MISSY BUTTRY ROCK:  THE FAMILY PICTURE IS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD!

“A unique thing about our family is that there are sixteen children,” Missy Buttry Rocks says with quiet understatement.  Yes, sixteen children; Missy is one of three biological children and has 13 siblings who were adopted by her parents who live in Shendandoah, Iowa, in the southwest quadrant of the state. Missy’s parents ran theContinue reading “MISSY BUTTRY ROCK:  THE FAMILY PICTURE IS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD!”

Megan Daymont Thomas:  GRATEFUL FOR OPPORTUNITIES

When your early baby-sitters are Suzy Wilson, spouse of University of Minnesota women’s track and field coach Gary Wilson, and Leslie Seymour, a qualifier for two Cross County World Championships, and your mother, Chris Daymont, is a St. Olaf College Hall of Fame coach, and your father, Dick, is a longtime coach and track official,Continue reading “Megan Daymont Thomas:  GRATEFUL FOR OPPORTUNITIES”