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Class Notes
1980
Dwight Lane is station manager at 880/KRVN Radio and 93.1 FM “The River,” in Lexington, Neb. He and his wife, Pam, were married in 2006, live in Cozad, Neb., and have four children and two grandchildren.
1983
Bob Glasgow was inducted into the Missouri State Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in October. He led the Oak Grove High School wrestling teams to 12 state titles and six runners-up finishes in his 25
years as coach. He’s also coached 14 high school all-Americans and 72 individual state champions. He retired from coaching and as the Oak Grove activities director two years ago to become the Raytown School District activities director.
Chris Hughes is a brigadier general in the U.S. Army and was deployed in the fall to Kandahar, Afghanistan, as the deputy commanding general for Regional Command (South). He is second in command of all NATO Coalition Forces operating in southern Afghanistan.
1985
Stephen Frazier (master’s) is chief information officer/executive director of university technology at Western Illinois University. He recently served as the CIO of the California Maritime Academy and was the informa-
On July 27, 2011, Jeff Cook ’80 from Gladstone went out for some iced tea from QuikTrip, four blocks from his house. During his short drive, he watched a speeder smash into an elderly driver, and he took action to save her life. In September, Cook was awarded the rare and prestigious Honor Medal for Heroism from the Boy Scouts of America for his bravery and quick response. The collision at Northeast 72nd Street and North Prospect Avenue in Gladstone was like a scene from a dramatic TV show, Cook said. Seventy-four-yearold Carol Oster-Green was entering the intersection when the other driver, heading westbound, sped up to make it through the light. After smashing into Oster-Green’s car, both cars recoiled and spun 360 degrees. That’s when Cook, who was waiting at the stoplight, turned off his car and ran into the intersection to take action. “Oil, radiator fluid and smoke were spilling from underneath her car,” Cook, a Corning, Iowa, native, said. “The closer I got to it, the more I smelled gasoline. I thought, ‘That’s not a good sign.’” Oster-Green went into shock and tried to drive her car away from the scene. She was headed toward a line of parked cars. As Cook sprinted toward her car, he was struck by a vehicle, yet continued to run. After finding her driver-side window open, he opened her door and ran alongside the car while trying to apply the brakes and wrest the steering wheel from Oster-Green.
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“The vehicle was leaking gasoline, and I knew that any spark would cause a fireball, and if she hit any car, it would not only take her, it would take everybody else.” After stopping the car, Cook stayed beside OsterGreen, comforting her until emergency responders arrived. Cook credits his training with the Boy Scouts for giving him the right skills to accurately respond to the woman in need, and God for giving him the strength to Jeff Cook ’80, a 24-year active veteran Boy Scout Leader, open the damaged car door. was awarded the Honor Medal for Heroism from the National The Honor Medal for Council of the Boy Scouts of America for his actions in saving the life of Carol Oster-Green (right) in the aftermath of a highHeroism is the highest award speed car crash. that can be given to an adult Boy Scout leader. Cook is dan, are Eagle Scouts. The four of them one of 15 living scout leader recipients are Vigil Honor members of the Order of award, out of 200 recipients in the of the Arrow, making them one of three 112-year Boy Scouts’ history. He is the families in history where each member first adult leader from Kansas, Nebraska, has received the esteemed recognition Missouri or Iowa to receive the award. for leadership and service. Additionally, he was presented with the Despite the recognition and acTorch Award by the United Methodist colades, Cook tries to keep a humble Church, one of only seven given out in perspective. nearly 40 years. He has also been nomi“Rather than celebrate me, we need nated for the Citizen Medal of Honor. to celebrate the fact that Mrs. OsterCook works as a senior account manGreen is alive,” Cook said. “We need to ager with Marketshare Publications in celebrate the fact that the Boy Scouts of Overland Park, Kan., the nation’s largest America teaches life skills and life-savnational coupon-booklet marketer. His ing skills. This is why scouting matters wife, Jill Mitchell Cook, from Bedford, and why it is, without a doubt, the finest Iowa, attended Northwest until they character-building program and prepamarried in 1980. Both of their sons, ration for life in the world.” n 30-year-old Joshua and 19-year-old Jor-
Spring 2013
PHOTO BY SUSAN PFANNMULLER/THE KANSAS CITY STAR
Cook saves life, receives heroism award