Cheryl Arelis:  

Life I left Medicine Hat in 1972 to visit Sharon Weishaar in Burnaby, and ended up staying for a year. Returned to the 'Hat, took various courses, had a number of jobs before settling into U of A, graduating in 1979 with a BSc in Agriculture/Range Management, specializing in Wildlife. During my tenure at University, I attending Combat Arms School/Officer Training in Quebec for 4 months. My work at the University led me to a job as Zookeeper for 3 years. I left to return to University in Honors Psych, with the idea to complete my Master's. Although accepted into the program, I chose to do something totally radical. I was moved to Lethbridge to begin a new career in sales: the first woman south of Calgary to sell Canon copiers! It was a really exciting time, my company was great! I was offered a position as an animal nutritionist, and chose to try that for awhile (all that university for ?????). Turned out I really didn't like the job, but I loved the subject, so once again I applied for a Master's program, once again I was accepted. Meanwhile, I had met my future husband. Rather than attending university in September, I got married in August. We h...Expand for more