Don Loving:  

Sitting here bored at the computer, decided to fill this out. Not sure if that's a good idea or not ... I attended the University of Oregon after FGHS and graduated in 1980 with a degree in Journalism. Spent three years in Newport as the news director at a radio station; met my wife, Anna, there. We were married in 1984 and moved to Newberg, where I spent three years working for the local newspaper. We still live in Newberg, but in 1986 I became the Public Affairs Director for Oregon AFSCME -- the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. I am essentially a communications director and a lobbyist at the state legislature. Once or twice a year I travel to Washington, D.C. That may sound more glamorous than it is; mostly, it's just a long flight. We have a son, Michael, who is a freshman at PCC, and a daughter, Elizabeth, who is a junior at Newberg High. Anna teaches fifth grade at Life Christian School in Aloha and takes a near-annual missions trip to the small country of Swaziland in Africa each summer. We are active in our church, Family Life Church here in Newberg. I am also an elected board member of the Chehalem Park & Recreation District, which is like being on a school board or city council, except CPRD is a separate taxing district that oversees parks and recreation in Newberg/Dundee. I'm currently in the midst of my fifth four-year term. I play a lot of golf; I wish I were better at it. Last year my best friend from church (also my chief golfing buddy) and I embarked upon a decade-long plan to play every public golf course in Oregon. There are 178 of them; we're at 52 and counting, though they get harder and more spread out as we go. But it's been fun. I also still play city league basketball and church league softball, though my knees are pretty well ...Expand for more