Dear CIGAs,

I have to tell you the story of how I came to the name of those early CIGAs who earned a degree here at JSMineset. This group, known as Comets, received a gold pin to acknowledge their accomplishment.

I had a hobby of keeping fish. My favorite was my Arawanus which is considered in Asia to be the best of good fortune.

An Arawanus looks like a World War II landing craft as it swims with its large mouth open wide for opportunistic dining. The rather gross thing is that you have to buy Comets for The Arawanus to eat.

Well one day I bought the usual 20 Comets for the Arawanus’ dinner. These Comets actually organized and attacked the Arawanus all together at the same time. They ate all the fins off the Arawanus, making it a cucumber floating straight up and sentencing it to death.

I was so proud of the Comets that I grew them in my tank, transferring them to a 90,000 gallon outdoor pond where they live happily with their offspring today.

The message was that if we all work together as a team we can overcome any and all obstacles, even an Arawanus. If we let the shorts scatter us then all is lost.

It is up to us.