If you have not looked at the SOLO website recently, then you are in for a surprise. The new website is much easier to navigate with more easily available information for new students, returning students and sponsors. Check it out at www.soloschools.com
The last four or five months have been very eventful for us on the SOLO campus.
The long anticipated new addition to the Main Building was completed this fall. The addition provides needed storage space and houses a new 10,000 gallon water tank downstairs. Upstairs a new classroom has replaced the deck. The classroom has already been put to use in the last two EMT classes and is looking like it is going to be a popular spot to study as well as hold classes.
Additional upgrades to the Main Building include the replacement of the old fire escape on the West side of the building and the replacement of the old furnace with one that is more efficient, and hopefully more reliable. While work was underway on the Main Building, we took time to replace the old fire ladder on the office building with a proper staircase, and put up new siding on the East side.
With the changeover of the National Registry test from written to computer-based, we went to wi-fi so that students could use their laptops or the student computer for their practice tests.
In preparation for winter, which has finally arrived, the road sander for the plow truck was upgraded and a new sand shed to hold our winter supply of road sand was built down in the student parking lot. Now if we could just keep that darn cat from using it as his personal litter box….
Paul Richardson
High Angle Rescue Instructor
Head of Campus Development
Name: Mascot
Position: SOLO Head Cat
My job at SOLO is, basically, rodent control. I work out of the shop at Toad Hall and cover the grounds around the dorm and boathouse. I get up to the main campus from time to time, but it is a long way and, really, too much to expect one cat to cover.
I catch mice, chipmunks, and squirrels, and either eat them or collect the protection money. There is a person from SOLO who checks on me every day and fills my food and water bowls in the shop. I forget what his name is– people all look the same to me anyhow. I have two imaginary friends, Bob, and Silas; but they don’t really like me. On the other hand, the people here really do like me– you should see the brand new litter-box they just built me! It’s huge. It seems like it’s really a building all by itself down in the student parking lot filled with sand. I wish they wouldn’t keep taking away my sand whenever it snows. As head cat, I deserve a little respect.
