[Rhodes22-list] Rowdy Rhodies In The Canton, GA Area

[Roger Pihlaja]

Rummy,

My wife & I have gone round & round on this one.  Deb has her master's
degree in counseling & is a guidance counselor in the Beaverton Rural School
District.  She really likes her job & is doing well there.  My older son,
Daniel, just finished his 1st year at Northern Michigan University up in
Marquette, MI.  He's majoring in Graphic Arts/Graphic Communications with an
emphasis on electronic imaging.  NMU has an outstanding Graphic Arts Dept.
(100% graduate placement even in the current economy!)  Daniel is doing well
& really likes the school & the area - UP of Michigan, Lake Superior,
wilderness camping, NMU has its own downhill ski area right off campus, snow
shoeing, kayaking, rated one of the top 10 places in the United States to
mountain bike, etc  Heck, I wish I lived there!  My younger son, Gary is
just finishing his sophomore year at Meridian High School here in Sanford,
MI.  Of course, he has friends & doesn't want to move.

I don't want to have to uproot my family more than once.  In Deb's line of
work, the school systems typically interview for replacement staff over the
spring & summer.  Even if I started work very soon, this summer is probably
too soon to tell if my new position is really going to work out.  Instead,
I'd probably move down immediately, take an apartment for a year, & we'd get
by as best we can until the summer of 2004.  Then, if things look like
they're going to work out, we'd have Deb start interviewing in the area,
then find a house, & make the big move.  This will be hard on our marriage &
father/son relationships, but what else can I do?  After more than a year of
searching, there seems to be zero opportunities for chemical engineers in
this area with literally hundreds of talented people recently laid off by
Dow Chemical & Dow Corning.

Roger

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Tonjes" <johntonjes at earthlink.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rowdy Rhodies In The Canton, GA Area


>
> Roger,
> Will you move your family right away if you take this position? Lake
> Allatoona and Lake Lanier are close to Atlanta, but we have people from
> that area that keep their boats on Lake Hartwell.
>
> Rummy
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Roger Pihlaja <cen09402 at centurytel.net>
> > To: <kroposki at innova.net>; The Rhodes 22 mail list
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Date: 5/6/2003 9:02:44 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rowdy Rhodies In The Canton, GA Area
> >
> > Ed,
> >
> > I would have preferred not to move, but I've been unemployed for about
13
> > months.  Sometimes, life forces tough choices upon us.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net>
> > To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 8:40 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Rowdy Rhodies In The Canton, GA Area
> >
> >
> > > Roger,
> > >       Good luck.  You had convinced me that you were not going to
> > > relocate.  Canton, Georgia, is a kind of northern suburb of Atlanta
> > > these days.  Allatoona is close, but Lanier is quite far.  I think
that
> > > Bob Keller lives on that side of Atlanta.
> > >
> > > You will be pleasantly surprised with the scenery in that part
> > > of Georgia.
> > >                      Ed K
> > >
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