Stephen Knutson
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The story of me In 500 words or so.
By Stephen Knutson
I was born in a small town on the Puget Sound. A little saw mill, paper mill sulfur smelling village called Everett, Washington. My parents separated early and I lived with my father until I was old enough to live on my own. I graduated from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963. Las Vegas was a town the size of Flagstaff then. During the Vietnam War I was drafted into the US Army while attending Art Center College of Design in West Hollywood. I was stationed at Fort Buckner on Okinawa Island and attached to the US Air Force ATCO at Kadena Air Force Base. I was discharged in Dec. 1968. I traveled across this grand country to look for a home and I found Flagstaff in 1970. I attended NAU on the GI Bill and I graduated with a B.S. degree in education. My passion for study was the flow of graceful beauty. I found that flow in the Arts and Architecture. I still enjoy color and movement in design, painting, and sculpture. The day I graduated from NAU I started working in Fox Glen, building houses or as we say “ pounding nails” as a carpenter. In those days we built houses from the foundation to the door knobs. I have worked in Norway, Switzerland and Italy. I began to teach talented and gifted students in fall of 1992. My teaching experience includes 7 years on the Navajo Reservation. I married in 1988 and we have 2 sons whom we love very much. The younger boy is taking this year off and my older son is attending CCC these days. I guess you could say my family is invested in this community because we and our children live, school and work here and we love our community
Now that the election is over I can take stock of the future.
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