OUTL

Name What is your What is the oddest What is the most How did you What would you beCounty favorite part excuse given for fun you ever had end up in this doing professionallyof attending the positive UA or at conference? field? If not in this field?IPCSA Conference? violation of terms?David Beery Hearing that people He borrowed his son’s Helping people at the Graduated from college, Coaching High SchoolDeWitt Co. really enjoyed the jeans and the cocaine fall 2011 Conference in met the Macon County Basketballtraining and learned was in the back pocket Champaign County. We Director while playinga lot of valuable and it was absorbed into tried to host as a collective basketball. He asked meinformation and his system through his effort so the smaller counties to apply, got hired...the restwatching people enjoy butt cheeks. could have involvement. It is history.themselves duringwas rewarding to watchthe social eventseverything come together.Nicki Bell Catching up with Because her boyfriend The conference I attended I would be a teacher.Cass Co. friends I have made. was a user and they a few years ago and wonI learn a lot from the had sex recently. playing music trivia. Iprofessional relationshipsbelieve it was Pheasant Runat each conference.Boyd Presley Meeting up with old Tested positive for The Madison County Just fell into it. Teaching History atMadison Co. friends and attending cocaine because he conference of course. Junior College orworkshops. touched it. o University.Ken Burn The networking. IPCSA Not necessarily funny, Way too difficult to Worked for a short time I would likely consider theWhiteside introduced me to many but the excuses all too narrow down. Each with a social service education field. I hope to teachprofessionals and often involved 2nd hand conference is memorable. agency. I was introduced at a junior college level aftercolleagues from around smoke, THC in the My favorite are anytime to the Probation Director. retiring from the probation field.the state. They are brownies, etc. And they I get to play the drums. I was fortunate enough totremendous assets. As didn’t know it., etc. Howl at the moon in interview for an openingwe look to grow in the Chicago is a highlight and began as a juvenilecourt services field. for sure. officer a few months later.Still proud to be in theField as I approach 25 years.Francie Cain I like the friendships I cannot answer this This is the first I was living in Springfield I would probably still be13th Circuit I have formed from appropriately. conference (Spring at the time and a position working as a foster careattending conferences. 2012) that I have opened up at the detention caseworker.I like the social events played the golf home in the area I grew up.that are planned. It outing. It was a I wanted to get closer to mygives everyone time out great time and I family, so I was offered theof the office to network. plan on playing tosition. A year later IIt is nice to meet officers next year. transferred to probation.from other jurisdictions.IPCSA22