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This world is a great “GIVE AND TAKE WORLD”, and so is family life. When a new-born baby arrives he creates a burden for the family, and will be a burden until he becomes an adult when he can take care of himself. All the way from diapers and medical care to school and a car. All those years he is receiving everything, and paying nothing. Now, that next generation is coming up. They have been well taken care of, have received a great basic education and they have been lovingly included in our society. Some of you will go on to higher education to be professionals. Some of you will go to trade schools because of more opportunities. Now is the time for you young people to start checking around to see what’s in your future. Where do you want to go? What do you want to do? You don’t have to go to the big cities to find work. There are good jobs right here in BBE. You will need education in the subject you are interested in, and the schools can furnish that. There is an advantage to working here at home too. Your friends are here, you are close to home, no commute time. You are not a stranger here. Living expenses are much lower, and if you desire more entertainment it’s only a short drive to see it. You might think our BBE community is too quiet and you may want to go to the Cities looking for work where there is more activity and excitement. Sorry to say folks, you will find room and board and living very expensive and find that a job may be a very boring one, and you may have to spend an hour or more each day on the road commuting to work besides spending many hours driving back and forth to BBE to see your friends and your folks. So far, this part of the story has been about the “Take time” of your life, now the “GIVE TIME” is here. My friend Ole says, “Our country is composed of givers and takers. The takers eat better but the givers sleep better”. President Kennedy said it’s not what your country can give you, it is what you can give to your country”. “Your Country” is Brooten Belgrade and Elrosa, (BBE). What can you give them? We all need Think Tanks to help plan our future. We need to be smart and progressive. We don’t want to lose what we have. We don’t want to be fading cities. We want to be and are progressive, and we have to work and think to do it. You young people with a new education and ambition are the ones we need to help work and plan with our older businessmen. You will be welcomed into our plans, and your parents will be proud of you. I am not writing this just for fun. This is serious business, and it should be. Our future and yours depends on what happens to BBE. Our banks have always promoted everyone in this area and helped every way we could. That’s why we are successful. We always do what is best. We are giving back to our BBE. We need you young folks with your enthusiasm to contribute and make BBE great. Right Dave?
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