CaringInAction

I ride about 5,000 miles every year and will get my new "seven" in a few days.  It will be equipped with "Campy Record" just like my lightspeed was.  I’m a roadie.

Community activities are varied for me. Currently I serve as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Barry County Health Department. This is an unpaid, elected position that allows me to be involved in numerous environmental areas that concern me deeply, as well as all sorts of Public Health issues. The Health Department deals with everything from Pandemic Flu Epidemics and rabies to septic systems.

I also serve the county as a supervising Judge at the polls for virtually every election.  When I first volunteered, the ballots were paper, and we began at 05:30 am on election day, and finish the count in our precinct at about 12:00 am the next day.   We would then continue to count ballots in surrounding precincts until 12 noon the next day before we got any sleep.  With modern methods, we go home by 7:45 pm on election day.  I have also been asked by my political party to run for State Representative in the last election.  I was flattered, but declined since it would have required too much time away from the agency.

I am a member of the Cassville Community 2000 board. This group is studying ways to reduce alcohol abuse among the youth of Cassville and the towns in our immediate area! The need for, and potential impact of, this effort speaks for itself. 

Cassville is fortunate to have a community college with a wide range of study available to its population. A full RN Nursing program is scheduled to start next Fall. Our high school students can take college courses as part of their program and have a full semester or more complete by the time they graduate from High School. The opportunity Crowder College offers to our community is beyond measure, and I am delighted to be able to help in some small way.