A lot of people think terrorism is flying airplanes into buildings. It could be dropping a foreign disease into cattle. |
Last year, we topped out at about 40 West Nile cases statewide. We have seen a dramatic decrease in West Nile cases in horses from two years ago, when we had about 100. We're hoping to cut that in half again this year. |
Now, it's a matter of seeing whether the funding is forthcoming. We're trying to make lemonade from lemons, but the border needs protecting and it isn't happening. |
Our achievement has really contributed to us winning this award. Particularly with our English As A Second Language (ESL) students, their achievement is tremendous. |
We assume our fruits and vegetables are protected. As we learned from 9/11, you can't take anything for granted. |
We had 70 percent failing, now we have up to 70 percent proficiency. |