Ten individuals from around Rooks County have enrolled in the 2009 version of the Rooks County Vision Leadership program. One of their first assignments was to view the county or their community with "new eyes."
Often times we are so accustomed to seeing things in our communities that we pass by the really good stuff. We miss what is right in front of us. Stockton High School student Billie Chesney summed up her experience this way, "I visited a piece of our property that I had been to before, but it had been a while, and when I saw it this time, I realized how beautiful it was and how out of the way. It was like I had seen it for the first time."
Other participants in the class visited places such as the old dugout cave west of Stockton on Highway 24 that was used by African Americans traveling to the west as an overnight stop because of unfavorable ordinances in the towns of the times.
The Vision Leadership class is now in it's 6th year in Rooks County and has had over 50 participants. Emphasis in class is placed on learning styles, moving groups to performance, visionary thinking, and facilitation from the chair.
To find out more about the Vision Leadership program, visit www.rookscounty.net/rcvision.htm.
