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Birth date: April 10, 1941
Married: Wife Karen
Health: Excellent
QUALIFICATIONS:
A background in the following: Computer (Hardware, Operation and Programing), Draftsman, Mechanical Engineering, Equipment Maintenance. Heavy Equipment Operator, Electrician, Cement Worker, plumbing, Surveyor, Landscape Architect. Meets well with the public. Bondable and previously held a Class "D" Chauffeur Drivers License. Can qualify for a current CDL.
EDUCATION:
1995-Present Idaho Water & Wastewater Certification Board certificates: Distribution II; Collection I.
1985-Present Independent Study in personal computers experience: edlin, BASIC, DOS 3.3, 5.0, 6.0, 6.22, Windows 2.0, Windows 95-98 Office 95, Office 97, Excell, TurboCAD, FastCAD. Experienced in HTML, DHTML.
1973-1974 Brigham Young University Provo, Utah
Computer Hardware and design
1970-1979 Independent Study and Original Research in the field of Solar Energy and Earth Shelter Design
1963-1970 Independent Study and Original Research of Internal Combustion Engines, designed rotary valve racing engine, Patent search was completed and Patent applied for.
1961-1964 US Naval Mobile Construction Battalion # 10 MCB-10 Port Hueneme, California
Job Assignment: Spare Parts Warehouse worker.
Job Assignment: Engineering Department, Drafting supervisor, Topographical surveying and platting maps, Construction drawings of battalion projects.
Other Military Training:
Arctic Survival School: Kodiak Alaska
Training in the operation of the following: 18 Wheel semi-truck, 100,000# fork lift, dock loading and Earth moving equipment.
1959-1961 Business and Technology Division of Long Beach Community College
Studied Tool Design Engineering.
1956-1959 Millikan High School, Long Beach California
Graduated with a major in Math and Drafting.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
10/01-Present Mayor City of Wendell, Idaho
9/01-9/02 Idaho rural Water AssociationBoise Idaho
Position: Drinking Water System Analyst
Duties: Work with small drinking water systems and assist in Technical, Administrative and Financial solutions
10/99-10/01 Councilman City of Wendell, Idaho
5/95-1/99 City of Wendell, P.O. Box 208, Wendell, ID 83355
Position: City Superintendent
Duties: Dept head over city crew for installing, repairing and maintaining of water works, sewer, streets, irrigation and general maintenance of vehicles. Operate the city culinary water system. Work closely with City Engineer in updating and maintaining current drawings of technical data concerning the city water, sewer, streets, etc. Annual budget in excess of 800K in addition to and most recently completed was the 1.2M water upgrade for the City of Wendell.
10/89-5/95 Wendell Cemetery, Wendell, Idaho
Position: Sexton, (General Manager under the direction of the Board of Commissioners)
Duties included interments, maintaining the grounds, equipment and records along with the following improvements at the Cemetery: Installed sprinkler system on the grounds, bathroom in the shop along with septic tank, loft and hoist in the shop and transferred cemetery records from handwritten documents onto the computer.
6/87-Pres. Positive Way PrintCo, (Self-employed) Wendell, Idaho
Repaired and maintained all Computer, copying and printing equipment plus operated, jointly with wife, the operation of the copy center business. Design and maintain Web pages for this and other companies.
6/87-2/89 School of Urban and Wilderness Survival, (Part time) Shoshone, Idaho
Instructor of Wilderness Survival Skills completing nine (9) three week expeditions, plus "on call" basis emergency backup instructor. Classes included groups (six or seven each) of troubled youth, ages 13-18.
3/79-6/87 Isaacson Enterprises, (Self employed) Wendell Idaho
Dairy equipment design, installation and repair. contracted one year (10-81 to 10-82) with Wendell Grange Supply.( local Co-op)
3/79-8/81 Mother Earth News, Hendersonville, North Carolina
Supervisor: Ben Flemming
Duties incudes conducting 2 three day seminars per week March thru August the smallest class was eighteen persons and the largest was sixty-seven.
2/78-3/79 Self Employed, Provo Utah
Built the first Earth Sheltered house in the State of Utah.
4/76-2/78 Clark Engineering, Orem Utah
Supervisor: Douglas Clark
Position: Drafting supervisor over a twelve man drafting department. Duties included making fabrication drawings for all contracted jobs requiring mechanical equipment for three major dams (Ririe, Indian River, Shasta), major smelting operations (Hidalgo Smelter, Hidalgo, County, New Mexico).
7/72-3/76 Agricultural Systems, Provo Utah
Supervisor: Jim Levie, Owner
Position: General construction foreman over an eight man construction crew. Duties included the designing and installing of feed handling equipment; the operation of a backhoe, cranes, doing cement work.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
2001-Present Mayor, City of Wendell, Idaho
1999-2001 City Councilman, City of Wendell, Idaho
1993-1999 Scoutmaster, Wendell Idaho
1973-1974 Scoutmaster, Provo, Utah
1968-1969 Jaycee State Officer, Oregon
1968 Recipient of Distinguished Citizen Award from Prineville City, Prineville, Oregon
1967-1968 Jaycee Local President, Prineville, Oregon
1966-1967 Jaycee Local Officer, Prineville, Oregon
1969 Scoutmaster, Prineville, Oregon
OTHER ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS:
1965-1967 Pit crew foreman, Northwest Racing Div., Amateur Sports Car Assoc.
Outdoor survival trips and training.
GUEST LECTURER:
1989-1990 College of Southern Idaho, (CSI)Twin Falls Idaho: Survival Basics, Wilderness Survival Training
1981 Idaho State University (ISU): Earth Sheltered House Design
1981 College of Southern Idaho, (CSI)Twin Falls Idaho: Earth Sheltered House Design
1979-1981 Mother Earth News, Hendersonville, North Carolina: Earth Shelter Seminars
1978-1979 Wyoming Department of Energy, Casper Wyoming: Earth Sheltered House Design in Riverton, Thermopolas, Casper, Buffalo, Gillette, Sheridan, Cody, DuBois, Jackson
REFERENCES
1. Gary B. Dimond (Dimond Cabinets) 3027 S. 1800 E., Wendell, 83355
Number of years acquainted: 24 (208) 536-2120
2. Greg Mishbauch (State Office DEQ) 601 Pole line Rd, Twin Falls, 83301
Number of years acquainted: 6( 208) 736-2190
3. Rob Hegstrom (JUB Eng.) 115 Northstar Ave, Twin Falls, 83301
Number of years acquainted: 7( 208) 733-2414
4. Dean Goff (U. S. Filter, Inc.) 3338 Commercial Ct., Meridian, 83642
Number of years acquainted: 7 (800) 848-6400-(208) 888-5656
5. Gordon Lancaster (Lancaster Grade All ) 2492 E. 3800 N., Filer, 83328
Number of years acquainted: 6 (208) 733-9428
6. Don Munkers (Idaho Rural Water Assn.) 802 West Bannock St. Suite LP103, Boise 83702
Number of years acquainted: 6 (800) (208) 743-6142
7. Pat Maderita (Dept. Of Commerce ) 700 W. State, State House Mall, 83702
Number of years acquainted: 7 (208) 334-2470