I HAVE TAUGHT WITH MANY, MANY PEOPLE!
I STARTED ON A TEAM OF 3 . . . ME, CALVAN VANCE,
AND ROGER OLSEN.
I ENDED MY CAREER ON A TEAM OF 3 . . . ME,
CONDITA WASHBURN, AND MATT GOFF.
IN BETWEEN, I TAUGHT IN TEAMS OF 3, 4, 4 1/2, 5, AND 6.
MOST OF MY TEAMMATES WERE VERY POSITIVE
TOWARDS ME. I LOVED GOING TO WORK EVERY DAY
WITH TEAMMATES LIKE THEM!
THIS PHOTO IS OF MY ABSOLUTE MOST FAVORITE TEAM!
YES, WE ARE DRESSED ALIKE.
IT WAS "TWIN DAY."
CALVAN AND DON DRESSED ALIKE, RIGHT DOWN TO
THE EYEGLASS CASE IN THEIR SHIRT POCKETS!
THE WOMEN ALL WORE BLACK PANTS, THE
SCHOOL TEE SHIRT, AND A CUTE WOODEN NECKLACE
THAT ANN SEARLE'S DAUGHTER MADE FOR US!
THIS WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE MID-90'S.
(FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT . . . THEN BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT)
1. CALVAN VANCE
I TAUGHT WITH CALVAN THE LONGEST . . . 17 YEARS.
HE WAS MY FAVORITE TEAMMATE. HE WAS EXTREMELY WISE,
CARING, WITY, HAD A DRY SENSE OF HUMOR, AND HELPFUL! I ADORED HIS FAMILY!
HIS WIFE, MARGARET, IS THE BEST DIVINITY MAKER AROUND!
SHE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO TAKE MY BYU FOOTBALL
TICKETS WHEN I COULDN'T GO!
(OF COURSE, CALVAN WOULDN'T GO . . . BUT, WE KNEW THAT!)
HIS CHILDREN WERE DOUG, BLAIR, JODY, AND DEBBIE.
AND I LOVE THEIR SPOUSES AND FAMILIES!
DOUG: BECAME OUR HEAD SWEEPER. HE IS CURRENTLY THE
HEAD CUSTODIAN AT WESTFIELD EMEMENTARY.
HE AND JEANIE WENT ON A CARIBBEAN CRUISE WITH ME.
JEANIE IS AN AIDE AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY.
ASHLEY WAS A SWEEPER AND AN AIDE AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY.
CARSON WAS MY STUDENT AND A SWEEPER AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY.
GARETT WAS MY STUDENT AND A SWEEPER AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY.
ALL OF THE KIDS WENT TO A JAZZ GAME WITH ME.
CARSON, GARETT, AND THEIR WIVES WENT TO A JAZZ
GAME AS A WEDDING PRESENT FROM ME.
BLAIR: BLAIR MARRIED LAURETTE VAN WAGONER, WHO
GREW UP IN MY WARD.
BLAIR IS A 3RD GRADE TEACHER OUT BY VERNAL.
JODY HEALEY: JODY HAD TO HAVE A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
WHILE I TAUGHT WITH CALVAN.
HER BROTHER, DOUG, WAS THE DONOR.
JODY'S HUSBAND, RYAN, ATTENDED ALPINE ELEMENTARY.
HER SON, JASON, WAS A SWEEPER AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY.
DEBBIE: DEBBIE WAS MY STUDENT MY 4TH YEAR AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY.
SHE ALSO WORKED FOR MY EYE DOCTOR.
ON THE 24TH OF JULY AFTER I RETIRED, MARGARET AND THE ENTIRE
FAMILY INVITED MY MOM AND I TO THEIR HOME FOR A BARBECUE.
THREE WEEKS BEFORE HE RETIRED, CALVAN FOUND OUT
THAT HE HAD CANCER ON THE EARLOBE. THE BOTTOM
OF HIS EAR WAS CUT OFF RIGHT AWAY.
THE CANCER HAD SPREAD.
CALVAN PASSED AWAY ON EASTER SUNDAY, 2000.
2. DON BECKSTRAND
DON TAUGHT 5TH GRADE WITH ME OFF AND ON. HE WENT
BETWEEN 4TH, 5TH, AND 6TH . . . RETIRING FROM 6TH.
DON MET HIS FIRST WIFE, MARLENE, WHILE SHE STUDENT
TAUGHT UNDER HEIDI PARK. HER BROTHER, GLEN, AND SISTER
CARREN, WERE IN THE BAND WITH ME.
SHE TAUGHT 3RD GRADE AT SEGO LILY AND SNOW SPRINGS.
SHE PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO.
DON AND HIS CURRENT WIFE, PAIGE, ARE SERVING
AN LDS MISSION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA,
TEACHING INSTITUTE AND WORKING WITH YOUNG ADULTS.
3. JODY FASSETT KYBURZ
JODY WORKED AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY FOR 7 YEARS.
ONE YEAR WAS IN 4TH GRADE, THE REST, IN 5TH.
JODY WORKED IN THE SUMMERS AT TIMPANOGOS CAVE
AS A GUIDE. SHE MET HER HUSBAND, KEN, WHILE DOING THIS.
I ATTENDED THEIR WEDDING AT THE MOUNT TIMPANOGOS TEMPLE.
JODY TEACHES 5TH GRADE AT SNOW SPRINGS.
KEN WORKS ABOUT 5 MONTHS OF THE YEAR AT YELLOWSTONE AS
A RANGER, AND THE REST AS A CUSTODIAN AT
TIMPANOGOS HIGH.
HE HAS ALSO WORKED AT PROMENTORY POINT,
WHERE THE GOLDEN SPIKE WAS DRIVEN.
JODY IS CURRENTLY HER STAKE PRIMARY PRESIDENT.
SHE SPENDS HER SUMMERS HELPING KEN AT YELLOWSTONE.
THEY HAVE GONE TO SOME JAZZ GAMES WITH ME.
4. ANN SEARLE
ANN TAUGHT 1 YEAR IN 5TH GRADE WITH CALVAN,
PAUL THOMPSON, AND I.
THIS TIME, SHE JOB SHARED WITH DON.
WHEN DON WAS TEACHING, ANN SUPERVISED THE INTERNS
AT OUR SCHOOL. WHEN SHE WAS TEACHING, DON DID
THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL STUFF.
I GREW UP IN ANN'S STAKE.
ANN HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT AND COUNSELOR
IN EVERY ORGANIZATION IN THE LDS CHURCH.
SHE WAS THE STAKE PRIMARY PRESIDENT WHEN
I WAS IN A WARD PRESIDENCY.
ANN AND HER HUSBAND, LARRY, HAVE 8 CHILDREN.
SCOTT, GREG, JEFF, SHAUNA, STEVE, MINDY, BECKY, AND ANNETTE.
I KNOW ALL OF THE CHILDREN AND SPOUSES VERY WELL.
GREG & SHAUNA, JEFF & LEANN, AND STEVE & ALI LIVED IN MY WARD.
(STEVE & ALI TWICE!)
GREG'S WIFE IS SHAUNA VAN WAGONER. SHAUNA GREW UP IN MY WARD.
SHAUNA'S SISTER, LAURETTE, IS MARRIED TO CALVAN'S SON!
SHAUNA AND I SERVED TOGETHER IN A COUPLE OF CALLINGS TOGETHER,
MORE THAN ONCE!
WHEN SHAUNA WAS THE SACRAMENT MEETING ORGANIST,
I WAS THE CHORISTER.
WHEN SHE WAS THE PRIMARY CHORISTER,
I WAS THE PIANIST.
GREG & SHAUNA LIVED NEXT TO ME.
STEVE AND HIS WIFE, ALI LAMB (WHO WAS A STUDENT
AT ALPINE ELEMENTARY), LIVED IN THE SAME HOUSE
WHEN GREG & SHAUNA MOVED.
STEVE AND ALI JUST MOVED FROM MY CURRENT WARD,
AFTER BEING HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS.
ANN WAS MY ESCORT AT THE TEMPLE.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE SEALINGS OF MINDY, BECKY, AND ANNETTE.
ANN & LARRY SERVED AN 18 MONTH MISSION IN SOUTH AFRICA.
5. ANALEE WISER BROWN
I TAUGHT WITH ANALEE FOR 8 YEARS.
WHEN SHE CAME TO ALPINE, HER HUSBAND, LORIN, WAS
WAITING FOR A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT.
HE WAS ABLE TO GET ONE, AND LIVED A FEW MORE YEARS.
SHE ALSO WAS A MEMBER OF THE
MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR UNTIL SHE TURNED 60.
IT WAS GREAT TO GO TO THE CHRISTMAS CONCERTS
AND GET CD'S AS GIFTS.
WHEN ANALEE WAS IN COLLEGE, SHE TOURED
SOUTHEAST ASIA WITH THE USOS, ENTERTAINING THE TROOPS
IN THE VIET NAM WAR.
WHILE I KNEW ANALEE, SHE TAUGHT AT GREENWOOD,
ALPINE, WESTFIELD, AND FORBES.
I ATTENDED HER SON, JOSH'S WEDDING IN THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE.
THEY WERE MARRIED BY ELDER RONALD A. RASBAND.
HE WASN'T AN APOSTLE THEN, BUT WAS
JOSH'S MISSION PRESIDENT IN NEW YORK CITY.
HIS WIFE, MELANIE, IS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF MY
HISTORY TEACHER AT DIXIE. SMALL WORLD.
JULIE WISER KELLY WAS IN HER MOM'S 5TH GRADE CLASS.
I ATTENDED HER AND HER HUSBAND'S WEDDING AT
THE FALLS AT THANKSGIVING POINT.
EVEN THOUGH LORIN WAS ON OXYGEN, HE WAS
ABLE TO WALK HER DOWN THE AISLE.
ANALEE ALSO LIVED IN MY WARD AT TIMES.
SHE LIVED ONE CONDO COMPLEX OVER FROM ME.
WE WERE IN THE 11TH WARD TOGETHER WHEN SHE
FIRST MOVED IN. THE NEXT WEEK, WE WERE DIVIDED.
AFTER 4 OR 5 YEARS, WE WERE BACK TOGETHER.
HER AND HER CURRENT HUSBAND, LANE BROWN,
HAVE SINCE MOVED NEAR THE TEMPLE.
I ATTENDED THERE WEDDING AT THE LITTLE
CHAPEL AT "THIS IS THE PLACE" PARK.
THEY TRAVEL. ALOT!!!
EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WERE NOT JUST MY TEAMMATES,
BUT, THEY HAVE ALL MADE ME FEEL LIKE A PART OF THEIR FAMILIES!
