That contest was a real challenge. I don't really cook with convenience products.

I pretty much taught myself how to cook. My mother was a great cook, but she was a '50s cook.

I was kind of a frustrated cook. Being at home with the kids I wasn't working so I thought what if I enter a contest and win $50,000? Wouldn't that be cool. So I just tried it.

That got me hooked. I found I had so many ideas. It's kinda addictive when you win something.

It's really a challenge to assess their populations. The only way to really see them is during the spawning run.

Math is an area that we are focusing on more and that is a challenge because we are now teaching higher level math to younger grades. Next year will be a better reflection of the results that we will achieve through new math programs we put in place this year.