Delores (Dee) Snodgrass:  

Unbelievable that it has already been 40 years! Following graduation, I continued working my high school co-op job at an insurance company. In the fall, I enrolled at Palmer Jr. College in their evening program while continuing to work during the day. I then went to work for Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company, got married, graduated from Palmer and enrolled at Marycrest College. After graduating from Marycrest with a BA in Business, I thought I could finally catch my breath¿working full-time while going to school full-time is a tough uphill battle. But, there were opportunities at Iowa-Illinois in the accounting field. So¿ back to school I went; and two years later had a BA in Accounting from St. Ambrose College and was promoted to Accountant and later Sr. Accountant. I figured I was on a roll, so I began MBA classes through the University of Iowa, got half-way through the program, and simply ran out of steam. My husband, Stan, was also living this crazy routine; we both got tired of burning the candle at both ends and decided we needed a life. We started doing a lot of camping and canoeing, which included several trips to the canoe boundary waters and canoe racing. We started jogging and eventually graduated to running and then running road races. I¿ve run three full marathons, several half marathons and numerous 10Ks and 5Ks (you wouldn¿t know it to look at me now!) We became involved with volleyball, sometimes playing in 4 or 5 leagues per week, taking classes, and even attending volleyball summer camps¿picture two old codgers playing volleyball with thirty-forty high school girls! My husband loved it, though, because we were playing on women¿s height nets. One night following our volleyball games, my team went out for snacks to a restaurant performing karaoke. You guessed it: a new hobby! Yes, shy and quiet Dee Bankson sang karaoke! Eventually, my husband¿s work moved us out to Colorado, just outside of Denver. We love Colorado! We both like to hike and ski and it¿s great to be able to go up to the mountains anytime we want¿if only that pesky t...Expand for more