As population increases we are going to have to rely on our soil resources more and more. Because of their style of consumption, in Europe the amount of land needed to support urban areas is 100 times larger than the urban area itself.

Humans tend to congregate where the best resources are. Is it wise to take the best soils and turn them into parking lots?

It's a way to go after another segment of the population that wants to sign up for satellite-TV service but hasn't had a way to do it.

The challenge is exacerbated by the aging of both the population, in general, and of the public health workforce. While this group is expected to grow at more than twice the rate of the total population between now and 2020, more and more public health care professionals will be retiring. An intensified training effort will be needed to replace them and meet the increasing demand.

Any organisation is like a septic tank. The really big chunks rise to the top.

Jefferson said he loved the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. I think that's really a relevant quote today, because we have been thinking more and more about what the future will bring to Monticello.