Bellwether July 2021

CONTRIBUTORS (Appearing in alphabetical order) Melanie Boll is currently pursuing a degree in Business Administration from Bellevue University. She resides in a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina with her cat, Theo, and other local wildlife (her alarm clock is a distant donkey bray). Although she works full-time in a retail environment, she makes sure to find time for her hobbies of reading, hiking, and cooking.

Boll has been lucky to travel to places such as Hawaii and Italy. She has even had the opportunity to experience bungee jumping in Switzerland. Her favorite place to visit is Cherry Grove Beach in South Carolina.

Octayvia Symon Clemons holds a bachelor’s degree in Security Studies (Angelo State University), and she is pursuing a master’s degree in Cyber Security (Bellevue University). Clemons worked at Geek Squad as a consultant agent for five years before leaving to pursue a graduate degree full time at Bellevue University. Originally from Sumter, South Carolina, she had the opportunity to live in three other states until her father, a twentyyear Army Veteran retired at Fort Hood, Texas. Texas is now home for Clemons and hosts her accomplishments. During her undergraduate education, she earned certification in cybersecurity from Angelo State University, thereafter moving on to receive awards and recognition from her place of work. Clemons comes from a family-orientated family; they focus on love, education, and happiness. Her family provides continuous support for all her endeavors and accomplishments.

Tara Dailey has had a deep interest in anything artistic and crafts-related for as long as she can remember; hence, she has a need to create. Dailey grew up watching her parents and grandparents do different creative things, but watching her grandfather, Henry Gene Hauser, draw is what influenced her the most in the beginning. He showed so much dedication to his art by working in many media and mastering whatever he could. While in the hospital for rheumatic fever during his service in the army in the 1940’s, he held his pencils in his mouth because he couldn’t use his hands. He had also trained himself to be ambidextrous and could carve and draw just as well 251