I have been married for 25 years. My wife and I have four children, two adult's who reside outside of the home and two who still reside with us in Olathe, Kansas. I am actively involved in the Prince of Peace Parish in Olathe. I am a Children's School of Religion teacher and have been for the past 15 years. I served on the Parish Council from 1993-98 and as President during the new church construction from ground breaking through dedication 1995-96. I am the immediate past Chairman (3 years) of the Board of Trustees of the Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm Foundation in Olathe and served as a member of the Board of Trustees since its incorporation in 1997. My term extended into October 2003. I was the first Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kansas East Youth Services, Inc., (K.E.Y.S.) in 1986 and a Board Member through 1988. I was the last President of Live and Learn, Inc. in 1985-86 and a Board Member from 1983 before it's merger with Optimist Youth Homes, Inc. to form the new corporation K.E.Y.S. My hobbies include hunting, shooting, civilian civil war re-enacting and Western re-enacting, bicycling, walking and reading.