Tony Brewer View

Being a home owner is a never ending challenge. Last night I found that the dryer isn’t running properly. It’s an older model, bought second hand so there is no warranty on the darn thing. Looks like I’ll be spending some time this weekend working on it. If I can’t get it up and running properly by then I’ll be looking for a new one.

It is back to school for many of today’s students this week. We will be seeing the big yellow school buses on all the neighborhood roads each weekday morning and afternoon once again. Going back to school in August just doesn’t seem right. We never started school until the day after Labor Day for heaven’s sake. I hear that some schools started on August 2nd, isn’t that just crazy!

My favorite nephew will be graduating high school (at least we hope he will) this year and with the help of some college grants he just might be able to attend at least a half way decent university. Having the Internet certainly makes the task of college scholarships a much easier one to tackle, wish we had had the Internet back in my educational days. With websites such as schoolscholarships.org available even finding good quality minority scholarships shouldn’t be such a challenge.

I can’t believe that my nephew will be out on his own as soon as next summer. He is a good kid and will most likely go far given half a chance. Guess we will see how his senior year goes. I wish him luck!