Scott Bothwell:  

the Class of '98 there. May of '98 came and I was in the top 5 of my class; I had the highest GPA of the male student in my class. I won't tell you that I was only one of five graduates and that I was also the last male to join the class of '98 at PCS. College August of 1998 By now, I've become used to small-town life. So, where do I go to college? Tempe, AZ (suburb of Phoenix, AZ--you know, Puh-hoe-nix, the largest city in Arizona? The capital of Arizona? :-) ) To counteract the big-city, I went to a small Bible college. The college president likes to call International Baptist College more of a large family than a small college. After cramming four years of college into five, I learned that to be true. I got to know my professors beyond the classroom, likewise they got to know me. Had some wonderful experiences and great room-mates who were each an encouragement in their own ways. In May of 2003, I officialy became a Bachelor, having the degree Bachelor of Arts conferred upon me. I'm still a bachelor, but have not given up. Workplace After graduating PCS, I was able to get a summer job at our local Burger King. I did all kinds of kitchen work: made Whoppers, burgers, chiken sandwhiches, chiken tenders, fish sandwiches and of course your choice of fries or onion rings. :-) My first year in college ('98/'99), I did janitorial work. Were it a military college, you could say I was the "head janitor." In the Spring, I was transferred to grounds crew, pruning trees and watering lawns. Came home for the summer and worked drywall with my dad. Went back to school and need a new job. Did fundraiser telemarketing for about a month and grew weary of calling people at dinner time that cared less what I was raising funds for, so away I went. During this time, I began volunteering at our college library and toward the end of the semester, I was employed there! Every semester I came back, my job was waiting for me. I learned much about library work, especailly since I got to help trasition out of the "old card catalog" to the "online catalog." This of course met automated checkouts (which required library cards which required a numbering system for the library card barcodes). I learned how to repair books and how to check the processing for errors when qustions about a particular volume arose. Four school years of library work, two years beyond graduation and now my church is starting a library. My pastor being a good friend of my former supervisor, knew of this segment of employment history so I was tapped right away for the job. Looking forward to it as I have never started a library "from the ground up." After year two of college, I went to the Mojave Desert in California for the summer. Why? Ironwood Christian Camp. Threre I was a counselor and got to meet a new group of boys every week for nine weeks. It is a 23 hours per day job, and even your "hour off" you are still on call. Yes, it gets intense, but it is great to be used to help young children and teens learn about God, trusting in Christ and following Him. My paid job is currently working at Wal-Mart as on overnight stocker. This Nov. (2005) will mark two years there. I must say that overnights is quite interesting. We are probably the only folks that leave the store saying "see you tomorrow" and knowing that we mean "see you tonight." Also, "have a good night" = "have a good day." We clock in at 10 PM and say "good morning." Yes, you can easily get confused. But if just gotta have a mini pizza at 2 AM in Cody and your freezer is empty, your friendly Cody Wal-Mart Supercenter is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week (even in the winter, though typically with the exception of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day)