USMC - Never give up

Here's a feel-good story from this morning's meeting of the McHenry County Sheriff's Department's Merit Commission.

Testing for applicants for the 2012 Eligibility List was conducted on September 8 at Woodstock North High School.

The attorney for the Merit Commission, Susan Connor, was at the meeting and told this story about one applicant.

The applicant was coming from Chicago. To get here, he took a bus, then the "L", then Metra. Only he caught the wrong Metra train (easy to do) and had to go back to Ogilvie Station, where he caught the correct train.

When he got to Woodstock, he ran the three miles from the train station near the Square to Woodstock North High School. He arrived about one minute after the last physical agility test had been administered.

To the credit of the testing vendor, they administered the test to him.

The applicant? A Marine!

This is a guy that McHenry County Sheriff's Department needs. His name was not mentioned at the meeting. Good luck to him!