Leslie Viren:  

We moved to Wyoming 22 years ago and I am currently managing 5 bands and am also in other music groups in the area. Oldest boy (6' 0'', 260 #) football scholarship to college and will graduate as a PE teacher with coaches certification. Youngest boy (5' 9'', 200#) studying Computer Technology degree and married to great gal. The town of Sheridan is located four hours west of Rapid City and four hours east of Yellowstone. We're in north central Wyoming with the Bighorn Mts. on our horizon. My husband is the high school hockey coach, won two state championships when both our kids were on the team at the same time. One of the many layoffs with major businesses even in our smaller Sheridan, I will be studying Med Transcription this next year online at home via Sheridan College, a one-year certificate. This will enable me to keep working even when my husband and I move back to Grand Marais and go between there and Sheridan/Billings where our kids are currently. I always wanted to be a elem school teacher when I grew up. My family and friends thought that it was a good idea. As it turns out, they were partly right, I became a part-time music elem teacher for a few years, and a private flute instructor for many years. To blow off steam and relax, I either bike, swim, walk, go to the weight room, drive up to a nearby mountain lake, drive out to the ranch, or play my flute, whistles, and piano. I believe my friends remember me as being friendly, a kind face, a good listener, and a person who loves the outdoors and music. The wildest thing I ever did in school was stay out very late one night talking like forever to a close friend, and our parents got worried and called the police, we didn't realize it was that late. If I'm going to work somewhere, I need to have windows, air conditioning, a private corner enough income, and good friends at work to be able to deal with the day-to-day. Inspiration for me comes from a good friend named Mara, also a musician, here in Sheridan. She has the greatest personality and can talk to anyone in any situation with just the right words. Cute, also a talented painter, and four children, always cheerful. I have lived in Minneapolis, the University Grove near SP campus, Roseville, U of M St. Paul & Mpls. campuses, near the fairgrounds, Grand Marais, Eagan, River Falls WI, then to Sheridan, WY. We moved to WY when my husband began working in an open-pit coal mine like his brother did in ND. The one person from my past who I'd most like to see again is my real dad, who died when I was 12. My obsessions/passions are music, the outdoors, my pets, and health. My biggest surprise of my life has been the past year. If I could improve my home, I'd remodel my kitchen and add on a family room. My dream home would (will) be a log cabin on a lake. As a parent, I've learned from my kids unconditional love and the pure joy of watching them grow up, especially watching them win their sports compet...Expand for more