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A job well done
Yvonne Zipp
Today鈥檚 stories explore restrictions on media access during the impeachment trial, the moral hazards of a last-ditch solution to climate change, hints of progress in the racial gaps seen in the U.S. prison system, the transformation of聽a Hungarian village into a Hasidic pilgrimage destination, and a rapper who is defining beauty for herself.
Call it a job well done.
On Feb. 6, Bob Vollmer will report for duty as an Indiana land surveyor for the last time. The 102-year-old says he鈥檚 finally ready to enjoy retirement.
Instead of a gold watch, the World War II Navy veteran will retire with Indiana鈥檚 highest honor, the Sagamore of the Wabash, which he shares with David Letterman and Harry Truman.
His chosen profession has taken him all over his home state. Once he had to deal with a lieutenant of Al Capone, who built an illegal beachside fence (complete with metal tags that read: 鈥淧roperty of Chicago鈥�).
鈥淢y secret is, I don鈥檛 care how mean a guy is. You鈥檝e got to feel him out and find out what you might have in common,鈥� Mr. Vollmer told Point of Beginning, a publication for surveyors.
His daughter retired before her dad, after a career as a schoolteacher. 鈥淚 feel like I鈥檓 the slacker in the family,鈥� she joked in published before Mr. Vollmer鈥檚 centenary. (It includes such gems as Mr. Vollmer鈥檚 beloved 1942 Willys jeep, which also saw action in the Pacific theater, and his practice of pulling hood ornaments off state-issued vehicles and replacing them with pencil sharpeners, so he鈥檇 have one handy.)
In terms of life lessons, Mr. Vollmer credits his father. 鈥淚 try to be right with people,鈥� Mr. Vollmer . 鈥淚f anybody does anything for you, helps you in any way, be sure and say thank you.鈥�
