Deborah Barton:
CLASS OF 1972
Wheat Ridge High SchoolClass of 1972
Wheat ridge, CO
Everitt Middle SchoolClass of 1969
Wheat ridge, CO
Bell Middle SchoolClass of 1969
Golden, CO
Montrose Junior High SchoolClass of 1968
Montrose, CO
Morgan Elementary SchoolClass of 1966
Montrose, CO
Deborah's Story
Life
Married to Nathan (engineer), two boys (Gareth [class 2005] & Matthias [class 2009]), first woman supervisor for FmHA in Montana, worked for Army (civilian) in Germany and Kansas (8 yrs), then helped form the South Dakota Solid Waste Association as first Executive Director (7 years). Managed the Montezuma County Landfill, Cortez, CO from 1999 to 2014 bringing them out of a $500,000 in the red balance to over $600,000 in the bank account. Worked for a Solid Waste Special Service District in Utah as their GM from 2015 to 2018 overseeing two landfills, a recycling center, and the beginning of a compost operation and was awarded the Utah Manager of the Year in 2017.. Served on various community and state level boards as well as working with local Boy Scout Troops and had time to be a elementary school mentor for a year and practice speaking with a Toastmaster's club servicing as an offi...Expand for more
cer for a year.. Am currently certified to teach landfill operations across North America for the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) typically teaching two classes per year. And now have two grandsons (am I really that old?! - UGH) with a third on the way before year end (2019). Back in South Dakota working with my husband on various projects including safety training, reviewing mining and air permits, and related engineer type projects.
School
Several teachers stand out (those names however are not my best skills in life). Latin (all years - really ended up helping me in so many ways and now having to tutor the youngest!), Physics (not because I did really great in high school but because I ended up in college honors physics for biology majors and was a college student assistant in the class - go figure), and Biology. Also enjoyed hanging in the Library as a refugee.
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