It seems like my background is perfect for what the town is looking for. I can bring that big toolbox there to the valley.

I just really like being a teacher, and being a police officer is pretty close to being a teacher.

If I want to create a wind instrument with strings that I beat on with sticks, I'll do it.

We need to make sure things are where they should be. For economic diversification and development we're referring back to our overall strategy, making sure there's sufficient land for the recommended usages.

Some visionaries -- certainly Charles Frazier was a visionary -- saw the potential for this area, and now that potential is starting to happen. As we've said 90,000 times, it's all about location. For freight and tourism it's a great location, near both Savannah and Charleston. It's a crossing point.

It doesn't look a whole lot different than when Robert E. Lee saw it. There was probably more activity then.