Centre

About Your Counselor

I have been a School Counselor here at Centre going on 19 years. My wife Susan and I moved here from Agenda, Kansas [Cuba-Hillcrest schools] where we had been working for 5 years previously. Prior to that we lived in Ft. Collins, Colorado where I attended Colorado State University to get my Social Science teaching certification. I finished by BA & MA at Western Kentucky University[Bowling Green, Kentucky] in 1974. At Western I completed my masters in Counseling and Student Personnel Services. Since then I completed my Secondary and Elementary Counseling certifications at Ft. Hays State University. I also have completed graduate classes at; Emporia State University, Kansas State University, and Adams State University[Alamoso, Colorado] while living in Kansas.

Susan and I live in rural Tampa where we enjoy all aspects of 'the country life'. Well, we enjoy everything except 'ice storms"!!! I spend lots of my spare time in my garden and trying to start a small orchard. Many of our neighbors and friends always want to know if I'm planting anything new this year, or if anything happens to be ready. Yes, I give away many pounds/buckets of my garden produce. Given the ups and downs of Kansas's weather, the fruit production has been rather limited so far. I remain optimistic that one day I will be giving away plums; pears, apples, and nectarines.