<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">From the League of Women Voters of Idaho Newsletter, 2011:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">PRESIDENTIAL BIO…
Featuring Kathryn Bonzo </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Strolling through a Moscow, Idaho Farmer's
Market one Saturday some years back, a very
intelligent woman named Amy Ford (who just
happened to be the President of the LL here in
Moscow) started a conversation with me about
Confined Animal Feeding Operations in the
south of the state. She spent quite a bit of time
fielding my questions and in general informing
me of all the thorough work done by the League
and what this organization was really about. I
joined the League that morning. She inspired
me, along with many other women in our
community, to be part of this worthy advocacy
and lobbying team which up until that time, I
had only thought of in historical terms as the
organization that brought the Presidential
Debates to television.
Once I joined the league I was active as a
director on the local board and was able to visit
Boise with Sally Fredericks (who was President
of the LL at the time) to see the organization
from the State perspective. At that convention, I
met Muriel Roberts (in her 2nd term as State
President), Judy Edwards, and Elinor Chehey to
name a few and watched as Ginny Foote and
Maxine Miller stepped forward to become CoPresidents.
I have learned much from these
women, from what they really love about the
organization and their desires to see it continue
to be a vital non-partisan force in Idaho politics.
This is my League history. I hail originally from
Alabama which is the start of my history. I have
been a K-12 educator since 1986. Presently, I
teach a terrific combo class of 5th and 6th graders
at Palouse Prairie School. My husband (fabulous
Math/Physics high school teacher has roots in
Florida where we met 26 years ago) and we
have taught overseas for more than a decade in
Algeria, Singapore (where our daughter was
born 18 years ago, graduates next year) and The
Dominican Republic. We love to travel and are
active Idahoans reveling in all the outdoor
opportunities in this amazing state. I am on
several boards here in Moscow, advise Chi
Omega at WSU and am DJ on our community
radio station.<br></div>
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