Brian Phillips

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Elementary School at Lincoln Elementary. Cub Scout and delivered the LaSalle Tribune door to door. Gardner for Ada Coll my Grandmother, who taught me about Grandpas First State Bank of Princeton presidency, and she taught me Stock Market buy sell strategies that I use to this day. Middle School at Logan Jr. High on Track team as High Jumper, met best friends for life Mike Judge, Joe Racina, Greg Dalton, Bill Ruberg, and Tad Sutton.My sister Patricia helped me buy my Rupp minibike, hell on wheels from then on. Eagle Boy Scout from Troop 67 at Presbyterian Church in Princeton February 1967. Camp Ki Sho Wa Counselor of Camping, Cooking, Archery, Riflery in summer of 1967. Philmont Scout Ranch 6/30/68. Kit Carson Man Training at Philmont summer 1969. Pool Boy and Lawn Care 1969. At Road America in Elkart Lake Wisconsin the night that Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon. Bag Boy at Eagle Foods Lucky incorporated 1969-70. Graduated Princeton High School in 1971, played on Golf team, track team, and wrestling team. Bought my first car, 1967 Robin Egg Blue Fastback VW 1800 ccs. Played Pony League Baseball and went to work summer of 1970 for my coach at Jones and Laughlin Steel for the summer in maintenance and 1971 bought 1970 Sublime Lime 383 Magnum Dodge Challenger. Dad had heart attack so I stayed close to home at University of Illinois, David and Tony ran the mill. I was working at Howard Johnsons in Champaign as nite auditor, pool boy, and maintenance man. Bought 1971 Datsun 240Z. Joined Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, made honor roll every semester except my pledge semester. Went to work at Western Bowl as bartender with best friend Greg Dalton. Got job 1975 with Mayor of Urbana enforcing no smoking in public places ordinance and enforcing EEOC compliance. In 1976 got job as assistant to the Champaign City Manager. Did City Budget and was appointed acting Public Works Superintendent summer of 1977. Graduated with Master Degree in City Administration and met and married my first wife, Beth in winter of 1977. Married and moved to Assistant City Manager of Richton Park 1978. Appointed City Manager of New Lenox, Illinois in winter 1978. Awarded Certified Financial Planner designation in 1982. Lost Rose Bowl to USC in 1983. First son Kyle born 1984. Moved to Alaska as City Manager of Fairbanks in July 1986. City Manager to 1990. Divorced 1989. Met my wife Katherine June 21, 1990 after 10k Midnight Sun Run in Fairbanks at the Howling Dog Saloon in Fox. Married May 29, 1993 in Historical Presbyterian Church at Alaskaland by Rev. Jim Hayes. Worked for Municipal Utilities System as Director of Telecommunication Sales and Marketing 1990 to 1997, merged 1996 with PacificCorp/PGE, acquired 1997 by CenturyLink of Monroe, La., and then acquired 1998 by management group as AlaskaCommunications INC. Jade was born March 2000 and I was transferred to Juneau Alaska, where we lived on St. Annes Street, Douglas Island, at Sandy Beach. Hired by General Communications, Inc. of Anchorage Alaska, and on Mothers Day 2003 we moved Katherine, Jade, and I, with Jace in Katherines belly, with Uhaul Truck and Mercedes on tow trailer, Katherine and Jace and Jade in Jeep Grand Cherokee with longest uhaul trailer attached , onto the Alaska Marine Highway system to Haines to Yukon Territory, to Anchorage. Jace was born in August 2003 that year. Jade and Jace attended Spanish Bilingual Montessori, then Sand Lake Elementary. Both attained Black Belt status in Tae Kwon Do with Master Yu. Both played summer soccer at Gladys Wood, Jace started Hockey at 3 with Boys and Girls Club, then onto Mighty Moose at Subway Center, then onto All Stars where they won the State Championship in 2014. Jade graduated from Mears Middle School and admitted into National Honor Society there. Katherine graduated with a BS in Social Work from University of Alaska in 2012 and a Masters Degree from American University in 2014. In May 2014 we moved family to Carlsbad, California, Jade attending Sage Creek High School and Jace attending Calavera Middle School and then onto Carlsbad High School. Jace continues to play AAA Tier 1 hockey with the San Diego Gulls, Jade is heading to prom with Jacob, and taking SAT tests for admission to California University in Bio Engineering. I retired from GCI in January 2015. I worked 2016 selling Jaguar and Land Rovers and retired 2017.

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