This course will help those who take it. However, college underclassmen and young people ? in grades 5 through 9 ? should receive instruction as well, and we should be looking for opportunities and ways to teach this subject to these students, wherever and however we can.

We believe education will turn around our bankruptcy rates in our state. At present, the group most declaring bankruptcy is the 26-to-35-year-old demographic. But, the 18-to-25-year-old group is fast overtaking that group, and that alarms us. We hope that this course, which will be taken by (high school) juniors or seniors, will raise their understanding so they can avoid pitfalls that will send them or their spouse into a serious financial situation.

This program will definitely help them a lot in preparing for college.

We need to open the exhibit and ask people to help.

If we can start moving product in an orderly way into China it will help influence other countries in southeast Asia and along the Asian rim to be more normal in terms of trade.

What we are designed to do is outreach services and activities to help young people either go to college or go to work.