In your career, you almost never get a chance to open a new hospital. This is such an opportunity for this whole team that is out here. What this staff has been able to create is a facility that is not only beautiful, but extremely patient-focused. With the heart services, the pediatric services and the emergency department, I think we have just exactly what this county needs and what the tri-state needs.

I just think what's better now is the fact that we have more resources and more people are aware of it. So maybe we'll address it in a lot better way now than we have in the past.

They're in next year for football and we'll add the rest of the sports at a later date,

There wasn't much discussion on it, ... We talked to our board and our superintendent is happy with the addition.

Actually, it isn't done. (QND) is going back and forth.

We haven't closed our doors to other options. We've got stability, for now, and it gives us time to see if we can draw anybody else.

We need to stay together. As far as a split, that's not going to happen.

It is a sense of relief, but it's not like we went out and scraped up just anybody,

We're still out fishing, looking for a bite.

When I was a middle school principal it disgusts me, some of the things I had to work through at that young age.