Heather Garst, fourth grade teacher at Rock Hills Elementary School, is in her second year of teaching. She is originally from Cameron, Missouri, but has lived in Jewell County for 16 years. Before moving to her husband's home town, the Garsts lived in Kansas City, but found it unappealing with having young children. They wanted a smaller community, so to Jewell County they came.

Garst met her husband on a blind date. He had been working in Chilicothe, Missouri, doing paintless dent repair on hail damaged vehicles when one of his friends met one of hers. The rest you can say, is history. They...