Choices as told by Darel Leipold
Posted by Steve Frazier
Our Program for April 23 was a talk from our club's own Darel Leipold. Title of the talk was "Choices", and was given previously to the STRIVE group at one of their recent meetings.
Darel started out describing the circumstances around Patrick Henry's declaration "Give me liberty or give me death". He then went on to list some other famous situations where a person was faced with a decision which affected the course of events in the world. Some of the people he used as examples included Henry Ford, Hitler, Napolean, and the two presidents Roosevelt.
Darel told of a man who lost his legs, left arm, and fingers on his right hand in a Minnesota snowstorm when he was 14 years old,, but chose to get an education and not be a burden on society. He went on to become a school principal, legislator, bank president, mayor of Olivia, MN, speaker of the Minnesota House, a leader in the Republican Party, and an organizer of the education system in the Phillippines. He was responsible for the passage of the first bill passed providing state aid to the handicapped in 1919. Michael Dowling's decision affected the lives of many.
Darel went on to point out the we each make hundreds of decisions during our life, and they have lasting consequences. Each decision has to be carefully made. (Story by Tad Shaw and photo by Steve Frazier)
Darel started out describing the circumstances around Patrick Henry's declaration "Give me liberty or give me death". He then went on to list some other famous situations where a person was faced with a decision which affected the course of events in the world. Some of the people he used as examples included Henry Ford, Hitler, Napolean, and the two presidents Roosevelt.
Darel told of a man who lost his legs, left arm, and fingers on his right hand in a Minnesota snowstorm when he was 14 years old,, but chose to get an education and not be a burden on society. He went on to become a school principal, legislator, bank president, mayor of Olivia, MN, speaker of the Minnesota House, a leader in the Republican Party, and an organizer of the education system in the Phillippines. He was responsible for the passage of the first bill passed providing state aid to the handicapped in 1919. Michael Dowling's decision affected the lives of many.
Darel went on to point out the we each make hundreds of decisions during our life, and they have lasting consequences. Each decision has to be carefully made. (Story by Tad Shaw and photo by Steve Frazier)