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| Pat Wollbrinck Lang
Olathe, Colorado
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I write a lot, am very active politics, in fact, I ran for County Commissioner in Montrose County, in 2002. I lost by a few hundred votes, and no I am not doing it again in 2006. I grow roses, and have a huge yard that I work in. I am a grass roots activist against what is happening in public education, standardized testing, scripted education and Big Business telling me, an educator how to teach kids. I am quite vocal about a lot of issues. I spend a lot of time with my six grandchildren and help my mother and aunt, who are still living, as much as I can. I also spend time reading, when I am not talking.
My Occupation:
I am a licensed professional teacher with an endorsement in Secondary History, and Educationally Handicapped K-12. I have taught in public and private schools. I owned and directed a Residential Treatment Center for juvenile boys between the ages of 11 and 19 for about 10 years. I have worked as a TANF, WTW and WIA case manager in Montrose County. I have been teaching in a SIED program, grades 4 and 5.
My Family:
I lost my father in 1967 to a massive heart attack. My husband, Gary, and I were married in August 1968. Our oldest daughter, Rayleene, is a Certified Evidence Technician and Custodian and Records Technician at the Montrose County Sheriff's Department. She has her degree in Criminal Justice. She has a 15 year old daughter who has danced professionally in Mexico, with the Colorado Ballet, and the Aspen-Santa Fe Ballet. She is also is a very good student. Our son, Jarrod, is a Certified Law Enforcement Officer, but has left law enforcement and has his own trucking business. He leases trucks to the oil drilling companies that are drilling for natural gas around DeBeque, Parachute and Rifle. He lives in DeBeque with his wife, Julie, and their three daughters, Cassie - age 6, Katrina - age 4, and KayLee, Jo, age 3 months. Our youngest daughter, Tabitha has a BSW and is a Child Protection Case Worker for Delta County. She is married to Abe Cardenas and they have two amazing children, Christian age 9, and Emilee age 16 months.
My husband, Gary, works for the Uncompahgre Valley Water Users; he is an Agricultural Water Distribution Technician, or Ditch Rides. He maintains and manages agricultural water for the farmers on Ash Mesa, just to the west of Olathe, Colorado. With out him, the farmers would not have the water needed to grow that amazing sweet corn, that has become our community trade mark.
As mentioned before my mom, age 87 and my aunt, age 89 are both still living on the family farm in Delta. My sister and brother both live in this area as well.
Favorite Memories:
Wow, there were so many great memories. The school musicals and class plays, which do not happen in public education any more, were some of the greatest memories. KIMN radio, and the State Basketball Championship. The memory of sitting in class and hearing over the schools loud speaker system that the President had been assassinated will be forever burnt into my mind. So many memories cast on the memory pages of my mind, what great, carefree days those were. I pull those memories out, dust them off and share them with my children and grandchildren, and they stare in disbelief that I actually was their age at one time, and did some really crazy fun things. The days at Wheat Ridge High School hold some great memories.
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