“For the shop owners, this reduces the cost and risk of bringing a very enthusiastic young worker into the shop. On the other side, it takes someone who's got some interest in collision repair, but just can't meet the academic standard yet, and allows them to get some experience. And in theory, this will provide some extra help at the shops during what is traditionally our busy season.”
“I'd caution [consumers] very seriously on going into the real-estate market with both feet right now. [It's] not necessarily that they're going to lose their shirts. It's just that the easy money has been made.”
“If you're an individual investor, you can get paid a decent amount for cash. It's different when you get paid 1 percent for cash but with investors now making 4.3 to 4.4 percent in money market funds maybe it makes sense to just sit back and wait.”
“The biggest thing is that now our kids believe in each other and believe in the system. It took some time. But when it happened, we caught fire towards the tournament stretch. I just wish we could have ridden the wave a little longer.”
“We didn't play our best in the first half. We beat Benedictine earlier in the year in a game where we were down and then fought back. We were also down by nine against North before coming back to beat them.”
“They have been tremendous leaders. They have played their roles and done whatever was needed for the team to excel. We will need new leaders to step up next year.”
