A “Steward of the people” Theodore Roosevelt was our youngest president. A prolific reader and writer, he was instrumental in ensuring the construction of the Panama Canal. Domestically he added to the national forests in the west, reserved lands for public use, and also fostered great irrigation projects. Channeling conservationist Roosevelt, our Bobblehead Teddy is very much in agreement that those were high stakes achievements, and nods: “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”