What I did not achieve in any successess in High School, I am amazed at what I have been able to achieve in life. I have experienced many discouraging times in my life. Painful ones in fact. I realize I could have given in and not picked myself up and keep going to greater things. I did not. I realized over and over again the reality of faith and that God is faithful and He has a plan and never leave us.

In business I have been always in the top 10 in achievments and goals set before me. I have run two successful businesses..... I have had the blessings of making a lot of money. But, it is not the money I have made...it is the joy of the work and the people I have served and continue to serve.

Life is short and we know how quickly now it passes us by. We in our class of 1971 are now approaching 60. Hard to imagine when we were in high school to be almost 60 and those ahead of us probably are saying the same wow....where has the time gone and now that we are hear, where do we go from here. Well, youi just keep on thriving where you are and keep on climbing the mountain of life and learn a lot from the valleys we find ourselves in from time to time

Our world is changing and it is changing fast. Sometimes I just want to slow down and enjoy the prospects of retirement. Then again because I love what I do, I don't want to stop.

My grown children and grandchildren are very important to me and I hope to have my next acheivement to be that I can retire soon and enjoy all the things i can do with them, for them and teach them before.......The dirt napp