VICA Viewpoint: March 12, 2010 
What was your favorite memory about turning 18? (Inspired by our intern Nicholas celebrating his 18th birthday last week) 

Discovering that my birthday had been drawn as Number 309 in the Vietnam War Draft Lottery. You see, at the time, I really didn't want to cut my hair. Now, I really wish I had some to cut.
David Adelman
VICA First Vice Chair and Membership Committee Chair; Partner, Greenberg & Bass LLP

Who can remember that far back?
Jerry Otchis
VICA Finance Chair; Jerald A. Otchis Certified Public Accountant

With two of my closest friends in high school, we went to one of the first local casinos on tribal land and I played blackjack for the very first time. The casino wasn’t in a hotel, let alone a building. It was in a make-shift tent…like it mattered! My how times have changed.
David Phelps
VICA Entertainment Committee Co-Chair; Director of External Relations, Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP)

Learning that I had passed the Subject "A" exam and that I would go straight to Freshman Comp without the dreaded stop at Subject "A."
Bob Rodine
VICA Board Member and Aviation Committee Co-Chair; Principal Consultant, The Polaris Group

First – Happy Birthday Nicholas! My favorite memory of turning 18 was attending the 1984 Summer Olympics! It was incredible to watch all those athletes who trained so hard for that one moment of competition. In addition, I loved seeing the diversity of the nations attending and their cultures which were different from mine.
Faith Singer
VICA member; V.P. Finance & C.F.O., ABC Learn, Inc.