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Monday, 24 August 2009 |
Veronica English has lived in Kane for 16 years and is very involved in our community. Growing up in Sheffield, English just wanted to get out of the smalltown area, now she wouldn’t live anywhere else.
By Natasha Mattis
Special to The Kane Republican
Veronica English has lived in Kane for 16 years and is very involved in our community. Growing up in Sheffield, English just wanted to get out of the smalltown area, now she wouldn’t live anywhere else.
“People don’t realize what the area has to offer; everyone is so focused on money,” English said. “You don’t need a lot of money to have fun here.”
She graduated from Sheffield High School and went to college at Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture in Doylestown, on basketball and soccer scholarships. While working three jobs, English received a Bachelor Degree of Science and Chemistry.
She has been working as a sales representative ever since. Her first couple jobs were in New York City, but she eventually found a good job here in Pennsylvania.
She met her husband, Paul English, at the Warren County Fair during the Loggers’ and Saw Millers’ Day. Her father was a logger and helped run the themed day at the fair. She often helped judge equipment, and her dad introduced her to Paul, having him help her with something. She moved to Kane with him shortly thereafter.
They have two boys, John and Alec. When they got married, they made a promise that whatever the kids were doing, they would be with them, and they have done just that. Paul coaches Tornado football and baseball. They both help with wrestling, and Veronica has been coaching soccer for five years.
“I try to teach my kids to be aware of the ‘have nots,’ “English says. “I’ve had such a blessed life, and I want the kids to see another world that is not so lucky.“
English enjoys helping out the less fortunate. She and her sons set a booth out at the Taste of Kane for the Great American Bake Sale, which helps feed people within the United States that too often go hungry. She wants her children to be aware that there are kids that go to school without a breakfast in their bellies.
English stands up for what she believes in. She is running for school board this November, as she sees no reason to close down the Mt. Jewett School and hasn’t talked to anyone yet that wants the schools combined.
“My mother always said that there is no sense in complaining unless you are going to do something about it. I travel a lot for my job, and I see where things need to change,” English says. “Sometimes the people’s voice gets lost.”
English really enjoys living here in Kane. She noted the community’s sense of caring for each other and looking out for others as well as the beauty in the nature surrounding the area. She has yet to see a night sky as pretty as the ones in Kane.
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