Kevin Long:  

Hi all, Updated November 2011 Upon graduation in 1977 I attended college at Chemeketa and Western Oregon then returned to Mill City to help run the family newspaper. I met and married Sheri Holman of Salem, Oregon while attending college. We started our family in Mill City and lived there until 1992. We had four boys when we left for Utah. In 1988 Sheri and I joined the LDS Church (yes Mormons)That same year I started my own government and public affairs business and hired Marion White as an assistant (you may remember her as the girls PE teacher for our older siblings). At one point I had an office in both Oregon and Utah with 5 employees. I closed my Oregon office in 1995 and in 1998 entered into commercial real estate here in Utah. Shortly after we moved to Alpine, Utah in 92 we had our fifth boy. A couple years later we adopted twin girls from Romania. After the adoption we had two more children, both girls - thats 9 if you are counting. My oldest is 29 my youngest 9. I have the coolest family in the world (okay we all think that)My oldest son played college basketball at Sounthern Virginia University and is now a regional manager for Vivent- He has fathered my three grandchildren with a 4th on the way. He has a great wife. She reminds me of Sheri when we were younger. My second oldest son did his undergraduate work in theater direction at BYU and got a masters degree from Western Oregon. He teaches high school here in Utah and is considering returning to graduate school to get a terminal degree in directing Shakespear - I know, he gets it from his mother. Our third son was recruited to play Diviision 1 football (all you Ducks might be pleased to know Oregon was on his short list). He chose to follow his two older brothers and serve an LDS mission before college. His plan was to return and play at BYU. While on his mission he was diagnosed with an aggresive form of Leukemia. He passed away in September of 2007. You can read more about his story by googleing The Jason Long Foundation. Our next oldest is attending BYU on partial scholarship. He just returned from his 2 year LDS mission to The Phillipines. He was his high school's Student Body President, captain of the basketball team and Boy Of The Year. Our fifth son is 18 and is very inteligent. At 16 He scored a 34 on his ACT college entrance exam; 36 is perfect. He was the captain of his high school basketball team and played footba...Expand for more