Monte Horton:  

School Can you say "21 moves in 18 years"? Welcome to growing up as an army brat. I was lucky to be in one school a semester much less a year. I did three kindergartens and 3 high schools during my senior year of '79 - '80... Here are the friends I would most like to talk to from all those school years... 5th grade - Kevin Guinn, Tommy Springer, Loye Cole, Keevan, Bubby, Bruce and most of the 5th and 6th grade classes at Maud Elementary. 8th grade - Francie LaRose and Tony E. Tony went to Central and I went to Hinkley. I wonder if Mrs. Gillette is still alive? She was great! So was Mr. Marquardt. I guess I didn't realize back then how little teachers actually get paid for what they do. Mr. Marquardt's glasses got broken during a teacher's v. students flag football game. He didn't get them fixed for a while after that and I always wondered why. I loved his class because his outlines were great and we shot no telling how many thousand paper wad baskets that year. 9th grade - Mike James, Bob Garlington, Brian Todd, Gail and Chris, Wendy Stewart. Miss Francis' English class was a blast. Mr. Hammond's Algebra class wasn't... Mr. Smith's shop classes were great too. Some goofball student teacher tried to convince me I shouldn't be taking piano during my 2nd semester. I get paid great money now to write songs, direct choirs, and lead hundreds and thousands at times in congregational worship. Some of my songs are sung at churches around the world. 10th Grade - Jeff Smith, Jane Meier, Chris Reyor, Mike James, Bob Garlington, Flint Hoskins, Kevin Moody, Tony Lane, Cindy Howard, Ken V., Dawn S. and Brenda Stone in Biology. By far, my favorite year of school! Mr. Glenn Reed was the absolute best literature teacher I've ever had bar none!!! He was inspiring! I loved Geometry. Finally math was beginning to make sense. It's probably the single reason I was able to struggle through the next couple of years from a mathematics standpoint and actually end up with a minor in mathematics in college. It was my last year being coached by Clark Douglas. He was the best coach I've ever had and one of the main reasons I'm so involved in coaching youth sports today. 11th grade - the usual cast of characters and Tammy Dehappart and Paula. I was headed down a dark path in a big hurry! Jean Florey was a great math teacher and really tried to help me work through some of the anti-social behavior, but it was too late. Thankfully Bruce and Pam Chambers were there and they have been my friends and loved me unconditionally from those high school years to the present day. 12th grade - I will never forget the day, three weeks into my senior year, that I left Mike James and Chris Reyor as I turned to go down the jetway at Stapleton to come to Oklahoma. My life was a mess and I will live with that picture indelibly imprinted in my brain for ...Expand for more