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* Myself and my younger brother Denny Ray were posed on our dad’s Indian motorcycle sometime in the summer of 1965 at our house just outside the Kankakee city limits and very close to my dad’s best friend from First Grade Larry Enz…

Are these the good old days? Make each one of them yours.

* Arlo…

And I don’t want to die
I just want to ride on my motorcycle

* What’s going on in your town?

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Sep 23, 25 @ 7:04 am

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Here’s a comment responding to one of Rich’s comments yesterday (I often read Capitol Fax late at night–too late to jump into a thread).

Rich suggested that Governor Pritzker may be turning to 4-year degrees at community colleges because of the shrinking of some of the regional public universities. If that were the case, re-investing in existing public universities would make more sense. But Pritzker has been quoted a while back here on Capitol Fax as saying that there are unmet workforce needs, and this is why he wants to expand what community colleges offer. The emerging IBHE reports on workforce development speak to this as well. Many faculty I know at both community colleges and universities think partnerships between community colleges and 4-years make more sense. But there seems to be a hope to spark more local people to pursue degrees in nursing and other high-need areas without having to travel or relocate at all (hence, by doing everything at their CC). One other challenge, though, is that earning that degree can make one more mobile. For example, once a nurse earns a 4 year degree, they qualify for a higher salaried position that the rural hospitals cannot always pay. Another challenge is that someone will have to pay for the investment in infrastructure and faculty at CC’s–replicating what already exists at the 4-years.

Comment by Yooper in Diaspora Tuesday, Sep 23, 25 @ 7:47 am
Another day, another miserable Metra trip. There is part of me that just wants to see the whole system collapse because Ive been around too long to know how things will play out this fall; RTA will get their $500-$800 million, big press conferences will be held and nothing will change. Rinse and repeat since the 1980s. Alas, collapse would be horrific for the state, so rinse and repeat it will be. I should only have one more good RTA crisis in me before retirement.

Comment by Red Ranger Tuesday, Sep 23, 25 @ 8:21 am
Maybe there could be a program that financially incentivizes medical/nursing professionals to stay in the same region as their schools in exchange for help with the student loans. That would be a good investment of tax dollars, the graduates would be spending their paychecks in the same school district they earned their degrees in, helping offset the loan assistance indirectly as well as directly.

Comment by Give us Barrabbas Tuesday, Sep 23, 25 @ 10:47 am
No helmets huh? A rebel from the start.
The morning has been great, about time to head for a golf course.

Comment by Annon'in Tuesday, Sep 23, 25 @ 11:09 am
Yooper- agree that partnerships are the way to go. Whatever can increase or at least stop the slide of enrollment at 4-year public universities.

Comment by Friendly Bob Adams Tuesday, Sep 23, 25 @ 12:40 pm
I had my doubts, I looked it up.
In the late 1950’s, the owner of the Indian trademark imported Enfield Constellations, made some aesthetic mods like big fenders, 16 inch wheels and rebadged them as Indians.
Here’s a Constellation from that same era:
https://img.indianautosblog.com/resize/750x-/2018/09/15/royal-enfield-constellation-700-image-30bb.jpg

Comment by We've never had one before Tuesday, Sep 23, 25 @ 1:25 pm
Here’s a better narrative about the bike in your picture, Rich:

https://nationalmcmuseum.org/2019/06/21/1959-royal-enfield-indian/

Comment by We've never had one before Tuesday, Sep 23, 25 @ 1:42 pm
That’s one fine scooter…this was before helmets.

Precious memories…how they linger…

Comment by Dotnonymous x Tuesday, Sep 23, 25 @ 6:45 pm

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