Feb 7, 2010

Tell about someone who had a big influence in your life.

When I think about an answer to this question the obvious best first answer was my Mother and Father. However other than them I must write that the Hansen’s were very high on the list. First Sister Hansen was my first Cub Scout Leader and I spent a lot of hours in her home with Doug and Don, her sons, for many years after that because of the relationship I had built with their family at that time. The just a few years later after cub scouts I was lucky enough to have Ray Hansen as my scoutmaster for a couple of years and as a caring friend for many years after that. He was one of the major driving factors in getting me to my Eagle Rank in scouting. That was why Loren had the middle name of Ray, in honor of my scoutmaster.