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[quote author=Diamond Lady link=topic=16834.msg212337#msg212337 date=1142519907]
irregardless of who comes up from the middle schools or who abandons our community again for personal and selfish reasons.

Terrific Post...abandoning the community for "personal and selfish reasons" seems to be the theme here! 
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What other reasons are there besides "personal" reasons?  Selfish implies you're doing something with your OWN best-interests in mind.  What's wrong with that when it comes to your FUTURE?

I guess John Pelfrey choosing to go to UK rather than Eastern Kentucky or Pikeville College was him "abandoning" his Eastern Ky. "community?

...so, if a kid chooses to go to a school other than the one closest to where they live because it has a better academic reputation (% of student body to college, average ACT scores, etc.) and a better chance for overall TEAM success, he's somehow "abandoning" his community?

Same thing happens in Johnson County where many out-in-the-county kids choose to go to Paintsville...not necessarily seen as "traitors" though as it seems in Pike.