Personal observations and philosophy of over 60 years in service to our country and community. Interesting stories, some wild adventures, travels across the world, politics and family! A great read for every one!
About the Author: Theodore Nathaniel Oglesby, Jr., known as simply "Ted" was a weekly newspaper owner and editor and then a daily newspaper editor who strongly believed if newspapers took care of their communities, the citizens would take care of the papers. He lived his career practicing what he preached through a set of his written philosophies which he developed over several years. His "community" stretched nationally, even internationally before he was done. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism and minor in business in June 1953, lettering in baseball, inducted into the lifelong Blue Key Honor Society, marrying his high school sweetheart 4 days later and had two children. He is a life deacon in Lakewood Baptist Church, serving on committees, holding every office at least once, many several times including to this day. He is history's longest serving member of any Small Business Administration Advisory Council in the nation, 2nd longest serving state chairman and the only one to chair two terms in the 10-state Southern Regional Council. More resolutions (recommendations) were adopted than any state except California. Their resolutions resulted in cutting the SBA staff from 6,000 to 3,000 employees, reducing the loss ratio to 3-5 percent and creating literally millions of new jobs nationwide. He is a retired Air Force Colonel, (famously being killed in action), an adjunct college professor in journalism and on international terrorism. He was pressed into politics though never seeking a public office but engineering a number of political changes and making long-lasting personal friendships with a number of state and national political figures. He has been invited to the White House several times and knew several presidents personally He wrote columns in his local newspapers for more than 54 years and two weeks later they started appearing on the website AccessNorthGa.com. His column once was syndicated in key cities in some 20 states. He chaired a blue ribbon county governmental efficiency committee that over 2+ years instituted sweeping changed that saved millions of dollars over the years. He hopes you'll consider buying this book to be a good day for you.