[Vision2020] Say What?

Thu Dec 1 23:23:16 PST 2011

Greetings Visionaries:

Thanks, Janesta.  Your story brought back teenage memories.

I picked pears in the orchards of the Rogue River Valley for two summers in the late 1950s.  My workmates were Mexicans on the Bracero Program.  I was the only illegal on the job.  I was big for my age but I was only 14.  One day I picked 150 boxes and I remember the temperature was 115 degrees.  At 15 cents per box that was a very good day's work.

I learned a good work ethic from depression era parents, who were some of the first composters and recyclers in Medford, Oregon.

Every job well done has dignity,

Nick

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. 

-Greek proverb

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com on behalf of Janesta
Sent: Thu 12/1/2011 10:06 PM
To: Jay Borden
Cc: Moscow Vision 2020; Penni Cyr
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?

In 1968, my dad was administrator of Crestview Terrace Nursing Home. He
gave me a job in the laundry, mangling cotton sheets for a whole 25 cents
an hour! It was wicked, hot work, but at least I had a radio. I worked
about 4 hours a day. To this day, my favorite Stephen King story, is The
Mangler. *laugh*

The next year, he purchased Paradise Villa Nursing Home, now Aspen Park...
The summer of 1969, I had the thrill of washing windows, inside and out.
What I remember the most about washing those windows, was as soon as they
were done, it would rain. Just a touch of rain, and a puff of dust, to muck
up my hard work... and it was start all over again!
The next year, I graduated to housekeeper. Boy, did the promotion puff my
head! My second week, my prideful bubble was burst, when after bragging to
Dad how I'd cleaned 10 rooms before noon. He said "Daughter, everyone of
these people is some body's grandma, grandpa, sister, brother. This is
their home now. You are not to rush in and out of rooms, but visit with
each person, as if they were your grandma, or grandpa." It was then I
realized how horrible it must be to live in a small room for the rest of
one's life... I made so many friends, and to this day, am enthralled when
elders recite their history.

By 9th grade, I was promoted to laundry assistant, working under Bernice
Foster. The laundry was a humbling experience. Half my paycheck went into
the bank, the other half was spent at Myklebusts on clothing. For the
fruits of my labor, I was voted "Best Dressed" at MJHS.

All of my siblings worked in the nursing home. So our employees could be
with their family, we worked holidays, and weekends... we worked wherever
we were needed when a department was short of help.

Dad taught us a work ethic, passed from the four of us, to his 13
grandchildren, and four great-granddaughters.

Yep, dad broke labor laws, and I am glad he did. None of us would be who we
are today, had it not been for lessons learned in the halls of Paradise
Villa.

Janesta Carcich

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Jay Borden <jborden at datawedge.com> wrote:

> Indeed.****
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> I grew up in Nebraska. where every kid knows the process of "detassling
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> When I was 13, I spent the summer shucking and detassling corn . as did a
> whole host of other kids.  ****
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> The next summer, I knew I didn't want to do that again. so I asked the
> local farmers if they wanted their barns re-painted.  For the next two
> summers, I painted barns for uber-cheap over the summer. making more than I
> would have detassling corn, but keeping the price low enough so that the
> farmers couldn't refuse the good deal. and made enough money by the next
> summer to purchase my first car and pay for all of my insurance (which was
> the condition my parents set forth for owning the car).****
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> If I can do that, I'm sure some other kids can handle working in the
> library or mopping a floor.****
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> Jay****
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> *From:* vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:
> vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] *On Behalf Of *Tom Hansen
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 01, 2011 8:54 PM
> *To:* Gary Crabtree
> *Cc:* Moscow Vision 2020; Penni Cyr
> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Say What?****
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> To hell with child labor laws, right?****
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.****
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> Tom Hansen****
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> Moscow, Idaho****
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> "If not us, who?****
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> If not now, when?"****
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> - Unknown****
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> On Dec 1, 2011, at 7:51 PM, "Gary Crabtree" <jampot at roadrunner.com> wrote:
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> Sounds as though the man is putting forward the radical conservative
> concept of "the part time, after school job." What a heartless bastard.***
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> *From:* Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> ****
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> *Sent:* Thursday, December 01, 2011 6:07 PM****
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> *To:* Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com> ****
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> *Cc:* Penni Cyr <cpenni at gmail.com> ****
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> *Subject:* [Vision2020] Say What?****
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> "A very poor neighborhood. You have kids that who are under law required
> to go to school. They have no money. They have no habit of work. What if
> you paid them part-time in the afternoon to sit in the clerical office, and
> greet people when they came in? What if you paid them to work as an
> assistant librarian?  ****
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> Let me get down to the janitor thing, and these letters are written that
> janitorial work is really hard and really dangerous and this and that.
>  Fine.  So what if they became assistant janitors and their job was to mop
> the floor and clean the bathroom. And you pay them."****
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> - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (December 1, 2011)
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gsc9ElmJEs****
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.****
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> Tom Hansen****
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> Moscow, Idaho****
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> "If not us, who?****
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> If not now, when?"****
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> - Unknown****
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