Bill Hoover Family ~ 'WestSide Clan' On-line Scrapbook
Special Olympics and Boy Scouts are just two special groups that keep the Bill Hoover family, 'WestSide Clan', active. Bill has added Family Promise® as a mission to his ToDo list as well!  We reside in West Lafayette IN ~ home of Purdue University! GO Boilermakers!! PLUS, we strongly support the Penn State Nittany Lions (Bill's alma mater) as well!  GO Big Ten!

Costa Rica [Central American country]
... a must on one's travel list!  This particular Bill Hoover family has lived on Connolly Street for 20+ years. AND ... 2001 sabbatical at CATIE in Turrialba, Costa Rica was just grand! Bill, Peggy, and Samuel enjoyed the tropical rain forested area from January through June 2001! Jennifer and Monica visited over 'Spring Break' and the family had a wonderful time touring Costa Rica together! Early in April Bill, Samuel, and Peggy visited Panama City, Panama. We wish other family members and friends could have visited as well, but we have 'mucho' sabbatical pictures, etc. for viewing plus videos at home. Hasta Luego!!!

EARTH ~ Universidad EARTH is another educational link to Costa Rica!!

July 2004, Bill & Peggy visited friends in Turrialba, Costa Rica at CATIE [from Bill's 2001 sabbatical there]. We stayed with Tamara Benjamin and Allan Esquivel and Sofia and Fatima on their finca. Later in the week we all traveled to Tortuguero to see the Green Sea Turtles plus more! See what fun we had through our story-telling pictures!

...some Purdue connections, http://www.btny.purdue.edu/Courses/BTNY390C/.

Our other 'family kin' ~ Tamara, and sometimes her family members, return to Indiana for her annual Purdue visit -- work related, of course, but also more!  Hola, Tamara y familia!

Dominican Republic [Eastern 2/3 of the island of Hispaniola]
Daughter, Monica, taught three years (2002-2005) at Santiago Christian School in this Latin American country in the Caribbean. She has made available some pictures to share with everyone. Jennifer and I had a great visit to the DR in April 2003 ~ Bill, Samuel, Jennifer and I visited at Christmas that same year. Monica returned to the states and began teaching in Indiana the 2005-06 school year! She truly enjoyed her years in Santiago, Dominican Republic and continues to keep in contact with friends made while there!!! Hola todo! Monica wants to return and visit ~ really!! PERHAPS SPRING BREAK 2009 ~ she made it, April 2009!!! Enjoy the DR tour ...!

The Hoover 'Clan' [JAN 1-2001 before Costa Rica sabbatical]

From left to right:
~ Monica, 32 (ran the 2008 Chicago Marathon 2 days prior to b-day on OCT 12 & ran the Indy Mini, May 2009), a Ball State 2002 graduate in elementary / special education - Spanish minor ~ teaching at Sommer Elementary, North Montgomery Community School Corporation, since August 2005!  She spent one college semester in Segovia, Spain & began her teaching career in Santiago, Dominican Republic (DR) ~ check out the DR pages on this website!
     **Monica married Jairo Marmolejos (from the DR) on July 24, 2010!!
~ Jairo (in the wedding pic below) graduated May 2011 from Ivy Tech in Accounting - who knows what is in the works after!?! ...even more studies &/or full/part-time work!?! God knows! Best Wishes!!!
~ Jennifer, 34, a Special Olympics athlete & swimmer + Super Target employee & a Greater Lafayette blogger ~ check out her pages on this site under 'Tribute for 9~11'!
~ Samuel, 28 ~ graduated with honors in Accounting May 9, 2010 from Ivy Tech, Lafayette; now employed through Area IV Agency On Aging And Community Action Programs!
~ Peggy, Purdue - CERIS/NPIRS Pesticide Database User Services  within Purdue's Entomology Dept.

...more timber links -- Forest Landowners Tax Council

~ Bill, Purdue Forestry Professor & more!!  [ Timber Tax Advice website: http://www.timbertaxadvice.com/ ]

The Hoover Clan is now 6! Monica & Jairo Marmolejos were joined in marriage, July 24-2010! Welcome, Jairo!! Check out the Wedding Gallery.

THANK YOU!  In remembrance of all who have served or are serving!

" It's time to stop using the 'R-word' "         J&C Letter to the Editor written by daughter & SOIn Tippe athlete, Jennifer ~ Great article!

Special Olympics IN Tippecanoe County
Keep up-to-date with the local organization ~ events, dates, and news such as Sports CALLOUTS! Check out the 'Calendar of Events' for details!! Keep posted to the site for all callouts and recent/upcoming events including games and volunteer meetings.  "INSPIRE  Greatness" in some very special persons ~ volunteers always welcomed!! 
*website = www.lafayette-online.com/specialolympics
Boy Scout (BSA) Troop 335
... meets weekly on Tuesday evenings, 7 pm, at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, West Lafayette IN.  For information, contact the local BSA council at http://www.sagamoresignals.com/ or Troop 335 ~ fun, growing, high adventures, growing, Eagle Scout ceremonies, and more!! Check out Cary Camp in Lafayette also!

Family Promise® of Greater Lafayette
This is another important mission of the Hoover family.  The local project, based on the national project -- Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHM), was started in part by Bill within the Greater Lafayette community!! St. Andrew UMC is a support church in this community effort.

Live well,
Laugh often,
Love much!

'God whispers to us in our pleasures, …. but shouts in our pains.' 
-C.S. Lewis

Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.' -Matthew 19:26

... Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain