Bill Hoover Family ~ 'WestSide Clan'
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 the
Penn State
Nittany Lions (Bill's alma mater)!
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/.
Tamara, and sometimes 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 ...!
World Geography
-- Few useful links on our world!
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/refmaps.html
~
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
~ http://www.geographic.org/
~
http://geography.usgs.gov/
~
http://www.geographynetwork.com/
~
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geography-action/index.html
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/region/region_cam.html
= Central American & Caribbean
The Hoover 'Clan' [JAN 1-2001 before Costa Rica
sabbatical]
From left to right:
~ Monica, 31 (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 is now engaged as well -- wedding July 2010 most
likely!!
~ Jennifer, 32, 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, 26, out to discover himself ~
back in school at Ivy Tech, Lafayette!
~ Peggy, Purdue
NPIRS Pesticide Database
User Services 
~ Bill,
Purdue Forestry Professor
& more!!
[ Timber Tax Advice website:
http://www.timbertaxadvice.com/
]
...and Christmas 2008 at
Peggy's sister's home on the family organic dairy farm.
Additional Trips of Note:
Madison WI - 1978 Summer to work
Washington DC - 1979 Summer to work living in Chevy Chase MD
Isle Royale - August 1985 (earlier in the month, Bill spent time in
The Gambia of Africa for work)
Washington DC Sabbatical - JAN-JUL 1989 living in Silver Spring MD
Philmont Scout Ranch,
Cimarron NM + Utah & Wyoming - ??
Alaska - SEP ?? + JUL ?? + Bill one additional time & he's ready to visit again ~
next time wanting to make it to Fairbanks,
not only Anchorage, etc?!?
NOTE the Colorado & mountain trip menu gallery links!
Mont Alto PA (Penn State)
- Visits and reunion, 2007 &2008! |
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!!
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.
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"How good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!"
-Psalm 133:1
"What say you?"
-Travis Tritt w/ John Mellencamp
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
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