I entered the beginning of my seventh year here at MATC this week. This is the best place that I have ever worked with some of the finest people I have ever known. Thanks for putting up with me.
Marilyn Mahan was featured presenter of the afternoon at the last Teachnical Education Authority meeting. She provided an overview of the efforts throughout the region to prepare technicans for jobs working in laboratories with a strong emphasis on Bio-Sciences. She did a wonderful job.
The MATC Flag Football Tournament finished up last Thursday night. In the playoffs were the White Coats vs. Polar Bears in which the Polar Bears came out victorious. The other game featured Old School vs. Team Kojak in which Team Kojak came out victorious. The championship game feature the Polar Bears from HVAC and Team Kojak from EPD and the Winner-Winner Chicken Dinner is…..POLAR BEARS!!!!! Nice work HVAC, the EPD squad graciously gave up the MATC Flag Football traveling trophy and it will now be down in the HVAC department for the next year.
Last Thursday’s Veteran’s Day ceremonies featured Dr. Paul Barkey, US Army Retired Champlain as the speaker. While there was a smaller representation than in year’s past it was a good opportunity to recognize those who served their Country at one of the highest levels possible.
Auto Collision Repair has been practicing their painting skills before attacking the larger vehicles. These bowling pins were provided by Mr. Drew Kirkland, one of the ACR program advisors. Imagine these at the end of a bowling lane…”We are now going to go for the 7/10 split by knocking down the gold and purple pins”.- I was asked to speak to 75 folks at this month’s “Good Morning Manhattan” on Thursday. Imagine me talking about MATC with a five minute time limit; Oh the pain. It was a good opportunity to network and still have fun surprising a few folks about what we do out here that they hadn’t thought about.
- Flu Shots were given this week on campus. We had about thirty people participate. With Flu season coming on I want to remind everyone; IF YOU ARE SICK, STAY HOME. The rest of us thank you.
This year’s Arc Welding competition winners are: Beloit with the highest cumulative score, and…drum roll please… MATC, who took individual 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Of the 123 participants from 11 technical schools and colleges in Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri MATC students also placed 7th, 9th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 21st, 24th, 44th, 47th, 49th, and 89th. Well done gang!
Did you know, the event that Americans commonly call the first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 to give thanks to God for helping the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony survive their first brutal winter in New England.[2] The first Thanksgiving feast lasted three days providing enough food for 53 pilgrims and 90 Native Americans.[3] The feast consisted of fowl, venison, fish, lobster, clams, berries, fruit, pumpkin, squash, beetroot and turkey.[4] (Wikipedia)
Did you also know that on my mother’s side we are direct descendants from John Alden and Pricilla Mullins who were the first pilgrims from the Mayflower to marry in the “New World” at the Plymouth Plantation? 389 Thanksgivings later we still give thanks for being able to live in this great country.- Two personal notes: When I said that I hoped we would not experience the “never two without three” phenomenon a couple of weeks ago I never expected the third to actually come true. We lost Brenda’s Mother on the 7th. While she had been in managed care for some time her passing was unexpected. We wish to thank all for your sympathies and flowers.
On a happy note, this week is Brenda and my 10th anniversary. I consider myself to be a very, VERY lucky man.
Rob
