Krystle Tempel

Damien T. Schlitt

Occupation: Owner of Board Knight and a health educator at the Macon County Health Department

Family: Husband (Andrew), kids (Konnor, Karson, Kylah and Baby K due in September), feline children (Twiggy, Lilly, Lupin and Sirius), Goldendoodle (Bellatrix)

Career highlights and/or accomplishments:

Small business owner for seven years, community educator for six years in adult education and health education.

Community involvement: I’m a member of the executive board of Games For Troops, which organizes a gaming convention called Heroicon (scheduled for November 2020) and helps provides games to our soldiers. I am also a color guard coach for the Mount Zion Marching Braves.

What should the community do to attract

more young people to the area? I moved to this area to attend college and had the pleasure to see all the opportunities that existed. After college, I found a job that provided important experience and a community that helped me grow. I hope that others who spend time in Macon County can see all the greatness it has to o er.

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What is the best and worst piece of advice

you have ever received? The best advice I have received was from my grandfather. He told us to never stop learning. Learn something each day, that’s the key to a long and happy life. The worst advice? Let’s just say I’ve tried to ignore the negative advice.

If you were a fi ctional character, who would

you be and why? Leslie Knope from “Parks and Recreation.” Her commitment to her community and loyalty to her friends, is what I strive for. She is cheerful, ambitious, hard-working and has strong beliefs. What are your three favorite movies? That’s a tough one, I guess my favorite three would be “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” “The Little Mermaid” and “The Muppets Christmas Carol.”