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"SURVIVOR WANDA"
Posted by pmspml5 on 01-13-05 at 10:53 AM

Born in Belleville, Pennsylvania, Wanda Shirk grew up in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Ephrata High School in 1967. In 1971, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible and speech communication from Wheaton College in Illinois. She then went on to receive her master's degree in education from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania.

Shirk has been teaching junior and senior high school English for 28 years. From 1971 to 1977, she taught at Warwick High School in Lititz, Pennsylvania. From 1983 until the present, she has taught at Northern Potter High School in Ulysses, Pennsylvania. In addition to classroom teaching, she has supervised the school's yearbook and newspaper staffs, directed school plays, acted as an advisor to the National Honor Society and sophomore, junior and senior classes and served as timer and scorekeeper for the school's volleyball and basketball games.

Parenting has been a large part of Shirk's life over the last 25 years. In addition to her own children, Dawn and Shawn, she and her husband of 26 years (they divorced in 2000) became foster parents to 25 children and to exchange students from Norway, Germany and the Ukraine.

These days, Shirk devotes much of her time to community service. She is a trustee of the Ulysses Library, President of the Potter County Foster Parents Association, Chairman of the Potter County Planning Commission and secretary/fund-raising Chairman for the Tri-Town Fire Company Auxiliary. She is certified as a Community Emergency Response Team member and is certified in some Red Cross courses (and a regular Red Cross blood donor as well).

Shirk enjoys backpacking and hiking. In 2000, she solo backpacked the 85 mile Susquehannock Trail in Potter County, Pennsylvania. She is an active member of the Keystone Trails Association and two local hiking clubs.

A recent newlywed, Shirk resides in Ulysses, Pennsylvania, with her husband, George. Her birth date is August 24, 1949

Colors: Green, rainbows
Scents: Lemon, pine, spice, vanilla, roses
Flowers: Rose, daffodil, lilac, forsythia, daisy, wildflowers
Board Games: Mancala, Balderdash, Trivial Pursuit, Chinese checkers, chess
Video Games: Pac-Man
Sports to Play: Softball, volleyball
Sports Teams: No favorite
Outdoor Activities: Backpacking, hiking, jogging, building hiking trails
TV Shows: SURVIVOR, A&E biographies, History channel, 60 MINUTES
Movies: Blackhawk Down, A Beautiful Mind, Fiddler on the Roof
Actors: Robin Williams, Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Tom Hanks
Actresses: No favorite
Music: Country, Rogers & Hammerstein, Gilbert & Sullivan, popular, easy listening
Magazines: The Week, Time, Newsweek
Books/Authors: A History of God, Through the Narrow Gate (Karen Armstrong), A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson), Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Cereals: Oatmeal with blueberries, Raison Nut Bran, granola
Fruits: Blueberries, strawberries, watermelon, pineapple, apple, grapes, banana
Snack Foods: Peanuts, mixed nuts, honey-mustard pretzels, Doritos, sour cream & onion chips
Cookies: Chocolate chip, peanut butter, molasses, ginger snaps, frosted sugar cookies
Candy Bars: Nutrageous, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Hershey's with Almonds
Alcoholic Drinks: No favorite
Non-Alcoholic: Nestea, cider, Welch's grape juice, fruit juice, tomato juice

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"RE: SURVIVOR WANDA"
Posted by Cin on 01-13-05 at 10:56 AM
Ok, this picture...... SCARED the ever loving heck out of me.....

That is all :p
Cin

"RE: SURVIVOR WANDA"
Posted by ginger on 01-13-05 at 06:26 PM
She looks like Alice from the Brady Bunch. Permed.



"RE: SURVIVOR WANDA"
Posted by redbeard103152 on 01-13-05 at 07:18 PM
From all that I have read and from first impressions I would venture to guess that she shouldn't quit her day job.RedBeard
"RE: SURVIVOR WANDA"
Posted by J Slice on 01-17-05 at 12:49 PM
This woman simply screams first-boot.

If only to get her gargoyle-face off the island.

"RE: SURVIVOR WANDA"
Posted by RyrieRae on 01-17-05 at 08:07 PM
Twila meets Lillian.
"RE: SURVIVOR WANDA"
Posted by pmspml5 on 01-18-05 at 09:01 AM
Once again we are judging a book by its cover. But from the previews there are many shots of her working hard. As in so many past survivors - the hard worker when equal with another is usually safe. I will save judgement of her until after the opener. She may very well be the first boot - however I hope not.

"RE: SURVIVOR WANDA"
Posted by KObrien_fan on 01-18-05 at 09:05 AM
I love her spirit! Previews do show her as a hard worker. Friends have described her as quirky. That is all good in this game. Think of Greg Buis and how well he used comic relief to deflect the fact that he was a strong dominant male and a born leader. She strikes me as somebody that would be fun as hell to have around, and because she is quirky and zany she won't be perceived as a threat.


S9 LOTD Champion

"RE: SURVIVOR WANDA"
Posted by cuon10 on 01-24-05 at 12:52 PM
If this does not say Lillian, I do not know what does.