BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MARVIN ENTEL
President
Marvin attended Colton High School and graduated from Washington State University with a BA in Industrial Arts in 1962 and graduated with a Masters Degree in Education in 1967 from the University.
Marvin was a Junior High School teacher in the Franklin Pierce School District in Tacoma and a Senior High School teacher at Bellevue High School in Bellevue.
Marvin was a multi-lines Claims Adjustor for 35 years with Farmers Insurance Group and has been a general contractor for his owned company RESSCO LLC from 2001 to present. Marvin was also a joint owner of the Churchyard Inn Bed and Breakfast in Uniontown. He has also been involved as a construction consultant for the Artisian’s Barn in Uniontown for the local artists and has been the center’s construction consultant.
Marvin has served on boards at the Asotin County Library, Asotin County Planning Commission, Holy Family School Foundation, Elks, USDA Development, Clarkston City Council and has been a long-time member of the Valley Community & Senior Center’s Board of Director.
KIMBERLY CUSHMAN
Vice President
Kimberly was born in Minot, North Dakota in 1955; grew up in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley and graduated from Clarkston High School in 1973. She attended Lewis Clark State College (LCSC) from 1973-1979.
She then moved to Spokane, WA and worked at Sacred Heart in the Cardiovascular lab from 1975-1979. Kim also worked for the Benton Franklin Home Health organization from 1984-1988. She then moved to the Lewiston area and owned and operated an Adult Family Home (Classic Residential Care) from 1988-1999.
Kim retired from Aging and Long-Term Care as an Information Specialist since 1999. She has served on the Board for Interlink for six years and has been a SHIBA volunteer.
Kim has two daughters and one grandson. She loves basketball and watching her grandson play. She is enthusiastic about helping seniors and cares about their future. She is a support group volunteer through ALTC.
Kim brings a wealth of experience helping seniors to the Valley Community Board of Directors.
DON ANDERSON
Treasurer
Don was born in 1940 in Ottowa, Kansas and graduated from high school in Brawley, California in 1959. He spent three years in the US Army and went to tech school for auto mechanics and worked at that profession for seven years.
Don subsequently went into the transportation business as a truck driver and retired in 1997 and then moved to Lewiston, Idaho.
Don has been a member of the Board of Directors for over 15 years and volunteers in many capacities around the Center. He is the best research and technology person when the center needs to purchase new supplies or equipment for the Center. Don helped construct and install new signage, helps with repairs, maintenance and has volunteered for the Center’s annual indoor yard sale.
ROBERT BURTON
Secretary
Bob was born in Indianapolis, IN in 1942. He attended school in Indianapolis and entered the US Navy in January 1961. Bob received an honorable discharge in 1964 and was awarded the “Outstanding Recruit” at boot camp and a commendation from the USS Eltanin while serving as a radioman and watch supervisor at Kodiak, AK. Bob also holds an Honorable Discharge from the US Coast Guard as a reserve.
Bob graduated with a double major in History and Psychology and a BA from the University of Washington in 1970. Bob spent 38 years in commercial property management, leasing, maintenance, construction and sales. He also has worked in nearly every kind of commercial property including high and low rise office buildings, strip shopping centers, enclosed malls, single family homes, apartments, mixed used properties, marinas, HUD subsidized apartments, industrial buildings and other properties.
Bob held two professional real estate designations, a Certified Property Manager (CPM) and a Real Property Administrator (RPA). He spent 23 years teaching at Washington State and nationally on courses in property management. He was a court appointed receiver for numerous distressed commercial properties and was an expert witness in court actions.
Bob has volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, Renton Eagles, Renton Lions Club and the Manufactured/Mobile Homeowners of Washington (MHOA). Bob volunteers as the organizer of the Center’s semi-annual indoor yard sale and serves on the VCC Board of Director as Secretary and past Treasurer and serves as the Board’s Grant writer.
VIVIAN FORNER
Board Member
Vivian was born in Lewiston, ID and lived on a ranch outside of Clarkston until graduating from Clarkston High School; then moved to Spokane, WA and got her degree from Holy Names College. After graduation; she worked at St. Lukes Hospital writing special diets. She then worked at Kaiser’s testing labs until she married and moved to Canada.
Vivian was a stay-at-home mom to three children. She moved back to Clarkston to take care of her father until his passing. She joined AARP and the Women of the Moose; serving as an officer and active volunteer. Vivian has been on the Board of Directors for over 20 years and has served as President, Secretary and Vice President. Vivian also volunteers at the center; helping with the third Thursday meal and has volunteered with the annual indoor yard sale.
Vivian is best known for managing “Vivian’s Lending Library” and being our “Girl Friday” in the center’s office. She has been the heart of the center for many years.
DAN CEASE
Board Member
Born in Seattle, WA, Dan grew up in Bothell, WA. After some college he joined Boeing in the defense division. He has two children of his own, many grandkids and great grandkids. He remarried with another two kids and one grandchild while living in Poulsbo, WA. He was an aerospace engineering manage for 34 years then took early retirement. After 20 years in Poulsbo, he moved to Clarkston with his wife in 2000.
Dan enjoys gardening, jewelry making, jade prospecting and fishing and enjoys handyman activities. After spending time as a Master Gardener, he started Clarkston Community Garden which provided excess vegetables to the Clarkston Food Bank for six years. Aside from being a Walmart Produce Manager here in Clarkston, he was a handyman refurbishing vacant Chestnut Street Apartment units.
DAVE NAUER
Board Member
Dave was born in Puyallup, WA and grew up in neighboring Sumner, WA. He attended Sumner public schools and graduated in 1970. While in school, he worked many Saturdays at his dad’s gas station, picked strawberries and raspberries, worked in a berry cannery driving forklift and helped frame houses. After graduation from high school, he attended University of Washington and graduated with a B.S. in Botany in 1975. During the summers, he worked logging setting chokers.
After graduating from U of W, he went into the Peace Corp and spent 27 months in Nicaragua, working in agricultural extension and research, as well as health-related projects: wells, water storage and outhouse construction. He completed his service in 1977 and returned to Sumner and worked the next couple of years helping to build houses as well as taking on his own small contracting jobs. Later, with his enhanced skills and contacts, he went into residential remodeling jobs and expanded to commercial renovations. He also worked as Lead Carpenter on concrete crew in Southeast Alaska, some commercial fishing, repurposed 200,000 square feet of commercial space for various building owners.
In 2022, he finished all his projects and finished my house in Federal Way, sold it and moved to Clarkston to retire with my life partner, Joanne. My hobbies include: gardening, woodworking, hunting, growing orchids and of course, remodeling house #6.
JEAN LASLEY
Board Member
Jean went to high school in Lisbon, ND and graduated from Minot State University in Minet, ND with a BS in education with a double major.
She was a Charter Life Underwriter at the American College in Gryn Mawr, PA and was a CLU.
Work experience included an agent in investments at Lasley Insurance Services, a medical claims agent at CG, Blue Cross and a teacher in ND, WA and CA.
Jean’s volunteer experiences included Assistant Pool Manager in Clarkston, WA., a Financial Chairman at the West Portland Umeth in Portland, OR., board member of the Placentia Library Foundation in Placentia, CA. and joined the Valley Community & Senior Center Board in January 2023.
Jean is married to Neal Lasley and hobbies include playing Duplicate Bridge at the center with friends, going to Bridge tournaments, traveling, associated with the BSF bible study, reading, watching sports and growing many roses.
MICHAEL PAPRSKA
Board Member
Michael was born in Portland, OR and later moved to Vancouver, WA and then to Washougal, WA.
Michael attended high school at Washougal High School and then to Clark College in Vancouver, WA where he received a degree in Business Administration.
Michael’s work experience included part time work at age 17 for the Pendleton Woolen Mills, six years in the service center at Wafertech, six years in assembly repair at Hewlett Packard and 10 years as a supervisor at Alcoa. He joined the Army in 1967 and served in Vietnam and was discharged in 1969. He also worked at Crown Zellerbach, Boise Cascade, Western Electric, Fleetwood Mobile Homes and retired in 2012 in Juliaetta, ID and then settled in Clarkston, WA.
Michael’s volunteer experience was two years at the Kendrick Senior Center in Kendrick, ID.
His hobbies and interest include wood working, metal work and gold panning.
Michael joined the Board of Directors in January of 2023.
TIMOTHY SCHMIDT
Board Member
Tim worked for 12 years with Christmas in Action in the Lewis-Clark Valley where a crew of people would fix 4 to 5 houses each year for low-income families. Tim has been a member of the Knights of Columbus at Holy Family Church for 50 years as well as volunteering for all the church’s activities and various fund raisers.
Tim was the owner of Schmidt and Schmidt Construction and the owner of Schmidt’s Framing and a carpenter with Steve Carlton Construction.
Tim was educated at Prairie High School in Cottonwood, ID and has a BA in Economics from the University of Idaho in Moscow, ID. Tim is also a military veteran.
Tim has been married to Diane Schmidt for 49 years and his wife volunteers three days a week for the Senior Round Table at the Center. They have three children and have had 63 foster children over the course of 23 years for the State of Washington and Idaho and Service Alternatives.
Tim brings a wealth of construction and business experience to our Board of Directors.
COLLEEN SQUIRES
Board Member
I was born in Clarkston on 6/15/1955 where I attended the Clarkston schools and graduated in 1973. I am living in the house that my mother and father had built in 1958.
I was married in 1974 and had my own business; Colleen’s Answering Service in Pullman until 1976 when I went to work at DeChenne’s Marina as the Parts Manager. In 1981; I went to work at Trade Winds Marina as their bookkeeper and where I became involved in the first ever lighted boat parade for Christmas in 1985. This was my favorite accomplishment of any in my life.
I also worked Thill’s Jewelry and then for Brook’s Repair computerizing their accounts payable and receivable. I was on the Economic Development Committee for a few years representing the average family in decisions for businesses in our community. In 1999; I went to work for Colortyme as Manager of the Clarkston store. During my time with them; Colortyme became the #1 in the Colortyme system out of 336 stores nationwide. I loved working this position because of the customers. I became the one they called when a baby was born and the first one to call when someone passed away in their family. I believe it is the connection you create with people that will truly make or break you.
I retired in 2017 as my son was raising his daughter and needed my help. Currently; I am co-parenting and what a joy it is to spend retirement with family.
My basic belief in this life is if we learn to love and truly feel it in our heart; we will have learned what came here to learn.
DON TUSCHOFF
Board Member
Attended Holy Family School and Clarkston High School; class of 1947. Graduated from Washington State University in 1951. Spent two years in US Navy; most of the time in Japan.
Along with friend from Spokane; we took our discharge in Japan and on our own, traveled around the world. We saw 27 countries in six and a half months for a total cost of $1270.90.
Opened King Pin Lanes, an 8 lane bowling center in 1954, Salmon Bowl in 1962 and our last venture was Lancer Lanes (16), Bridge Street Connection and Armor Room in 1964. I was in business for 44 years from 1954 – 1998.
Twice President of Clarkston Chamber of Commerce and President of Northwest Bowling Proprietors (WA, OR, ID, AK, MT and UT) for two years.
I twice parachuted on my 80th and 90th birthdays. I am probably best known for being responsible in getting Interstate Bridge painted blue instead of hideous green.
Married twice – 4 children (Clarkston, Missoula and Houston). Also 2 foreign exchange students from Mexico and Brazil.