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Hello Everyone, It's time Again for The BEST New Forum at AdlandPro that Honors Members of Our Community;
Welcome to *Adland's Weekly Parade Of Stars*! Week# 9
This forum is fun, exciting, and is a much needed addition to the AdlandPro community because we are featuring many great and caring people that may otherwise go unnoticed. That is why our forum is a little different than other ones here at Adland that honor members of our community.
Our forum features a member of the AdlandPro community each week who is truly a bright and shining *STAR*. It is a person that may not necessarily be a "high-profile" person per say, but rather someone that is not only a great friend to many, but also has a good heart and truly cares about others.
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Let me introduce the most awesome group of team mates anyone could ever have! Not only are they my very good friends, but I also have the pleasure of working with them to bring this forum to all of you, each and every week;
Deborah Skovron http://community.adlandpro.com/go/debskovron/default.aspx
Alfred Delgado http://community.adlandpro.com/go/slendel/default.aspx
Donna S. http://community.adlandpro.com/go/rainbow123/default.aspx
Adebola Oni http://community.adlandpro.com/go/bolaoneal/default.aspx
Mohamed Gani http://community.adlandpro.com/go/Gani/default.aspx
Georgios Paraskevopoulos http://community.adlandpro.com/go/Genesis/default.aspx
and myself;
Marilyn L. Ali http://community.adlandpro.com/go/259882/default.aspx
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Here are the qualifications that will be used in the selection of each honoree. People that are selected will be recognized based on:
1. Acts of kindness that they show to their fellow man.
2. Must be willing to help others, and treat people in a kindly manner.
3. Have a good-hearted nature, and shows it through all that they do.
4. Must be a positive role model, and set a good example
5. Must be professional, avoids negativity, and promotes success through faith and hard work
So, if you know of anyone here at AdlandPro that are not necessarily "high profile" people per say, and that don't get the recognition that they deserve, let us know. We will be helping to get people recognized that should be *A Star.* All nominations must be in by Saturday and you please tell us why you believe the person deserves to be recognized.
Please send NOMINATIONS to one the following links;
Marilyn http://community.adlandpro.com/go/259882/Default.aspx
Donna http://community.adlandpro.com/go/rainbow123/default.aspx
When you get to one of our profiles, click on "Send Me A Message" and then send us the
name of the person you want to nominate!
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Now it's time to find out who's going to be our next *Shining Star*!
Introducing Our 9TH *Shining Star* To You: MICHAEL ROGERS
MICHAEL is a great man and a good friend to many here in our community. Michael is an active member of our community and is always willing to help out those in need. Michael has been a member of this community since June last year and he is a wonderful person. He has been active in 75 forums!and has had over 700 posts since joining Adland. This shows how much Michael cares about this community.
Michael was an Automobile Engineer before fate made him have a U-turn to run his own business. He has been doing this for quite a while and has rose to enviable positions in his businesses. Michael is happily married and has 3 wonderful children.
Let us all join forces to Congratulate Michael for being chosen as our *STAR of the WEEK!
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Here is what some of Michael's friend's are saying about him;
"Michael is a very sweet and caring man. He is always a gentleman, a good friend, and a person that you can count on if you need his help anytime! I think Michael is one of the nicest men I have ever had the pleasure of meeting, and I am proud to be his friend!"
"I like Michael. He is very polite and pleasant always, and has helped me out in my time of need. I am very happy to see him being recognized with this honor because he truly deserves it!"
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The Meaning of The Name MICHAEL: The name Michael comes from the Hebrew name
'מִיכָאֵל' (Mikael) which means "who is like God?".
Biblical and historical: 1) Michael is the name of one of the seven archangels in
Hebrew tradition and the only one identified as an archangel in the Bible.
To learn more about the name MICHAEL please visit Georgios forum at;
http://community.adlandpro.com/forumShowPost.aspx?PostID=352597
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Here is MICHAEL'S Bio:
My name is Michael Rogers, I am married (28 years), to a wonderful woman named Roxanne. We have 3 children named Lisa (27), Robert (20), and Krista (18). I worked as a Union Labor on construction for 16 years, mainly in refinery's such as Shell, Standard, and Clark.
Construction got really slow for a couple of years, and I have always loved working on cars, I actually wanted to race cars, but you know, marriage came first! Anyway, I
talked it over with Roxanne, and back to college I went to get my AAS in Automotive Technology! I graduated from Lewis & Clark College with Honors, got inducted into Phi Thetta Kappa (eta psi Chapter). Then went to take my ASE tests, there was not too many at the college coming back with smiles on their faces! I took mine, all 8 for automotive, and in the mail received my Master ASE! I honestly could not believe I passed them all!
I then went and opened my own automotive repair shop called "Rogers Performance".
Everything went really well, for about the first 5 or 6 years. I learned alot of patience with customers, that I did not used to have! I think dealing with the public really teaches you alot.
Then bad things started to happen with my parents health. I had always promised the wife, kids, my parents, that family comes first, I can always work in the shop anytime. Well, I was wrong! I will not go into a long drug out story here, but for the last couple of years running the auto shop, my Mother and Father were in and out of hospitals with surgerys, Dr. appointments, tests, you name it.
I had kept my word the entire time, I was present at every test, every Dr's appointment, and every surgery. Yes the family does come first, and still does. My Dad died on April 16,2004, just 3 days after his 78th birthday, and he was in the hospital for about 1 week. I was shutting the auto repair shop down, because I couldn't make any money if I wasn't there to do the repairs.
My Dad was an excellent man, and we were very close, it just devastated me. Now, my Mother lives by herself, and I go back and forth and still help her. She herself had a total hip replacement, and most recentlya AAA surgery, which could have cost her life. Thank God she is doing pretty good now, but I have decided to work from home, and here I am!
My choice to work from home is, because again, family comes first, always does, and always will. If I had it to do all over again, honestly, I wouldn't have done it any differently. And that's about the nut in the nutshell !! lol
your friend, Michael Rogers
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Let's all Congratulate Michael on being named this week's *STAR*. If you are not a
friend of Michael's please send him an invitation and become his friend today. Here is Michael's link; http://community.adlandpro.com/go/MDRogers/default.aspx
I hope everyone will continue to support and enjoy our forum, and please take the time
to NOMINATE someone that you would like to see be one of our *Shining Stars*.
Have a great week!
God Bless Everyone,
From *Adland's Weekly Parade Of Stars* Team!
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