Sallie Young:  

I hope my friends from Yuba will remember me as a smart, friendly, warm, and open minded person who was always interested in others and was willing to stand up for the rights of all. (If you knew me very well you might remember that I was learning disabled in the area of spelling. Thank God for spell check! lol) Because of growing up with my Uncle Beck, who was handicapped, I decided to devote my life to fighting for the educational rights of all children, reguardless of their handicapping conditions. I have worked with deaf, blind, physically handicapped, emotionally disturbed, severe and profoundly handicapped, learning disabled, mentally retarted, you get the idea. I am now working as the Director of Special Education in my district. My dad told me that I should be a lawyer because, "You would argue with a god d**** fencepost!" Well, I'm not a lawyer but you can bet that I do lots of arguing to ensure that my students receive everything they are entitled to. I have never lived in any state other than Oklahoma and Texas. I did have an antique quilt business for about 15 years which I did on a part time basis. I had a partner who lived in Manhattan and she bought quilts back east. I bought them in the south and then we would combine our inventory to do 5 shows each year. We did shows in Houston, Nashville, San Francisco, Manhatton, and we would choose a different location for the 5th show in some New England state. It was soooo much fun and yes, I LOVE New York! I got to meet a lot of interesting people. Speaking of interesting people, I don't know if any of you saw me or not but in 1989 I was on Wheel of Fortune. Vanna is a down-to-earth sweetheart of a gal and Pat is a total JERK! Just so you know. It was a hoot. My husband and I went to a mall in OKC for the contestant search and there were 10,000 people standing in line. I'm not kidding! I told him, "Let's go shopping." He said, "No, we came here to get you on...Expand for more