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PCT : If you had to do another job other than the one you ’ re doing , what would you do ? RM : NBA player . One who was a perpetual 29 years old … and on a team with Dirk Nowitzki .
Betty Naal
Betty Naal is a retired Court Coordinator in County Court at Law Number 2
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PCT : What is your impact on Parker County ? RM : The best part of being a teacher is being able to see kids grow up into productive adults who are raising their own children up to be good people . It is rewarding to have been a small part of that .
PCT : What is your definition of the best day every ? RM : Realizing that today is the only day I have got … living that day with the feeling that nothing gets better than today .
PCT : What ’ s the best piece of advice you would give ? RM : Get answers to these three questions : How did man get here ? What does man do with his / her time on earth ? What happens when I die ?
Find a truth to answer these questions and live your life around it . For me , that is my faith in my Savior , Jesus Christ . There is more to life than my days on earth .
PCT : What is the coolest thing you have ever done in your life ? RM : Win the 2016 Girls Basketball State Championship at Lipan High School . # LadyIndiansForever # ImSorryNazarethItsOurTurn
Justin Collins
Justin is a Partner and Realtor at TERIN Realty
PCT : How did you get into your occupation ? JC : In 1993 , I was a vault teller and was approached by a real estate broker that was a customer . He asked if I would be interested in real estate property management . I got licensed and at 18 yrs . old was the youngest agent in his commercial brokerage . That led to other opportunities , including owning three small supplement shops inside of gyms and working for various software companies . I eventually got back into real estate in 2010
PCT : What do you do to decompress ? JC : I like riding and spending time with our horses and dog .
PCT : What is something people don ’ t know about you ? JC : I met my partner , Terri Stokes , while salmon fishing on the Kenai River in Alaska . I lived in Austin at the time , but when I was younger , I lived in Alaska , as well as other areas of the country .
PCT : If you could have lunch with any one , either living or dead from history , who would it be ? JC : I ’ m not sure . I ’ ve read a lot about most people I would want to meet , and I ’ m afraid if I really met them it would ruin the image !
PCT : If you had to do another job than what you ’ re doing , what would you do ? JC : I ’ d want to be one of those guys like Andrew Zimmerman and travel around being a food critic .
PCT : What is your impact to Parker County ? JC : I ’ d love to be able to help Parker County maintain the small town feel it has now and that everyone loves , while it continues to grow .
PCT : What ’ s the best piece of advice you would give ? JC : Make sure you pick a job or career that you enjoy .
PCT : How did you get into your occupation ? BN : I started working as a Deputy Clerk in the County Clerk ’ s office in the early 1970 ’ s thanks to a friend of a friend . After 11 years in that position , I went to work as a legal secretary for the law firm of Gilfeather and Wood . After several years with them , I went to work as a legal secretary for Akers and Akers law firm . Ben Akers ran for election to the County Court at Law Number 2 and gave me the privilege of working for him as his court coordinator .
PCT : What is your favorite novel ? BN : Gone With The Wind
PC : What do you do to decompress ? BN : Gardening , travel , crocket , knitting , refurbishing furniture , bird watching in my back yard .
PCT : What is something people don ’ t know about you ? BN : I am really very shy and since retiring and have become sort of a recluse .
PCT : If you could have lunch with anyone , living or dead , in history , who would it be ? BN : Elvis Presley , just because .
PCT : If you had to do another
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Betty Naal
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PCT: If you had to do another
job other than the one you’re doing,
what would you do?
RM: NBA player. One who was a
perpetual 29 years old … and on a
team with Dirk Nowitzki.
PCT: What is your impact on Parker
County?
RM: The best part of being a teacher
is being able to see kids grow up
into productive adults who are rais-
ing their own children up to be good
people. It is rewarding to have been a
small part of that.
PCT: What is your definition of the
best day every?
RM: Realizing that today is the only
day I have got … living that day with
the feeling that nothing gets better
than today.
PCT: What’s the best piece of advice
you would give?
RM: Get answers to these three ques-
tions:
How did man get here?
What does man do with his/her time
on earth?
What happens when I die?
Find a truth to answer these questions
and live your life around it. For me,
that is my faith in my Savior, Jesus
Christ. There is more to life than my
days on earth.
PCT: What is the coolest thing you
have ever done in your life?
RM: Win the 2016 Girls Basketball
State Championship at Lipan High
School. #LadyIndiansForever
#ImSorryNazarethItsOurTurn
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