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Beer, wine, lemonade, soda pop, water, or juice, Robert tracks the beverages all over the Portland area. Robert Giard works for Columbia Distributing on Swan Island and deals with literally hundreds of thousands of beverages on a weekly basis. After eight years in the U.S. Marine Corp., Robert moved from Kentucky back to the Portland area to be near family. He is one of five children, and most all of his family are in the area. Meeting his wife Kemmie while drinking a beverage in Troutdale, the two hit it off and were married shortly thereafter. Knowing they both wanted to raise a family in a rural setting with great schools, they chose Corbett, and made the move in August, 2007. Kemmie has her master's degree in teaching and hopes to one day teach in Corbett. Currently, her hands are full with sons Anthony, nearly 4 and twins Callen and Noah who are 10 months old. Robert is a hands on guy that has really enjoys making changes to both their home and property. He feels they are "far enough and yet also close enough" to the big city of Portland and all its amenities. His said his neighbors have been kind and helpful since day one and he really likes that they all look out for one another. This year Anthony started preschool at Corbett, its first year of the program. Robert says Anthony loves being there! Robert looks forward to all his boys being in school and being very involved. He and Kemmie both want to be very supportive as the boys grow up in the wonderful community that they both talked about moving to long before the kids arrived on the scene!