Amazing Leaders: Vol. 5 - SpringPark

By Francis McIntire

A fictional account of SpringPark, a utopian society modeled after Robert Owen's vision for New Lanark, Scotland and New Harmonie, Indiana.Much remained to be done, but on a day like today the community of SpringPark would enter a season of celebration. Corporations have their annual holiday parties, faith groups have their sacred feasts, and sovereignties commemorate their battles for independence. SpringPark is no different, save the order of magnitude. While ancient civilizations practiced unbridled hedonism for no particular reason at all, SpringParkers' official celebrations are best described as deliberate, incendiary, and wonderful.Deliberate - to celebrate the work-hard play-hard ethic that resulted in the occasion of yet another most productive 'Drop' that would secure the continued commonwealth of the fair community.Incendiary - but not in a destructive way. Just as the Lord's elect 'catch fire' witnessing His shekinah glory, the denizens of SpringPark burn day and night with their God-given mission to grow the yearlings in the fear and admonition of the Lord, demonstrate a level of productivity in the arts and sciences not seen since the Ottoman Empire, and engage the likes of Weirnam and Gahenna in the mortal struggle for dominance.Wonderful - and awe inspiring leadership and followership. Donna Prime and her love for the creatures great and small. Xenophons, yearlings, Freshies (the twins), and of course her life's passion - those that carry the moniker SpringParkers. Donna Due and her technical proficiency in math, science, and legerdemain. Her willingness to accept the awkward title of Donna's Handler, bestowed on her by Donna Prime herself. Monty Post and his sacred vow to protect and defend the life, liberty, and fun-loving abandon of all those who pilgrimage to SpringPark and call the sacred enclave nestled in the woods of Herndon, Virginia their home.Needless to say, this resulted in a language of their own. Ethiopian, the scrambled, chirping, buzzing, whooping collection of sounds, words, and phrases that allowed SpringParkers to communicate sensitive information in-the-clear. Allies including the Navajo Code Talkers could not understand the wonderful assortment of tones that the Donnas and Charleses emitted. Neither could the likes of Reverend Weirnam or the equally diabolical Dr. Bill Gahenna and their minions.Speaking of minions, the Canadian allies in collaboration with the young detective Seamus O'Keefe from Boston, filed a report (Wachusett) revealing the name of Charlene, a Weirnam confererate. "Yes," he said, "she tried to get her 'hooks' in Monty (subdued chuckle). Turned tail and ran. Word on the street is Monty is lethal. We'll just keep it that way."O'Keefe entered the data in a crude new 'typewriter' system based on the intelligence-gathering methods used by Sir Winston Churchill during the Good War.SpringPark shibboleths were all the rage, and replaced the tap-codes that were popular during WWII and were still being used in a new skirmish (just a 'brushfire' we're told) in far-away Southeast Asia.Three lessons-learned emerged from Monty's lunchtime brown-bag sessions. The 'green' interns had great difficulty with three terms that were part of the common vernacular. Young Donnas and Charleses had great difficulty pronouncing the words 'wallet', 'banana', and windshield wipers'. This was addressed by SpringPark's Neurolinguistics team in consultation with the SpringPark Onomatopoeia Club.The problem:Not a few yearlings pronounced 'banana' as b'lanna b'lanna (repeating the mis-spoken word twice),More than half pronounced 'wallet' as watta-bocket, andAbout half of the new recruits pronounced 'windshield wipers' as wimple-shwipers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1537379054
• ISBN13: 9781537379050
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"