I worked in television for 13 years before quitting to go into teaching in 1986. Becoming a teacher was the second best decision I ever made. (As I have said many times before, the first was asking Ellen to marry me.) That said, like most jobs when started as the Channel 8 Art Director, the best thing I experienced were the people I worked with and became friends with. Great people like Mark Quade (Mark and I started on the same day.), Don âCaseyâ Stingl, Fritz Black, Greg Lenz, Tom French, Mike Miller, Tina Dahl, Nancy Dahl, Ed Seilestad, Karen Gillster, Larry Johnson, John Hoffland, Hugh McDowell, Larry Nagy, Mel Johnson, Harry Opsahl, Mike Opsahl, Lee and Ken Hitter, Randy Swiggum, Amy Bie, Clark Schafer, Vivian Strong, Art Fahey, Stanley Rieder, Tom Wirkus, Terry Wirkus, Bob Russell, Al Leeman, Gene Carlson, Jan Manchester, Diane Elsen, JoAnn Manske, Evelyn Oliver, Clutch Wadium and so, so many more.