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The email came into the inboxes of Sandhills Community College staffers and landed with a thud.

The news from President John Dempsey was urgent and dire, something none had ever thought would occur.

Higher health insurance costs were hurting all employers, and the college was facing a huge premium bill, Dempsey said.

The college has no choice, Dempsey wrote. Employees will have to pay premiums in line with their weight; those who are overweight will pay more.

Dempsey listed times and dates for staff to come in and be weighed at the student center.

“We had some upset people writing and calling to say, ‘I can’t believe you’re making me do that,’” said Wendy Dodson, SCC’s human resources manager and Dempsey’s assistant.

Then the staffers looked at the email’s time stamp: April 1.

They’d been had — again — by a man who couldn’t resist.

A man who loves April Fool’s jokes. A man of letters, good cheer, vision, a sense of purpose, and a great short game — this is John Dempsey. Since his arrival full time in the Sandhills almost 25 years ago, he has been a perpetual motion machine.

Source: Southern Pines Pilot

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