12/31/08 It's time to wrap it up

12/31/08 It's time to wrap it up

There are times in your life when you feel you hit the jackpot. It's been that way for me the past eight years. I sit down at this microphone sometimes thinking what it would have been like to have discovered this job in 1964, when I first started in broadcasting. It has been a pleasure to get to meet and know many of the men and women who make up the Idaho agricultural community. The folks who work our soil to provide homegrown food, who care for the land, who have a work ethic this country dearly needs, you are the people who actually make something in America. Really, what do we manufacture or produce in the US these days, other than the safest and best food supply? Please, please don't ever allow the day to come when we have to be dependent on other countries for our food. But, that's off the main subject which is to say that I'm pleased to tell you that David Sparks will be the new Voice of Idaho Agriculture in 2009. I decided 12 months ago to say goodbye today so I can say hello more often to Keegan, Cameron, Evan, Ava, Riley and our newest grandchild, two week old Owen. I hit the jackpot there too. Thank you Kelly Allen and the Northwest Ag Info Network for the chance to go out on a high note&the most satisfying job I ever had. Bill Scott Voice of Idaho Agriculture
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