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Paul and Andy and Steve
My favorite person and I enjoying time at our ball park!
Where the best part of my life started.
Where the best part of my life started.
Coach!
1971 yearbook
50 year anniversary
50 year anniversary
Our first big sell out show at the ball park
Enjoying the Grand Ravines Park, one of many highlights of successes of Ottawa County Parks Commission.
Enjoying the Grand Ravines Park, one of many highlights of successes of Ottawa County Parks Commission.
Enjoying the Grand Ravines Park, one of many highlights of successes of Ottawa County Parks Commission.
First grandson!
Successful fundraiser to build a bridge on Calvin’s campus recognizing Blake Forslund’s effort to bridge the gap between competing views. Rotarians Tony Diekema (past Calvin president), De Vries, Forslund and Dick Young.
An exciting time in our life; left teaching to start a long distance telephone company with three friends.
Reunion with mentee Pam Haralakova Marmon, President of Student Senate and NY Times bestselling author.
Chili cook off at Valley/Sullivan Field
Mentees
Lou Gramm, lead singer of Foreigner, needed backup singers for a concert on AMI. We practiced with him the night before and had the time of our life singing the next night!
Lou Gramm, lead singer of Foreigner, needed backup singers for a concert on AMI. We practiced with him the night before and had the time of our life singing the next night!
Lou Gramm, lead singer of Foreigner, needed backup singers for a concert on AMI. We practiced with him the night before and had the time of our life singing the next night!
Lou Gramm, lead singer of Foreigner, needed backup singers for a concert on AMI. We practiced with him the night before and had the time of our life singing the next night!
Lou Gramm, lead singer of Foreigner, needed backup singers for a concert on AMI. We practiced with him the night before and had the time of our life singing the next night!
My students won an award for the highest percentage of students in Michigan that qualified to win the Presidential Fitness Award.
My work as a trustee also involved manual labor. Very rewarding!
Promoting Valley Field wherever I go.
Repping Valley Field at the Louisville Slugger Bat Factory.
Repping Valley Field at the Louisville Slugger Bat Factory.
Repping Valley Field at the Louisville Slugger Bat Factory.
Had to have a custom made bat!
Put me in coach, I’m ready to play!
Two Calvin Stalwarts
Playing ball in the over 70 league
Playing ball in the over 70 league
Stoddard and De Vries sizing up the funding challenge.
VP of the Ottawa County Park Commission officially opening up the Age of Discovery at Hager Park, a massive undertaking of hundreds of volunteers giving up a week of vacation to build this amazing structure.
VP of the Ottawa County Park Commission
Representing Grand River Charter High School at the National Convention of Charter Schools in Washington
Representing Grand River Charter High School at the National Convention of Charter Schools in Washington
Representing Grand River Charter High School at the National Convention of Charter Schools in Washington
Being interviewed by GVSU about the early days of charter schools
Truth - my North Star!
Teaching grandkids how to swim
Community!
Best seats in the house
Early days as development director
Officiating college soccer
Son Drew, daughters Julie and Jaime
My wife and I at the Grand Hotel
Grandkids in our canal
The last class I taught at Calvin
Three mentees
45 year anniversary
“I wish I was an Oscar Meyer wiener…”
Picking blueberries for pie with grandson Jake