Rex Funk:  

Life since High School, The school year 61-62 was a whirlwind of activity for me. I remember writing the Balad of the Nutrition Condition and singing it with Tom Carvey and Phil Nyborg in the Review 62 talent show. The teachers I most remember were Roger Elliott, Patricia Pratt, and Jeff Hare. I was active in the YMCA, and the summer after graduation went on a tour of Europe with 8 guys and our leader Bill Mead. We racked up 15 countries in 10 weeks, and had many adventures in our VW microbus. Craig Baumunk, Tom Carvey, Phil Nyborg, and other PV students also went along. After graduating from PV High, I attended Harbor College, University of Northern Colorado, and graduated from CSU Long Beach with a BA degree in Geography and a strong Biology minor. I got my secondary teaching certificate, and took a job teaching high school Biology in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I soon developed a keen interest in preserving urban open space, and participated in campaigns to protect natural lands in and around Albuquerque. In 1984, I went to Washington DC to receive the Gulf Oil Conservation Award for my volunteer efforts. This led to a job with the City as an open space planner and the first Superintendent of the Open Space Division. We went from a staff of 3 to 55 people, and we were managing 23,000 acres of natural lands when I retired in 1994. I moved to Oregon two years later, and returned to high school science teaching. In 2000, I moved to Arizona, taught a year, and decided it was time to hang up the chalk. For the past 8 years I have been working for a landscape products company in various capacities. I now work part time, and enjoy car restoration (my current project is a ‘63 Sunbeam Alpine), woodworking, hiking, boating, fishing, and other pastimes. I live in Bullhead City (on the Colorado ...Expand for more