When there’s a new Walgreens, you need a new pharmacist

September 26th, 2008 at 11:50am Chuck Sweeny

With a Walgreens springing up just about every week, they’re going to need a slew of pharmacists. That’s what prompts Tenika Murphy of Willowbrook to study at the University of Illinois Chicago for her pharmacological degree, so she can be one of those pharmicists. It’s a big step up from the pharmacy tech position she currently has at a Chicago Walgreens.

Murphy is on The City of New Orleans with her daughter Kalisia, 7, and son Kevin, 11. They’re bound for Vicksburg, Miss., to visit family.

She’ll vote for Obama, “basically because he’ll try to change the economy for the better and provide hope of new jobs.”

While Watkins agrees the economy is hurting, she says blame is often misdirected.

“I think it’s the war. It’s too expensive. We spend billions a month that could have been better used here at home for housing, businesses, health care. Other countries in Europe have health care; why don’t we?

She’s also concerned about education. She’s only lived in Willowbrook four months, and the reason she moved was because of the schools. In Chicago, she had to scrimp and save to afford private school tuition for her kids; “that’s a big reason I moved to the suburbs, to get a better education for my kids.”

SCOTT MORGAN | RRSTAR.COM
Tenika Murphy and her daughter Kalesia Williams, 7, are pictured Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, on the City of New Orleans Amtrak train between Chicago and New Orleans, La.

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