Gail Cope:  

Life My Spouse: Steve Haferkamp Where I work: Siteman Cancer Center-Barnes Jewish St. Peters My Pets Our dog.One cat My Kids One son, Scott. One step-son, Aaron. School Quite frankly I hated high school but loved to be there with friends. I worked in the office during study hall and would help a lot of people get excused tardies or absences from school. The only tardy slip I couldn't excuse was for Ray Newcomb. He would be there just about every day and would write down the reason he was late for class with answers like, "I was walking past the study hall and 20 girls jumped me so I turned around and walked past it again". Another one was that he was being chased around the school building by a heard of jackalopes. I will never forget the time we were walking outside between the two buildings for class and Jeanette Hollis got a present on the top of her head from a bird. I remember split shifts and Nike sandwiches and nine minutes to wolf it down. Oh and less we forget...the bomb scares. I wonder how many of those calls came in to the school by the payphone outside the office??!! We had a few strange science teachers over the years at Zumwalt. Not all of them but you have to admit there were several. And when rumors spread somewhat that Paul McCartney died all you had to do was slip a note in Christine Maue's locker, saying just that, and you could hear her scream all the way down the hall. They probably heard her on the second floor too. I can't say there was ever a dull moment at Zumwalt. College Off and on after I graduated I took a few courses every now and then but I didn't decide what I wanted to do until computers came along. It sure would have been nice to have been able to use one in school...as well as a calculator because I was never good with math. In 1991 I graduated from Sanford Brown College. While attending they were accredited by Missouri University to give out Associates degrees. I was just going for a certificate in prog...Expand for more