Famous Encounters
Despite the fact that I have never traveled into outer space, I have been a state runner-up wrestling coach, I have interned with the Jacksonville Jaguars, and I have interviewed with the Detroit Lions.
Who is Lucious Selmon?
It's a scientific fact that I can eat over 18 tacos in one sitting at El Banquete's weekly Taco Tuesday.
Who is Lance Bennett?
A CHS graduate, I am certified in scuba diving, I coached female wrestling, and I lived in five different states and countries.
Who is Leslie Cohen?
Everyone knows I was cheering for the Central Michigan Chippewas when they defeated the Pokes in Stillwater in 2016.
Who is Jeanette Travis?
I can rap almost all of Nelly's songs; country grammar is my favorite. I LOVE the Backstreet boys and can sing almost all their songs, and I enjoy belting them out with my bestie, Ms. Warden. I also have an identical twin.
Who is Sara Lahr?
Even though I speak Spanish, not Russian, I recognized Mikhail Gorbachev on the OU campus in 2001 when the car in which he was a passenger nearly ran me over. He asked me if I was all right.
Who is Jamie Hernandez?
I have spent my spare time carrying bear scat from the woods to my home. Perhaps I am going to use it as an educational tool for my students, or maybe I am getting an early start on my new retirement career!
Who is Mary Miller?
I played semi-pro football for the Tulsa Babes in the 1970s, I was a cheerleader in junior high, high school, and college, I was a rodeo queen in Beggs, OK, and I coached volleyball at CHS for two years when the program was first started.
Who is Jennifer Montgomery?
Art isn't my only talent - I also sing at the Oklahoma State Fair in OKC every year.
Who is Jennifer Sams?
My sister teaches here at CHS and divulged the fact that as a child, my imaginary friends were named "Sh*tty" and "Ranky." Where did I get these names? My mom, of course - she always told me to quit being "sh*tty" and "cranky," so I made them my best friends!
Who is Jennifer Asbill?
I wasn't correcting his grammar when I met Willie Nelson at the Cains Ballroom in 2001. Rather, I attempted to shake his hand, but he went in for a kiss - I guess he didn't see me as a "Red Headed Stranger."
Who is Jill Andrews?
I once had my shorts pulled down in the middle of a college basketball game by an opposing player. The kicker: I was wearing a jock strap.
Who is Eric Wiens?
Historically, chinchillas have been valued for their soft fur, but I have chosen to raise them as pets for the past 16 years.
Who is Joe Green?
I may teach British Literature, but I am no stranger to the United States. I have visited all 50 of them.
Who is Wes Hammons?
When I wasn't inspiring people to recycle, I was impersonating Matt Foley, motivational speaker who lives in a van down by the river, in my high school end of the year variety show.
Who is Micah Robertson?
As a junior in high school (before I joined the CHS math department), I played a set of bottles in a jug and fife band on the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour. Our show aired nationally in May of 1967. The group consisted of five members from the Will Rogers HS band.
Who is Ben Russell?
As I am walking up and down the stairs to milk my goats to make soap, I always count stairs. Always. I can't walk up or down stairs without counting them.
Who is Jupiter Wagoner?
No stranger to numbers, I am on level 830 on Candy Crush!
Who is Deidre Beasley?
Before joining the world languages department at CHS, I traveled the world, including places like Machu Picchu in Peru.
Who is Stacy Lucas?
A 2012 Claremore graduate, I worked as a gypsy and a princess at the OK Renaissance Faire for 10 years.
Who is Mary Bumsted?
I never bandaged any of his boo boos, but I lived near Michael Jackson in Gary, Indiana when I was four years old.
Who is Kim Teague?
I have been skydiving and have coached and played every sport except Lacrosse.
Who is Marilyn Lewis?
There may not be many baseball players out there named Slim, but it was my nickname in high school.
Who is Jim Sherl?
Sara Lahr says that I have a super creepy crush on Freddie Mercury.
My commanding presence is one of the reasons I was the first person in at least three generations of my family to graduate from high school.
Who is Murry Estabrook?