Judy Linderman:  

Life I now live on a small farm in Myrtle Point, Oregon. We raise Suffolk sheepfor market and 4-H projects. The kids learn to drive tractor before they drive on the roads. We have an occasional pig, chicken, a few cats, along with a border collie who tries to keep everything in place with a new yellow lab who tries to keep up. We moved here in 1995 and don't plan on moving. We have three kids. The oldest graduated from USMA, West Point in May '06, who is now an Armor Officer with the Army. The second son graduated from MPHS June '06, who is now at University of North Dakota studying aerospace engeering and helicopter flight. Our daughter is now 17 and entering hr senior year. She loves to play volleyball and basketball. She is the tall one. We had the four year plan. I teach in a very small rural school in Powers, Oregon. I will have 5 or so third graders and twelve fourth graders. That is a large class for us. Carl is still with the Forest Service as Powers District Ranger. He does get very involved in fires and a National FEMA team. We are involved in 4-H with the local area mainly raising Suffolk sheep and selling lambs for table use. Eat lamb, it is great. Give us a call and stop by. College College took me a few extra years to complete. I interrupted it the first time when Carl and I got married in 1975. I worked in Eugene while he finished his five year degree in Landscape Architecture. I returned to OSU in '77 for what we thought would be the rest. Carl was given his permanant job offer with the Forest Service. We moved to Louisiana. I worked for 14 months and returned to school again. This time Northwestern State University. It is in the small town of Natchotches, LA, where Steel Magnolias was filmed. Yes, They do have a Christmas Festival and Easter Festival there. Just as I was beginning my senior year Carl was then offered a job in Pocatello, Idaho. So, you get the picture. BUT I jumped ...Expand for more