A Tribute To Lane County
This is another cool shot of a hummingbird from our old Springfield home. I love the detail!
As I think back on my 33 years of life in Lane County, I have been revisiting some of the gifts I have received. Below is a partial list.
- Almost 17 years of being married to Setsuko, my amazing wife.
- Wonderful relationships with people I have met through tennis and my school teaching work.
- USPTA tennis teacher certification and work as a tester for those wanting to be certified as a tennis teacher.
- Assisting my wife Setsuko with gaining USPTA certification
- Work as a personal trainer and experience with strength training
- Part of a Hood To Coast Team that set the mixed masters course record
- Created community tennis programs in North Eugene, Springfield, Creswell, and Cottage Grove
- Worked with Setsuko to make a large donation to Willamalane from my mom's estate. That donation helped create four multi-purpose courts that are great for tennis.
- 14 years of work at North Eugene High School as a special education teacher.
- 26 years coaching high school tennis at Springfield and North Eugene High Schools
- Coached Tina Davis at Springfield the year she placed 5th at the state tennis tourney.
- Co-teacher for a successful high school reading intervention class.
- Purchase of two wonderful racing bikes and my renewed commitment to consistent cycling.
- Yearly photo trips to keep my love of photography alive!
- Discovery of the wonderful book "The Little Book of Talent," which convinced me to have students do more slow repetitive work when working on the development of key tennis fundamentals.
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