All because the convent wasn't appealing enough!

The year was 1962. Charles James had grown up in Corbett and graduated from Corbett High. Charles spent his high school years working for "Uncle Bob" Scott at the Springdale gas station that his uncle owned. Along the way, Charles met a beautiful young gal named Margaret Pike at a dance. It had been Margaret's intent to go into a convent upon graduation, but after meeting Charles, there was no turning back! Married and happy, the young couple traveled all over the country for work. Son Brian was born in 1966. Not having lived in Corbett prior to 1999, Brian wanted to be with extended family. At age 33, Brian and wife Laurie moved to Corbett with their own children. Over the years there has been a total of four foster kids (all graduated from Corbett High), three adopted children (all are blood relatives through Laurie's father) and three biological children. A BUSY home indeed! Brian has served one year on the Budget Committee for Corbett Schools and has also served a total of eight years on the School Board. Brian has also served four years as Committee Chair for local Boy Scouts Troop #272, and is currently the VP of the Corbett Grange. The favorite Corbett activity for Brian is the sporting events that take place up at the schools. With his kids involved in many of the team sports, Brian is loving the new stadium and all that it adds to our community. There is also great pride in the fact it was his Oregon Air National Guard Civil Engineers that had a huge hand in building the stadium. Brian has been an employee of the Guard for 21 years. Being such a service oriented person, it is no surprise that Brian loves the fact there are so many others in the community that share his passion for giving back. He said it is awesome for folks to come together despite differences for the good of the matter. When asked for a favorite memory, he mentioned the first time he and family attended the July 4th celebration. Brian said his whole family was blown away at the size and quality of the entire day's events. The entire James family are now regular attenders of the event, and we are thankful to call them "locals."