Some Summaries: Education, Work, Living Locations

The information contained here was most likely repeated elsewhere in my history. This is intended to be a quick reference chapter.

EDUCATION (Formal and Informal) SUMMARY

Oakwood Elementary 1975 -1981

Jefferson Middle School 1981-1984

Preston High School 1984 – 1988

Brigham Young University 1988 – 1989 and 1989-1990

Forklift Driver Certification Course

Commercial Driver’s License Multilevel Test (knowledge and skill)

Toastmasters 2016 – Past 50 years of age (Toastmasters is an education club that focuses on public speaking and leadership skills.)

John Maxwell Certification 2018

International Fitness Professionals Association – Certified Strength Band Training Specialist 2019

U.H.K. (University of Hard Knocks…aka life) 1969 to Death…

Formal schooling is but a small portion of what life has to teach. Regardless if a person has chosen a path with a great deal of formal education, or a path of learning by experience, the following truth is constant: True education is achieved when a person takes responsibility for their own learning, and feeds learning by curiosity, study, and application.

WORK EXPERIENCE. What have I been paid to do from age 11 to 50?

Agriculture: Reed McEntire Farm – Farm Laborer. Duties: feed calves, clean barn, move pipe, mow yard, pull weeds, etc.

Custodial: Franklin County School District – Student Custodian. Duties: vacuumed, swept, dusted high school rooms after school

Agriculture: Parker Brothers – General Laborer. Duties: vacuumed, swept, dusted, mopped, cleaned tractors, refurbished and painted farm equipment for resale, parts running, delivered equipment

Agriculture: Navajo Sheep Ranch in Mink Creek, Idaho – Farm Laborer. Duties: moved pipe, built post fences, fixed wire fences, sprayed weeds, cleaned shop, bucked hay (meaning helped load it onto wagons from the field and stack it in the hay shed)

Nonprofit Retail and Employment Assistance for Disabled. Deseret Industries in three locations in Utah and Idaho – Truck Driver, Forklift Driver, Job Coach, Receiving Area Supervisor, Production Supervisor, Branch Assistant Manager. Duties: drove truck, drove forklift, supervised receiving area for donations, remodeled several receiving locations for improved efficiency, was job coach to help those with disabilities improve employability skills, also assisted in supervising

Construction Retail: Anderson Lumber/Stock Building Supply – Driver, Load Builder, Receiving Clerk, Inventory Control Specialist, Operations Manager. Duties: drive truck, build loads, check in products, verify inventory accuracy, oversee scheduling and efficient function of facility and customer service in all aspects except contractor sales team

Energy Retail: Suburban Propane – Driver. I delivered propane to homes and businesses. 

Construction: R&R Landscaping – Office Manager Duties: prepare and submit bids on projects, drive truck with plants and equipment to projects, manage accounts receivables, assist with on-site labor as needed

Construction: Grand Interiors – Office Manager, Appliance Sales and Installation. Duties: manage office calls, bids, accounts payable and receivable, order appliances, deliver and install appliances, assist in cabinet installation

Hospitality Support: HyKo – Delivery Driver, Store Clerk. Duties: deliver orders of cleaning and paper products primarily to restaurants and hotels, stock and tend to the sales floor, customer service and cashiering

Beverage Supply: Coca Cola – Warehouse Manager. Duties: order, receive, build orders for delivery, inventory control, safety, organization and cleanliness of facility, scheduling team

Oil Industry Support: Bar Over Hat – Dispatcher and Logistics Designer. Duties: dispatch trucks to service water needs of several oil exploration and extraction companies, design dispatch system

Administrative Support: White Ops Consulting/VIP Support Services (my own company) – Administrative, Personal Assistant. Duties: Help my clients with their administrative needs, keep them from needing to sit too much in front of the computer, help with state and federal compliance for commercial trucks, help with communication between financial institutions and debtors….whatever needs to be done that is helpful and within my knowledge and ability to accomplish.

 

LIVING LOCATIONS SUMMARY

Birth to age 18 – 1969 to 1988

687 North 8th West, Preston, Idaho 83263

Age 18 to 19 – 1988 to 1989

Provo, Utah. Brigham Young University, on campus Hinckley Dorm

Pleasant Grove, Utah. Lived with my Aunt DeVonna Hansen before serving a full-time religious mission

Age 19 to 21 – 1989 to 1991

South Africa: Pretoria, Witbank (two separate times), Roodeport (9 months), Welkom

Age 21 to 26 – 1991 to 1996

Provo and Orem, Utah

Orem, Utah. Lived with Aunt DeVonna Hansen in Orem until I married Marya Durtschi

Provo, Utah. Lived in a single-wide, two bedroom trailer close to work for about 18 months

Orem, Utah. Lived in a single-wide trailer that an extra room and garage had been built onto. Only lived there for six months. Probably would not have bought it had we known a work transfer was in the near future.

 

 

Age 26 to 29 – 1996 to 1999

Idaho Falls, Idaho. Lived in an apartment for a few months until our home in Rigby was built and ready to occupy

Rigby, Idaho. Lived in a three-bedroom, two bathroom home on an acre of farm ground

4257 East 100 North, Rigby, Idaho 83442

Age 29 to 50+ – 1999 to ?

Driggs, Idaho. Lived in the home Marya was raised in. The total square footage is near 5000. The original structure was built in 1947. A three story cinderblock house with two bathrooms and four bedrooms, and some smaller rooms that changed purposes. The basement is unfinished.

A log addition was built on in the late 1980s  which had a basement wood shop, one extra bathroom, and two large main level and upstairs rooms.

We didn’t move, but our address changed due to county alterations

8 South 275 East  to 2195 South Stateline Road, Driggs, Idaho 83422

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