About Tippecanoe County, IN

In today's paper in Lafayette In, I read with horror how on her very first day in kindergarden and her very first day riding home on her school bus......first they loaded her into the wrong bus, she was to be on Bus 39 but they put her in bus 13, not even close. So here is a teacher handing a child who is new to school a nd the bus driver. so along they go and when 3 older children get off , this 5 year old, not knowing anything walks off behind them. The bus driver doesn't even check her list to see if this is her stop, for goodness sakes. The three other children of course run home and there she is left on a bridge alone. The bus driver just drives off. So this little girl is smart, so she realizes that this isn't her way home, so here this little 5 year old who starts walking, alone ,o7 miles, back where ,"thank God" a women sees her alone looking over the bridge and stops and picks her up. Now, I am sure the parents had taught her to not get in a car with anyone but....she did. This women took her to the school and waited for someone to contact her mother. The mother was already frantic as she was waiting at her stop with her video camera to take pictures of her first day.

The parents then demanded to know how this happens. There system and I think it is lame is to write the bus number on her wrist. Obviously no one bothered to read it or she would have been on the right bus. Course they said they did put her on the right bus except this school happens to have cameras and it shows loading her on the wrong bus.. So the next day the mother once again armed with her video camera watches as they load the kids in the car lanes. They don't ask who are you ..just opens the door and in they go. So that child is now enrolled in a private school as these parents have no confidence in their abilities. I agree..My grand daughters school has a system that is like Ft. Knox. I have to have my identification card with a picture, a card in the window that shows who I am picking up and my daughter had to call ahead or I can't take her. When I go in to pick her up early, I sign in, show my license and wait for her. I feel good that they are very careful with her. Perhaps LAfayette's school sytem ought to come up with a better safer plan for the kids here. Hope your schools are watching our little ones as the schools start their year.

I have been reading my updates on my facebook and it appears from the real estate agents I know that they are very busy these days. In my own keller Williams office I have seen a huge increase in listings going pending. Today alone we had 7 that I know of. My agents are cooking......Listings taken and contracts written.. Their is a new excitement in our market center. We have always been busy but this last week even more . It looks like we have consumers who are once again confident who are taking advantage of the $8000 tax credit and the great deals out there. I sure hope that this keeps up and spreads around the country.

I read tonite in the newspaper that the big bad movie company "Warner Brothers" doesn't like the fact that Netflix and now the "Red Box" have been scooping up some of their profits. So now they are going to not sell their 'New" releases to them until 23 days after they have been released.

I like the new "Red BOx" releases. It is great to get a movie for a buck , from a vending machine where you either are shopping at Walmart or eating at McDonalds. You can even drop it off at any location even in another state. How cool is that. Of course they did offer a solution that if they shared their small profits with the big Warner Brohters then they might still let them have the new releases. How much profit can it be in a $1 dvd rental?

Maybe we should just not rent the big DVD's until they come around. Just a thought.

Many companies say that they run their companies with agents input but sometimes they theally don't. As a new team leader for the Keller Williams office in Lafayette Indiana I got to see it first hand at todays meeting. Our ALC (Agent Leadership Council) makes the decisions that run our market center. Our agenda today was full of items that needed decisons on. They came through. They do the Research, chair committee meetings,know the financials and they handle making the decisions that may not make everyone happy. but benefit everyone.

The time that they give to our market center is execeptional and remember they are in the top 20% of our producers. SO they have their own busy business to look after. They make a big committment to the other agents in the office, to the company and to KW.

I am proud of Fred, Shannon, Denise and Gary for all the hard work they have done this year. You guys rock!!!!!

Our KW office..................................

Keller Williams Realty Signature Partners is excited that after our office has been opened for only 2 years in Lafayette we are the #2 office. We have over 70 agents working in the commercial and residential sales of real estate. We service West Lafayette, Greater Lafayette and the surrounding areas. Let's not forget that we are home to "Purdue University, home of the 'boilermakers. We have some of the best agents in our office. If you are thinking of buying or selling why not call us, you will be glad you did. Now hear this!!!!!!!!!!Keller Williams Lafayette Indiana Rocks!!!!!!