Michael Miller:  

Graduated from Iowa State in 1984 with a degree in Graphic Design, ( as I walked across the stage they were moving computers into the Design College so interviews where very interesting) worked as a custom picture framer for 16 years for The Frame Shop in Ames, worked as the Director of Development for the Octagon Center for the Arts in Ames for 4 years. Owned Gallery 319 from 2004 - 2016 as a small business owner with my wife Marla. Worked part time for Durham School Services for the past 7 years as a school bus driver for the Ames Middle school and will begin doing this full time this fall 2016. Marla and I worked for 10 years as foster parents for DHS as a Treatment Level 3 home and had many great but troubled kids during our time working for DHS. We met a ten year old boy named Steven in 2000 and he came to live in our home later that year and we adopted him as our son in July of 2001. Marla had been an Adult/ Child Abuse investigator in Polk county and moved to Boone County soon after we married in 1992. Marla and I met at the Drama workshop when we both auditioned for Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat, dated as we did shows at the Ingersoll Dinner Theater, The DM Playhouse, and ACTORS Theater in Ames. I started doing theater in 1987 with ACTORS and I have worked on stage as an actors in over 50 productions. I have also stage managed, been tech director for several shows and I directed my 15th production this year for ACTORS summer musical Kiss Me Kate. Since 2004 I have been a member of the Ames Noon Kiwanis Club and I have served on the board for 6 years been the treasurer for 4 years and this year(2015-16) I am the President of the club and next year I will be Immediate past president and Lt Gov - Elect of Division 11 of the Nebraska - Iowa District and Lt. Gov in 2017-18. Marla has attended many functions with me as a spouse of a Kiwanian and decided to join the club this year. For those ...Expand for more