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Molly Weinburgh and Dr. Cecilia Silva about teaching mathematics, science, and language to multi-lingual learners. ’91 gary liarDon, B.a. in English and history, has been appointed the PetersenDean Roofing and Solar Division President for the Central and Eastern regions of the U.S. Prior to his promotion, Liardon was Division President of the Central U.S. region. Liardon joined the PetersenDean team in 2014 after 25 years of experience in residential and ’72 chiP DaviS, B.S. in general business, ’73 M.Ed., was named Chairman of National Farm commercial sales and construction management spanning all major markets in Texas. Life Insurance Company and received the 2016 American Council of Life Insurers’ (ACLI) Forum 500 Distinguished Service Award. The award is presented annually to an ’92 tina e. Burnéy, B.S. in speech communication, was named for the third individual whose work has greatly contributed to the straight year the Department of Georgia American life insurance industry, especially to the small- and Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Chair. She medium-sized life insurance companies the Forum served in the U.S. Naval Reserves while attending 500 represents. Davis received the Tarleton Alumni Tarleton. Burnéy has been an associate professor Association Distinguished Alumnus award in 1995. In of communications at Darton State College, soon to addition to the Forum 500 Board of Governors, Davis consolidate with Albany State University in Albany, serves on the ACLI Board of Directors and is President of Georgia, since 2009. Prior to moving to Georgia, she the Tarleton State University Foundation Board. served as editor of what was the Bosque (Texas) County News for three years and moved to Colorado, where ’79 Johanna eaSDon hickS, B.S. in education, was recently honored at the National she completed her MBA at the University of Colorado and worked as a VP and district manager for Griffis Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Blessing Property Management. She earned her MA in conference in Big Sky, Montana, for her work with the Communication from Colorado State University and Twogether in Texas. Hicks is the Family and Consumer currently is working on her Doctorate in Educational Sciences Extension Agent in Hopkins County. She and Leadership. her husband reside in Sulphur Springs. ’81 BoBBy rigueS, B.S. in education, was reelected to the Board of Directors for the ’95 J.P. richarDSon, B.S. in education, has been tapped to lead his former school district by being named lone finalist for Tatum ISD’s Texas Association of School Boards. Rigues of Aledo vacancy. Richardson has served as superintendent ISD will represent TASB Region 11, position A, with of Gladewater schools since 2008. Prior to going to a three-year term. Since 2004, Rigues has served on Gladewater, Richardson worked for Tatum ISD as its the Aledo ISD school board, holding both president director of human resources and community relations and vice-president positions. He is a 2009 Leadership and, prior to that, served as a principal within the TASB graduate and recipient of the 2010 LTASB Alumni district. Leadership Award. In 2011, Rigues was named the Texas School Public Relations Association’s Key Communicator. In 2011, his statewide grassroots initiative, Make ’00 Brian coker, B.S. in kinesiology and exercise science, has been named head Education a Priority, gained local and national attention football coach at Borger High School. Coker’s first for its public education advocacy efforts. In 2016, he head coaching job, he spent the last four years as assisted in creating the public education nonprofit, Make Levelland High’s defensive coordinator. Coker helped Education a Priority, Inc., where he currently serves lead Levelland to a 10-4 record last fall, including as CEO. He has been an agent for State Farm Insurance the school’s first Class 4A Division I state quarterfinal since 1988. appearance in 50 years. ’84 kathy horak Smith, B.S. in education was recently ’01 BranDon weSt, B.S. in criminal justice, was honored in a January ceremony in Austin elected to the Publications Committee as the American Legion 2016 Law Enforcement Officer of the Research Council on Mathematics of the Year. West, a member of the Greenville Police Learning for 2017-2020. Dr. Smith has Department tactical team and sniper and firearms worked in the mathematics education instructor and investigator, joined the department field for more than two decades, five years ago. He also served in the Army Reserves serving as a Tarleton assistant and and National Guard for more than 11 years and was associate professor for the last 18 years. deployed in Iraq for 18 months. He currently is working She currently is working on a book with Dr. toward a master’s degree in criminal justice at Tarleton.

’02 karl winge, B.S. in horticulture and landscape management, has been named agriculture and natural resources agent for Callahan County by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. The announcement was made by Callahan County Judge Roger Corn and Marty Gibbs, AgriLife Extension administrator for the agency’s West Central District headquartered in San Angelo.

Dr. aDam eSteS, B.a. in

music education has recently released a solo album, “Puzzles.” Available since January, the album features new works by Baljinder Sekhon and Jiohn Leszczynski, as well as standards by Paul Creston, Lawson Lunde and Anthony Lennon.

Associate professor of music at the University of Mississippi, Estes teaches saxophone and bassoon, woodwinds methods courses and coaches woodwind chamber ensembles.

Estes is a founding member of the Assembly Quartet and maintains an active performance schedule as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestra musician. His performing career has taken him to venues in Scotland, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, France and Belgium.

“Puzzles,” recorded on the Albany Records label, is available on Amazon.

’04 Dr. ricky eDiSon, m.a. in education administration, and Ed.D. in educational leadership and policy studies, ’13, will be Waco University High School’s new principal for 2017-18. Edison, a past teacher and coach at the high school, has been the Superintendent in Abbott ISD for the past six years. A 1996 Baylor graduate, he has spent 20 years as an educator in Central Texas. ’06 Sam SkiDmore, B.S. in kinesiology and exercise science, was named Belton High School’s offensive coordinator. Skidmore joined Belton’s coaching staff in 2014. He has served as an assistant athletic director, the team’s offensive coordinator, and their strength and conditioning coach. Before coming to Belton, Skidmore served as the offensive coordinator and assistant head coach at Cleburne High School from 2012 to 2014, the offensive line coach and run game coordinator at Brownwood High School from 2009 to 2012, and as the co-offensive coordinator at Wills Point High School from 2008 to 2009. Skidmore, who earned 2004 Offensive Lineman of the Year for the Lone Star Conference during his grid career at Tarleton, also has a master’s degree in kinesiology from Sam Houston State University. ’10 craig lenarD, B.S. in agricultural science, has been named 2017 District Teacher of the Year at Boerne High School in Boerne, Texas. Lenard began his teaching career in 2014, serving as the agricultural mechanics teacher at BHS and implementing a new welding and agricultural mechanics program. He serves as Career and Technical Education Department Chair and as advisor to the FFA chapter. While at Tarleton, Lenard was a member of Phi Eta Sigma honor society and participated in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association.

’11 amanDa neceSSary, B.S. in agriculture services and development, and M.S. in agriculture and consumer resources, ’14, transferred from Andrews County to Archer County as a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agriculture and natural resources agent. Necessary, a native of Clifton, worked at Iowa Select Farms in Iowa Falls, Iowa, and the Bosque Soil and Water Conservation District in Meridian prior to joining the AgriLife Extension team in 2014. ’13 ryan holt, m.S. in criminal justice, took over in January as Waco Police Chief after serving as assistant chief since 2008. Holt joined the department in February 1996 and has served as a crisis and hostage negotiator, public information officer, SWAT supervisor and special deputy for the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force. Holt graduated from the FBI National Academy and holds a bachelor’s in criminal justice from Stephen F. Austin State University. ’14 geri kline, B.S. in agriculture economics and M.S. in agriculture and consumer resources, brings her extensive knowledge of agriculture to Calhoun County residents as the newest Texas A&M AgriLife Extension agent for agriculture and natural resources. Kline received her associate’s degree of applied science in diesel equipment technology from Texas State Technical College prior to attending Tarleton. Kline also has advanced agriculture literacy as an assistant agent based in Gonzales County working for the Luling Foundation serving Gonzales, Guadalupe and Caldwell counties. ’16 SiDney atchley, B.S. in agricultural services and development, has accepted the position of family and consumer sciences agent with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Carson County. Atchley, a native of El Paso, recently completed an internship with AgriLife Extension.

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