the inviting college as follows: "I can think of many good reasons for com ing to your campus, but I can't think of a single good reason for lesving where I ?ml" Orien re urea people ue come obsessed with the idea that they must move. 80 they buy a hotebTftf igf MyOk countryside, or overlooking the sea, or in a fragrant forest. Soon they discover that their friends of many years have not followed them to their new "para dise." Other unexpected problems develop and it is not unusual for the retirees to return to the community where they lived and worked tor so long. Robert Schuler of the "Hour of Rower'' television program once distributed some little magnets to hold slips of paper on the surface of a refrigerator. On one of these magnets was the line, "Bloom where you are plan ted." This idea makes a lot of sense. If you are planted in a situation where you have to_ wont nard ai a noi too interesting job, it may be better to "bloom" there than to "wilt" in some lets favorable situation many miles and many dollars away. If you planted in a com munity where you have had distressing experiences let's say a divorce or a business failure or an en counter with the law-don't feel that your problems will automatically disappear as the result of a change in geography. Unless you are certain such a change would be an improvement, perhaps it might be better to "bloom where you are planted." If your children are run ning with the wrong crowd and causing you endless heartache and worry, are you sure that a new ?location is the solution? It may be. But there are many ways of facing the issues where you are that will provide a more satisfying and lasting solution. If you feel frustrated- if there seems to be nothing worthwhile you can do- it is possible that a new envi ronment might make your frustration even worse. Have your tried to discover the reasons for your unhappi ness? Perhaps the solutions are near at hand- even within yourself. "Bloom where you are planted." Get acquainted with uie needs of your neighborhood, your church, your community, your rela tive*. IMeifi to interpret good intentions into con structive actions. Remember the command of Him who said,'' Love your neighbor as yourself." You will be sur prised at the opportunities that knoci at your door if you are listening. Continued From Pope 2 year and a half during evenings and plana to com plete requirements for an associate degree. "I'd like to be in man agement one day, so I need that degree," Peters said. "If I move this time, at least ril have something to show for it" 'By the end of the week, Peters will find out whether he passed the final section Quantitative Methods-of a Certification Data Process ing (CDP) exam, a national exam that is administered by the Institute for the Certifi cation of Computer Profes sional* A computer programmer passing the CDP is similar to an accountant earning CPA (certified public accountant) 'status. "Just talking with him, you can tell he has a varied background." said Business Computer Instructor Connie Ivey. "Especially in compu ters. I just wonder where he picked those things up." ft started with the field trip. Peters, so enthralled by his visit to UCLA, immediat ely enrolled in evening ana weekend classes at Los Angeles Harbour College - and spent the next two years studying computer science. He was IS. "I was still in high school; they wanted you to have a 8.S average before they'd let you enroll." Peters said. "I took nothing but computer classes On Saturdays, I'd go in at 8 (a. m.) and stay until 5 (p.m.) even though class eras over at 12. I Used for It" Aftsr graduating from I, l ,h a-tnJ t-A nign icimw, mnv mv California for Floraee. &C. : where Ids stater lived. "I wished I could have ' stayed near home, butcondi tjoos didn't pemdt," ha ' said. "1 wanted a place to got a good atari LA ta rough If you doa't have a degree." Peters found plenty of work in Florence and manag ed to attend FV&ncis-Marion College in his spare time. He wrote application programs for a textile plant and held part-time jobs as a consul tant for a computer services firm and as an accountant and programmer for an insurance company. ft wasn't long before h< heard about an opening at Southeastern General and made the move without hesitation. Peters, 25, has been at SEGH for three and a half years. "At the time, experience was more important," he said. "By getting in the first door, that led to everything else. At first I worked for less than the going rate but later on the salaries went up. "At Southeastern, I found opportunity and I wanted to prove myself. The hospital had the latest in computer equipment" His experience has been a help to other students in the computer program. And he has learned as well, especia lly in the area of software applications. "What they've taught here has been very applica ble to where I work," Peters said. "Especially in dealing with personal computers. I've been able' to teach others where I work about applications that are becom ing universal in the business worid, like Lotus 1, 2, 8, and dbase manager. "Six months ago I took Cobol I and Q. which is working with mainframes; they're master need by big business, fortune 600 com panies like ISM." Once IVters has his de gree, he'll be looking ahead. "They (SEGH) don't wan* to hold me doWn." he said. "If there's a battel opportu nity. they won't hold m? beck; therwant the best for me." Happy Birthday Little Mist Brooke Coher LockLear celebrated, her 7th birthday at Pembroke Ele mentary School with all of her classmates. Brooke't parents are Mr. and Mrs. Gary Locklear of Pembroke. Every one had a good time at Brooke's party. She is in Ms. Joyce Maynor't class. ' I Photo hy Luvenia Hunt] * 'I i 4 775 WISE TO ADVERTISE Happy Birthday Steven Ray Huddleeton, ton of Mr. and Mrt. 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