Scott Carruthers:  

Life "Falcons, Falcons, let me hear your best." "We're the Falcons from WHS!" It still seems like yesterday that we were shouting that at games and pep rallies. I've been to a few football games lately, and sure enough, they still do those same cheers. It makes me feel like I'm 17 all over again, which is cool - those were good times. West isn't very good at sports nowadays, but it's still fun to watch. I graduated from the University of Iowa in 1993 with a bachelor's degree, then enrolled in Palmer College. Graduated from there in 1997 with my doctorate degree in chiropractic. I initially went to Washington state because it is beautiful there and I have family in the Seattle area. I had no practice situation ironed out, just the hopes of getting started and living in a fantastic area with lots to do. However, while waiting to take the State Board exam to become licensed, an opportunity in Knoxville, TN dropped into my lap and it sounded like a good thing to do. It was a good job with a good doctor in a great office, but about a year later, an even sweeter opportunity somehow found me and I moved about 90 miles east to the town of Kingsport. Here I practiced with a fantastic doctor in a fantastic office but over time developed a yearning for the Quad Cities and for the academic aspect of the profession. So I moved back to Davenport in April 2004 for a position on the Palmer faculty in the Adjusting Technique Department. Unfortunatel...Expand for more