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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time now for our community connection right here on

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<v Speaker 1>K one, the one you dress and we have our

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<v Speaker 1>friends in from Dry County Tech and doctor Tammy Stroubele

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<v Speaker 1>and the award winning George Hockey. Its how are we doing,

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<v Speaker 1>guys and Gal?

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<v Speaker 2>Wonderful, fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>Now Jordan blushing already, he got a big hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>He did, he did.

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<v Speaker 3>This past weekend, we had the opportunity, along with our

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<v Speaker 3>other school board members, to attend the Oklahoma State school

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<v Speaker 3>Boards Association and George was honored with the overall Oklahoma

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<v Speaker 3>State school Board.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's on he's on that board.

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<v Speaker 3>Now. Out of twenty five hundred school board members in

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<v Speaker 3>the state of Oklahoma, only five were chosen and George

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<v Speaker 3>was one of those. Now, George didn't know he was

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<v Speaker 3>being nominated for the award. You know, he is technically

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<v Speaker 3>my boss, but he doesn't know everything that goes on

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<v Speaker 3>at Trick County and so we kept it a secret

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<v Speaker 3>and nominated and nominated him, and so it was a

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<v Speaker 3>great It was a great surprise. I think it was

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<v Speaker 3>a great surprise. Do you think it was a great surprise?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, it was.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm truly honored to believe me, and it's been a

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<v Speaker 4>blessing to be on the board of Tri County Tech.

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<v Speaker 4>I've totally enjoyed it for the last twenty years and

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<v Speaker 4>it has been an honored you know. I think one

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<v Speaker 4>of the things I have to say is, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>the state of Oklahoma when they put together the career

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<v Speaker 4>tech system, they did it right, they did.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to tell you this.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, we've got the best career tech system in

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<v Speaker 4>the whole nation. And I am blessed to be on

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<v Speaker 4>the board here.

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<v Speaker 1>I would agree. I would agree I've never seen anything

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<v Speaker 1>like it work as well as it does in any community. Doctor.

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<v Speaker 1>Hats off to you, the board.

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<v Speaker 2>And every absolutely well.

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<v Speaker 3>George is our board president, so you know, he is

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<v Speaker 3>the leader of the best of the best. So it's

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<v Speaker 3>just he is just an outstanding mentor and I'm just

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<v Speaker 3>blessed to have him be able to help us and

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<v Speaker 3>help point Tray County Tech in the right direction.

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<v Speaker 1>So how big of a surprise was the surprise, George.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, you know, of course, by you know, at that

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<v Speaker 4>point in time, I knew, you know that I was

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<v Speaker 4>going to be honored then, but you know, when when

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<v Speaker 4>Tammy told me that I was going to win the award,

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<v Speaker 4>that was a surprise that, you know, and like I say,

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<v Speaker 4>I feel blessed to and you know, to consider that,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, in the state, I think there are other

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<v Speaker 4>people certainly more probably capable in me. But I'll accept

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<v Speaker 4>it and go forward. And that's the way I think

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<v Speaker 4>about it.

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<v Speaker 1>How did you get involved in probotics of all things? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I got to ask what happens that way?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, And you know, this was twenty actually twenty one

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<v Speaker 4>years ago that the program was started, and Anita Reisner

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<v Speaker 4>was the superintendent and she took a leap of faith

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<v Speaker 4>to start the program because actually Jim Bonzac, who's passed away,

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<v Speaker 4>wanted to start a program his children who were in Florida.

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<v Speaker 4>They were involved and said, why doesn't Bartlesville have a program?

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<v Speaker 4>I was trying to get one started here and talked

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<v Speaker 4>to Anita and at that time was the trick County

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<v Speaker 4>was starting a pre engineering program, so it said, well

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<v Speaker 4>why not have a robotics program? So looking around to

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<v Speaker 4>find someone to be involved, and I was on the

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<v Speaker 4>board and they and they said, well, you're an engineer,

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<v Speaker 4>why don't you get involved? And Unfortunately, we had some

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<v Speaker 4>other mentors around Nelson stateon and Dave Register, Don Lawfer

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<v Speaker 4>and some Yeah. An All Star team there, yeah, oh

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<v Speaker 4>yeah it was. It was beautiful. In the very first year,

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<v Speaker 4>the team won Rookie All Star got to go to

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<v Speaker 4>Atlanta to compete. And then the next year we were

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<v Speaker 4>on the winning alliance in the first Oklahoma Regional and

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<v Speaker 4>again the team went to Atlanta. So you know, got

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<v Speaker 4>started on the right foot.

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<v Speaker 1>There you go, and BoJack's boys were instrumental in getting

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<v Speaker 1>that Artemis rocket ship up to the moon here recently. Yes, yes, wow, crazy,

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<v Speaker 1>this is wonderful how it comes circle, It really is.

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<v Speaker 1>So what else is cooking at the school?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, we started school, Tom, I don't know if you

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<v Speaker 3>know that. We had over seven hundred students walk through

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<v Speaker 3>our door engaged in real world learning that leads to

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<v Speaker 3>that leads to work, and that leads to that leads

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<v Speaker 3>to jobs.

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<v Speaker 2>We did this year.

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<v Speaker 3>Also, we enhanced our safety protocols.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you're.

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<v Speaker 3>Looking to come see me and come and come visit,

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<v Speaker 3>and I hope, I hope you will.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope the listeners do. Everyone enters, even when George

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<v Speaker 2>comes to see me.

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<v Speaker 3>Everyone enters. Through our main entrance. We have locked all

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<v Speaker 3>of our sixty three doors and everyone and then we'll

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<v Speaker 3>get you where you need to be. Once you come

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<v Speaker 3>in through that main entrance, will get you access where

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<v Speaker 3>you need to to go. So it is much safer

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<v Speaker 3>and that that is a big deal. That is a

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<v Speaker 3>big deal for us.

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<v Speaker 2>To do that. And I'll tell you who.

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<v Speaker 3>The kids are doing fine when we said we're going

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<v Speaker 3>to lock and they're like, all right, and they're finding

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<v Speaker 3>their way around find some of the educators and visitors

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<v Speaker 3>are like, what, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Can't come in the door, but they're figuring it out.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't know about you.

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<v Speaker 3>But I could use a few steps extra myself, So

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<v Speaker 3>it is fine, It is fine. I do have some

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<v Speaker 3>other data to share with you, and I'm going to

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<v Speaker 3>have to read it. We had such a successful year

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<v Speaker 3>last year. We had over twenty five hundred other students

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<v Speaker 3>enrolled in workforce and economic development and another two hundred

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<v Speaker 3>in adult and career development. Plus we taught over fifty

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<v Speaker 3>thousand hours of safety training to the organizations in our district.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I saved the best for last, so hang on.

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<v Speaker 3>Our average wage was over twenty four dollars an hour

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<v Speaker 3>and our graduates put six over six point three million

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<v Speaker 3>dollars in the economy and I'm just super out of

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<v Speaker 3>what we did last last school year.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that really statistics.

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<v Speaker 2>There, yes, absolutely.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, those numbers don't lie.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely absolutely.

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<v Speaker 3>And being a post secondary institution, you know, our school

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<v Speaker 3>starts all year long. We just don't start in August

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<v Speaker 3>when those seven hundred students walked through our doors. So

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<v Speaker 3>we're starting EMT classes, you know, emergency medical technician classes

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<v Speaker 3>in October, and I believe we still have a few

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<v Speaker 3>openings left for that.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you are interested.

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<v Speaker 3>In being an EMT, those are great jobs. We have

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<v Speaker 3>clinicals with our friends at Jane Phillips Ascension, Saint John

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<v Speaker 3>as well as other organizations the Bartlesvielle Ambulance where they

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<v Speaker 3>can get there get their clinical experience and they're there.

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<v Speaker 2>They're great, great jobs. And then we have other.

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<v Speaker 3>Classes in electricity and plumbing and that are starting this

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<v Speaker 3>fall too, So that you think about school starts in August,

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<v Speaker 3>well not for Track County because we're post secondary, although

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<v Speaker 3>over seven hundred people came through our doors last week,

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<v Speaker 3>but we also start at other times during the year

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<v Speaker 3>during the year as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Man, that's great. You know, when I was younger, the

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<v Speaker 1>push was you have to have that four year degree,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to have that four year degree. But these schools,

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<v Speaker 1>much like Tri County Tech, were just starting to emerge

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<v Speaker 1>in the seventies and where I was growing up near Chicago,

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<v Speaker 1>and I thought, well, Jeepney, you know, I've never seen

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<v Speaker 1>a plumber go broke. I've never seen an electrician go broke.

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<v Speaker 1>That fellas who handled the air conditioning are living pretty good.

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<v Speaker 1>And there were just other options out there. And I

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<v Speaker 1>knew so many guys that I graduated waited high school

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<v Speaker 1>with who learned by using their hands. It was it

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<v Speaker 1>was that that's where they lived. That was that was

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<v Speaker 1>a wheelhouse. And when I came to town and I

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<v Speaker 1>saw Cray County Tech, and I saw what a value

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<v Speaker 1>this is. And then I started reading up on your history.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm thinking, Wow, we've got it. We've got a diamond here.

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<v Speaker 1>We better take care of this gym.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, careers and healthcare careers in as you were saying

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<v Speaker 3>the trades, yeah, careers and uh and we have some

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<v Speaker 3>college preparatory program you do like that George alluded to.

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<v Speaker 3>But we are about hands on learning and getting students

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<v Speaker 3>of any age from the classroom to work, get a job,

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<v Speaker 3>get a job.

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<v Speaker 2>And let's not forget cosmetology. Oh yea to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely, you guys work on hear and teeth.

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<v Speaker 2>We do work on haar and teeth.

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<v Speaker 1>What was it about a year ago that the medical

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<v Speaker 1>wing or the yes opened up? Really that that.

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<v Speaker 2>Was awesome, absolutely lea state of the art.

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<v Speaker 3>Those simulation mannequins, Tom, they'll kind of scare you, they

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<v Speaker 3>will because if they're like checking how they put the

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<v Speaker 3>light in your eyes bill blink, they will. I was

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<v Speaker 3>down there one day when in all of our operatories,

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<v Speaker 3>in all of our rooms, they had a birthing simulation.

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<v Speaker 3>They I forgot how many children were born in that day.

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<v Speaker 3>Well over twenty simulated children were born that day. It

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<v Speaker 3>is incredible the experience that students can happen and they

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<v Speaker 3>receive hands on experience in and clinical sitting setting is

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<v Speaker 3>an actual workplace settings. But we can simulate the experience

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<v Speaker 3>in that in that newly newly offered that newly offered wing.

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<v Speaker 3>That is amazing, amazing. Again, it'll it'll it'll scare you, it.

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<v Speaker 1>Will gorge I gotta ask you, you know, twenty years

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<v Speaker 1>ago when you first got on the ball, Lord, did

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<v Speaker 1>you ever think in all those yeares that you be

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<v Speaker 1>having simul heated berths like that.

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<v Speaker 4>That's exactly right, and say, that's the other thing is

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<v Speaker 4>and that we know this today things are changing so rapidly,

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<v Speaker 4>and that's that's the other thing that we have to

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<v Speaker 4>our students have to understand, is you have to stay

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<v Speaker 4>abreast of all of these changes and understand that today's

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<v Speaker 4>job may not be here five years from now, so

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<v Speaker 4>be ready to adapt and change. And that's what's going

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<v Speaker 4>on in today's industries. And that's what we're doing, is

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<v Speaker 4>preparing our students for these changes, to be ready to

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<v Speaker 4>be adaptable. And and like you said earlier, you know

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<v Speaker 4>there are so many jobs out there, and not everyone

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<v Speaker 4>has to go to college.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I went to college.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, I got a degree in electrical engineering. But I

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<v Speaker 4>I feel that what we have to do is look

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<v Speaker 4>at every individual and decide what is best for you

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<v Speaker 4>as an individual. Correct, Because a lot of our students

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<v Speaker 4>they'll come and go and get find something for them

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<v Speaker 4>and maybe they'll go out and work and then go

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<v Speaker 4>to college. You never know, you know, it's it's what's

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<v Speaker 4>best for each individual. And uh, there's so many opportunities

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<v Speaker 4>you know, we have. We're the only school right now

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<v Speaker 4>that have that has the hybrid nursing program. And uh,

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<v Speaker 4>this is an opportunity for our students to go through

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<v Speaker 4>a nursing program and basically almost do it at home.

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<v Speaker 4>But they still they have to go do their clinicals

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<v Speaker 4>and all that. But it gives an opportunity for these

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<v Speaker 4>students to get their education in a different way than

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<v Speaker 4>like you say, twenty years ago, and gives us an

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<v Speaker 4>opportunity to educate more students.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is amazing.

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<v Speaker 3>And the way students learn now, students don't learn in

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<v Speaker 3>twenty twenty six, the way I learned, not in twenty

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<v Speaker 3>twenty six a couple a few decades ago. Yeah, they don't.

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<v Speaker 3>And so we adapt to not only the workforce needs,

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<v Speaker 3>which is very important, like George was saying, but the

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<v Speaker 3>way students learn today to meet their diverse needs.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's exciting, It is very It is exciting.

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<v Speaker 1>And we started out as based on nursing. That was

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, that was the first program at the first technology

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<v Speaker 3>center in the state of Oklahoma.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely nice full circle. Huh, you better believe it. You

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<v Speaker 2>better believe it.

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<v Speaker 1>Anything else you'd like to share with us, we got it.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we've got something coming up here, don't we?

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<v Speaker 2>We do, absolutely so.

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<v Speaker 3>Our Tri County Tech Foundation helps support our students through scholarships,

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<v Speaker 3>emergency assistance, and food aid.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Tom, we do not.

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<v Speaker 3>Accept federal financial tuition aid for our students, and we

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<v Speaker 3>still have students that need help. About ninety percent actually

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<v Speaker 3>of our adult students need help paying their tuition and

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<v Speaker 3>the Foundation.

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<v Speaker 2>Helps pay that gap.

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<v Speaker 3>And our biggest fundraiser is the golf tournament, the Foundation

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<v Speaker 3>Golf Tournament, which is October first at Hillcrest Country Club,

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<v Speaker 3>and we still have some sponsorships available and some teams available.

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<v Speaker 3>I would love I don't golf, but I would love

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<v Speaker 3>to see you out there. I do eat lunch and

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<v Speaker 3>I ride around in a golf.

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<v Speaker 1>Cart, and so you look spectacular at it.

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<v Speaker 3>Some people say I must be, you know, the person

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<v Speaker 3>that looks after to be sure that there's no cheating

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<v Speaker 3>going on. I don't do that because I wouldn't even

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<v Speaker 3>know what that is. But please come out and see

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<v Speaker 3>us and support our students, and if you're not able

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<v Speaker 3>to do that and participate in the golf tournament. Look

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<v Speaker 3>at the good our foundation does. We're changing lives of

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<v Speaker 3>students that we receive thank you notes almost every day

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<v Speaker 3>from students who lives have been changed, who never would

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<v Speaker 3>be able to think about pursuing a fantastic career without

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<v Speaker 3>the support of our community and the support of the

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<v Speaker 3>funds we raise from this tournament.

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<v Speaker 1>And I understand these students walk out usually get free, exactly.

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<v Speaker 4>And I want to add to that. You know, from

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<v Speaker 4>things I did was attend the nurse's penning ceremony. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>and ever since then, I've tried to attend as many

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<v Speaker 4>I keep my little cheek cheat and keep track of

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<v Speaker 4>how many of the nurses when they give their little

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<v Speaker 4>those talk say, I want to thank the Trick County

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<v Speaker 4>Tech Foundation for a.

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<v Speaker 1>Scholarship.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's the percentage is way up there, it's like

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<v Speaker 4>ninety percent somewhere in that number. And you know, and

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<v Speaker 4>I always tell the Foundation board, you know, thank you,

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<v Speaker 4>because it's because of the foundation that these students are

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<v Speaker 4>why we encourage people to participate in the golf tournament.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why we encourage them.

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<v Speaker 4>To make donations to the foundation, because that money goes

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<v Speaker 4>back to the students. It's not being wasted, it goes

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<v Speaker 4>directly to the students to help the students. And and

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<v Speaker 4>like you say, they're going coming out with debt free,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, and we're talking about the adult students. Obviously

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<v Speaker 4>they're our youth. They're going there free anyway. I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, the taxpayers are governing gladly because they're going

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<v Speaker 4>to go to work.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, yes, absolutely, And the students that Georgia are talking about,

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<v Speaker 3>once they receive jobs in our community, that is for generations,

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<v Speaker 3>their children live better, their families better. They live here,

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<v Speaker 3>they buy homes here, they buy furniture here, they buy

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<v Speaker 3>food here. They are putting money back into our community

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<v Speaker 3>and they come back and support us too. It's a

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<v Speaker 3>beautiful it's a beautiful circle to be able to be

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<v Speaker 3>involved in.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to thank you both for being here with

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<v Speaker 1>us today. Well, thank you, doctor Strobel and also George

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<v Speaker 1>halfy Itis, thank you very much for being with us

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<v Speaker 1>and representing so well our beautiful, wonderful track. Auntie Tech

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<v Speaker 1>here in Bartlesville, right here on Bartlesville Radio. Folks, you've

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