Richard Katschke:  

KGHS was good to me - I appreciate the teachers who worked hard and taught well. After graduation I attended Brigham Young University - what a change - 27,000 students and unlimited opportunities to learn and work and so forth. I met my wife there (she graduated in 1970 with a degree in home ec. education). I graduated in 1971 with a degree in PE and a zoology minor. Taught 2 years at King George Elementary (unfortunately, it was a miserable 2 years as I was out of my element and the administration was abysmal). The biology position at KGHS saved me and I taught 3 years there and coached with Buddy Updike. But the advanced degrees I planned for beckoned me and I left for BYU again (this time with 2 kids and 1 on the way). I earned my masters there and was preparing to attend University of Iowa for my PhD in exercise physiology (cardiac rehabilitation was the goal) but resources were limited and now we had 4 children. So, after some tough decision making I went back to public education and landed in the tiny town of Panaca, Nevada. This county (Lincoln County) is 15,000 square miles with 4,000 people. There are still cowboys here (wiry, rugged, and very hard working). Wide open spaces, clean air, and beautiful night skies. I am still here 30 years later. All 7 children (and we would have loved to have more....) are now married and doing we...Expand for more