Birthplace: Sidney, Ohio

High School: Canyon

College: West Texas A&M University

Family: husband-Gary; 2 girls-Kima and Kelli; 5 stepsons; 3 grandchildren: 2 girls and 1 boy; 6 step- grandchildren

Hobbies/Interests: Music, canning, teaching church activities, and reading Christian fiction

Years of experience in your field: 23 years; retired in August 2001

Favorite color: Blue

Favorite movie: Sound of Music and any of the musicals

Music preference: piano, organ, Christian music; played French horn elementary through college

Pets: 1 part lab part rhodesian ridgeback-Simba; 2-miniature pinchers-Princess and Queenie; Duchess