{"id":689,"date":"2014-06-19T16:38:58","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T16:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/?page_id=689"},"modified":"2017-07-10T05:16:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T05:16:43","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1  fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last 1_1\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"  data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\"><span style=\"color: #262626;\">BLOG<\/span><\/h1><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#262626;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-pagination\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-pagination fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"2\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-1235\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1235 post type-post status-publish format-gallery has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog category-uncategorized tag-blue-crabs-baseball tag-ccso tag-darryl-strawberry tag-drug-abuse tag-frank-shelton tag-keith-elkins tag-little-league tag-opioids tag-school-assembly tag-substance-abuse post_format-post-format-gallery\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DarrylStrawberryPoster-320x202.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DarrylStrawberryPoster-320x202.png 320w, https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DarrylStrawberryPoster-700x441.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2020\/03\/03\/darryl-strawberry-coming-to-waldorf-md\/\">Darryl Strawberry &#8211; OVERCOMING OPIOIDS!<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DarrylStrawberryPoster.png\" data-id=\"1235\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"DarrylStrawberryPoster\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2020\/03\/03\/darryl-strawberry-coming-to-waldorf-md\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDarryl Strawberry &#8211; OVERCOMING OPIOIDS!\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2020\/03\/03\/darryl-strawberry-coming-to-waldorf-md\/\" aria-label=\"Darryl Strawberry &#8211; OVERCOMING OPIOIDS!\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2020\/03\/03\/darryl-strawberry-coming-to-waldorf-md\/\">Darryl Strawberry &#8211; OVERCOMING OPIOIDS!<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It is my honor to host and bring my friend, Darryl Strawberry to Charles County, MD on May 13, 2020! Darryl is one of the greatest Major League Baseball players of all time and he [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2020-03-03T22:39:10+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>March 3rd, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2020\/03\/03\/darryl-strawberry-coming-to-waldorf-md\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1213\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1213 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog category-uncategorized tag-dc tag-frank-shelton tag-ny-leadership tag-public-service tag-un tag-washington tag-white-house\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/abcWhiteHouse2019-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/abcWhiteHouse2019-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/abcWhiteHouse2019-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2019\/04\/11\/1213\/\">Meeting @ The White House<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/abcWhiteHouse2019.jpg\" data-id=\"1213\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"abcWhiteHouse2019\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2019\/04\/11\/1213\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeeting @ The White House\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2019\/04\/11\/1213\/\" aria-label=\"Meeting @ The White House\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2019\/04\/11\/1213\/\">Meeting @ The White House<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Recently, I was invited at back to back meetings in NYC at the United Nations and then @ The White House. One of the attributes and characteristics of leadership is selflessly serving others. At the [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2019-04-11T23:57:35+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>April 11th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2019\/04\/11\/1213\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1201\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1201 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-dc tag-education tag-frank-shelton tag-impact tag-inspire tag-leadership tag-motivational-speaker tag-new-york tag-presidents tag-students tag-travel tag-united-nations tag-world-leaders\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/UN2018-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/UN2018-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/UN2018-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/11\/12\/meeting-united-nations\/\">Meeting @ UN<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/UN2018.jpg\" data-id=\"1201\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"UN2018\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/11\/12\/meeting-united-nations\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeeting @ UN\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/11\/12\/meeting-united-nations\/\" aria-label=\"Meeting @ UN\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/11\/12\/meeting-united-nations\/\">Meeting @ UN<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Late last month, I was invited back for the second time to participate in a meeting at the UN in the Big Apple. New York resembles Texas that they both do everything BIG! My good [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2020-03-03T22:33:55+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>November 12th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/11\/12\/meeting-united-nations\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1183\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1183 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-career tag-denzel-washington tag-drugs tag-frank-shelton-department-of-education tag-graduation tag-hope-is-on-the-way tag-leadership tag-opioid tag-principal tag-public-schools tag-reach-for-the-stars tag-school-assembly tag-speech tag-un\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ABCEducation-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ABCEducation-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ABCEducation-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/04\/school-is-in-session\/\">SCHOOL is in SESSION<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ABCEducation.jpg\" data-id=\"1183\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"ABCEducation\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/04\/school-is-in-session\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSCHOOL is in SESSION\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/04\/school-is-in-session\/\" aria-label=\"SCHOOL is in SESSION\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/04\/school-is-in-session\/\">SCHOOL is in SESSION<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>What an honor this week to return to the Department of Education on Capitol Hill and weigh in on the opioid epidemic epidemic, human trafficking and suicide prevention. Grateful to be part of a panel [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2018-10-04T14:54:58+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>October 4th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/04\/school-is-in-session\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1164\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1164 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-congress tag-denzel tag-diversity tag-frank-shelton tag-hollywood tag-hope tag-kindness tag-leadership tag-lessons tag-school tag-student-government tag-unity tag-usa\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ABCIndiaTajMahal-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ABCIndiaTajMahal-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ABCIndiaTajMahal-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/09\/11\/university-of-diversity\/\">University of Diversity<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ABCIndiaTajMahal.jpg\" data-id=\"1164\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Taj Mahal\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/09\/11\/university-of-diversity\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUniversity of Diversity\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/09\/11\/university-of-diversity\/\" aria-label=\"University of Diversity\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/09\/11\/university-of-diversity\/\">University of Diversity<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Keynote @ Pastor Carlton Burns - 20th Anniversary as pastor @ Pleasant Grove Baptist - Upper Marlboro, MD One of the greatest lessons I have learned was out of the classroom. More than ever we [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2018-09-11T21:49:51+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>September 11th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/09\/11\/university-of-diversity\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1147\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1147 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog category-high-schools-news tag-assemblies tag-character tag-compassion tag-education tag-leadership tag-positive-choices tag-private tag-public-school tag-sga tag-students tag-teachers tag-winners\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_2107-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_2107-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_2107-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/04\/20\/school-is-cool\/\">SCHOOL is COOL!<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_2107.jpg\" data-id=\"1147\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_2107\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/04\/20\/school-is-cool\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSCHOOL is COOL!\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/high-schools-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">High Schools News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/04\/20\/school-is-cool\/\" aria-label=\"SCHOOL is COOL!\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/04\/20\/school-is-cool\/\">SCHOOL is COOL!<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The last few weeks have been a whirlwind. I stayed in TEN hotel beds in 12 days and spoke in multiple states from coast to coast. From DC to Los Angeles, three days speaking near [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2018-04-20T15:36:06+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>April 20th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2018\/04\/20\/school-is-cool\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1059\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1059 post type-post status-publish format-standard 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https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Africa1-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/11\/out-of-africa\/\">This Time For AFRICA<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Africa1.jpg\" data-id=\"1059\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Frank &amp; FRIENDS\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/11\/out-of-africa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis Time For AFRICA\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/11\/out-of-africa\/\" aria-label=\"This Time For AFRICA\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/11\/out-of-africa\/\">This Time For AFRICA<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It has been said, \"If you don't see it before you see it you will never SEE it.\" In 1998, it was the best of times and worst of times and I had just faced [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2017-07-10T02:09:41+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>January 11th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/11\/out-of-africa\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1025\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1025 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Olympics-Rio-Beach-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Olympics-Rio-Beach-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Olympics-Rio-Beach-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/01\/greater-than-gold-2\/\">Greater than Gold<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Olympics-Rio-Beach.jpg\" data-id=\"1025\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Olympics Rio Beach\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/01\/greater-than-gold-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGreater than Gold\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/01\/greater-than-gold-2\/\" aria-label=\"Greater than Gold\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/01\/greater-than-gold-2\/\">Greater than Gold<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Earlier this month, I had the honor to return as a motivator and chaplain during the XXXI Olympiad outreach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2012, I was on location for opening ceremonies of the [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2016-09-01T01:19:15+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>September 1st, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/01\/greater-than-gold-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-960\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-960 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-ambassador-of-joy tag-basketball tag-clown-prince tag-frank-shelton tag-hall-of-fame tag-harlem-globetrotter tag-leader tag-leadership tag-meadowlark-lemon tag-minister tag-motivator tag-school-assembly tag-trust-your-next-shot tag-washington-dc\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Meadowlark-RIP-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2016\/01\/03\/game-changer\/\">Game Changer<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Meadowlark-RIP.jpg\" data-id=\"960\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Meadowlark RIP\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2016\/01\/03\/game-changer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGame Changer\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2016\/01\/03\/game-changer\/\" aria-label=\"Game Changer\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2016\/01\/03\/game-changer\/\">Game Changer<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This week the world lost an icon. For my family we lost a friend. No exaggeration or embellishment. Meadowlark Lemon was my childhood hero and as an adult an inspiration. We were close friends and [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2016-01-03T00:47:03+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>January 3rd, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2016\/01\/03\/game-changer\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-811\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-811 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-anti-bullying tag-character tag-fbla tag-john-hanson tag-leadership tag-middle-school tag-national-speaker tag-school-assemblies tag-sga tag-student-government tag-students\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/abcJohnHanson.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/30\/full-circle\/\">Full Circle<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/abcJohnHanson.jpg\" data-id=\"811\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"John Hanson PATRIOTS\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/30\/full-circle\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFull Circle\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/30\/full-circle\/\" aria-label=\"Full Circle\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/30\/full-circle\/\">Full Circle<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This week I had the privilege to do something special. It was my HONOR to return exactly thirty years later and speak at my junior high - John Hanson in Waldorf, MD. In 1985-1986, I [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2015-05-30T01:04:25+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>May 30th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/30\/full-circle\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-758\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-758 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-air-force-one tag-georgia tag-grace tag-leadership tag-mercy tag-pardon tag-president tag-rally tag-schools tag-students tag-thanksgiving tag-youth\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/abcObama2014T1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/11\/28\/presidential-pardon\/\">Presidential Pardon<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/abcObama2014T1.jpg\" data-id=\"758\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"President Obama - Nov 26, 2014\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/11\/28\/presidential-pardon\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPresidential Pardon\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/11\/28\/presidential-pardon\/\" aria-label=\"Presidential Pardon\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/11\/28\/presidential-pardon\/\">Presidential Pardon<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The day before Thanksgiving, I was invited back at the White House and had the privilege to cover the President's remarks on the annual pardoning of the turkey. This year he didn't pardon one but [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2014-11-28T23:31:19+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>November 28th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/11\/28\/presidential-pardon\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-569\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-569 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-board-of-education tag-character tag-charles-county-public-schools tag-coaching tag-education tag-frank-shelton tag-gym tag-leadership tag-malcolm-elementary-school tag-maryland tag-mr-walters tag-parenting tag-physical-education tag-public-school tag-sports tag-teacher tag-thomas-stone-high-school tag-waldorf tag-winning\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/abcgymteacher-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/06\/05\/class-act\/\">CLASS ACT<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/abcgymteacher.jpg\" data-id=\"569\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Mr. Bill Walters - My elem school PE teacher\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/06\/05\/class-act\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCLASS ACT\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/06\/05\/class-act\/\" aria-label=\"CLASS ACT\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/06\/05\/class-act\/\">CLASS ACT<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>BACK TO SCHOOL: Yesterday, it was my honor to return to Malcolm Elementary to catch up with my all time favorite teacher - Mr. Walter. He was my K-5 PE teacher and he is ageless. [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2014-06-05T13:36:03+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>June 5th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/06\/05\/class-act\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-539\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-539 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-afghanistan tag-arlington-national-cemetery tag-death tag-dignified-transfer tag-freedom-isnt-free tag-hannity tag-marine-of-the-year tag-msgt-aaron-torian tag-ny tag-oliver-north tag-olympics tag-team-usa tag-us-marines\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/abcmarines.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/abcmarines-200x133.png 200w, https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/abcmarines.png 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/03\/01\/some-gave-all\/\">SOME GAVE ALL<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/abcmarines.png\" data-id=\"539\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"US MARINES @ Arlington Cemetery\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/03\/01\/some-gave-all\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSOME GAVE ALL\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/03\/01\/some-gave-all\/\" aria-label=\"SOME GAVE ALL\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/03\/01\/some-gave-all\/\">SOME GAVE ALL<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Two weeks ago today as my family were asleep I got up early to watch TEAM USA take on the Russians in ice hockey during the Olympics. Due to NBC Sports electing again to show [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2014-03-01T17:29:25+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>March 1st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/03\/01\/some-gave-all\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-529\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-529 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-air-force-one tag-air-force-two tag-airplane tag-america tag-carrying-greatness tag-community tag-helicopter tag-hmx1 tag-leadership tag-marine-one tag-politics tag-president tag-team-spirit tag-teamwork tag-transportation\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/abcairforceoneUSMC-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/02\/03\/teamwork\/\">Teamwork<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/abcairforceoneUSMC.jpg\" data-id=\"529\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Air Force One &amp; Marine One\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/02\/03\/teamwork\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTeamwork\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/02\/03\/teamwork\/\" aria-label=\"Teamwork\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/02\/03\/teamwork\/\">Teamwork<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Over the years, I have been blessed to see some pretty amazing things and other than sitting at an inauguration watching the transfer of power, especially exchange of two different political parties one of my [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2014-02-03T15:14:59+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>February 3rd, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/02\/03\/teamwork\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-503\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-503 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-air-force-one tag-air-force-two tag-andrews-air-force-base tag-boeing-747 tag-congress tag-flying-white-house tag-leadership tag-military tag-my-fellow-americans tag-president tag-president-bill-clinton tag-president-george-w-bush tag-president-ronald-reagan tag-public-service tag-secretary-of-defense-cohen tag-senate tag-senator-john-glenn\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/abcairforceone2014.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/abcairforceone2014-200x112.png 200w, https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/abcairforceone2014.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/01\/09\/welcome-aboard-air-force-one\/\">Welcome Aboard &#8211; AIR FORCE ONE<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/abcairforceone2014.png\" data-id=\"503\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Air Force One - 747\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/01\/09\/welcome-aboard-air-force-one\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWelcome Aboard &#8211; AIR FORCE ONE\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/01\/09\/welcome-aboard-air-force-one\/\" aria-label=\"Welcome Aboard &#8211; AIR FORCE ONE\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/01\/09\/welcome-aboard-air-force-one\/\">Welcome Aboard &#8211; AIR FORCE ONE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>On President's Day Weekend, I was born in our Nation's Capital on a cold Sunday, February morning in 1972. My mother worked at the U.S. Capitol Historical Society and Dad was still a young cop [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2014-01-09T21:46:04+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>January 9th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2014\/01\/09\/welcome-aboard-air-force-one\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-478\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-478 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-24 tag-alabama tag-auburn tag-class-act tag-compassion tag-correspondence tag-football tag-kicker tag-leadership tag-meadowlark-lemon tag-perseverance tag-president-george-w-bush tag-tigers tag-winning\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ABCALletterBush-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ABCALletterBush-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ABCALletterBush-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/12\/12\/greats-are-gracious\/\">Greats are Gracious<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ABCALletterBush.jpg\" data-id=\"478\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Pres Bush (43) encouragement to Alabama&#039;s #43\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/12\/12\/greats-are-gracious\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGreats are Gracious\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/12\/12\/greats-are-gracious\/\" aria-label=\"Greats are Gracious\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/12\/12\/greats-are-gracious\/\">Greats are Gracious<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Today, at 41 years old and a month away from turning 42, I would like to share about 43. No, not my age but two class acts! Over the years, I have witnessed something early [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2013-12-12T15:44:57+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>December 12th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/12\/12\/greats-are-gracious\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-415\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-415 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-american-eagle tag-clinton-library tag-dc tag-frank-shelton tag-impressions tag-jfk tag-leadership tag-motivational tag-oval-office tag-president-bill-clinton tag-president-carter tag-president-george-w-bush tag-president-ronald-reagan tag-seal-of-president tag-the-white-house tag-washington\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/abcclintonoval1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/abcclintonoval1-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/abcclintonoval1-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/10\/04\/oval-office\/\">Oval Office<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/abcclintonoval1.jpg\" data-id=\"415\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Oval @ Clinton Library\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/10\/04\/oval-office\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOval Office\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/10\/04\/oval-office\/\" aria-label=\"Oval Office\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/10\/04\/oval-office\/\">Oval Office<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Honestly, I was going to call this post \"de ja vu.\" It is always a treat when you get to re-visit something special. Talk about a BLAST from the PAST! This past month was a [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2013-10-04T20:39:37+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>October 4th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/10\/04\/oval-office\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-397\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-397 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-abduction tag-character-counts tag-charles-county tag-computer tag-cyber tag-education tag-erik-estrada tag-fbi tag-finding-faith tag-fox-news tag-frank-shelton tag-maryland tag-maryland-independent tag-md tag-online-predators tag-protecting-students tag-safety tag-school tag-smca tag-southern-maryland-christian-academy tag-white-plains\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/abcerikestrada2013-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/09\/13\/protecting-our-students\/\">Protecting Our Students<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/abcerikestrada2013.jpg\" data-id=\"397\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Erik Estrada &amp; frank shelton in Texas\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/09\/13\/protecting-our-students\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProtecting Our Students\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/09\/13\/protecting-our-students\/\" aria-label=\"Protecting Our Students\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/09\/13\/protecting-our-students\/\">Protecting Our Students<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Earlier this summer (June 2013), while speaking in Houston, TX I was able to connect with Hollywood actor and former \"CHiPs\" star, Erik Estrada. It is safe to say almost everyone loved \"Ponch\" back in [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t2013-09-13T22:17:24+00:00\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span>September 13th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/09\/13\/protecting-our-students\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-384\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-384 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-america tag-bill-clinton tag-blessings tag-classrooms tag-corporate tag-dissapointments tag-ga tag-jfk tag-leadership tag-plains tag-president-jimmy-carter tag-president-john-f-kennedy tag-public-schools\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/abcjimmycarter2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/abcjimmycarter2-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/abcjimmycarter2-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/07\/24\/presidential-reunion\/\">Presidential Reunion<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/abcjimmycarter2.jpg\" data-id=\"384\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"President Jimmy Carter &amp; frank shelton\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/07\/24\/presidential-reunion\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPresidential Reunion\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blog<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/07\/24\/presidential-reunion\/\" aria-label=\"Presidential Reunion\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frankshelton.org\/index.php\/2013\/07\/24\/presidential-reunion\/\">Presidential Reunion<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The first week of May 2013, I was booked to speak at various venues and drove 3,000 miles in just under a week (alone). That is doing some serious driving! 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