In the past, Clyde has counseled convicted juveniles. He taught young lawbreakers a course in “conflict management and decision making.” The course involved more than classroom work; Clyde took his charges to an outdoor boot camp where they rock climbed, rappelled, canoed, and did other activities designed to both challenge and inspire them. Clyde recently built a front porch for a nearby neighbor so the family could have a place to relax. Working with wood is another passion of Clyde’s. He also creates wooden chimes and decorative wooden boxes. Clyde ended up in central Missouri when he first traveled here to help a friend open a restaurant. That’s where he met his wife, Carolyn.
“The minute I saw Carolyn, I knew I would ask her to marry me,” Clyde says, and he moved here in 1987.
He recalled an occasion when he took Carolyn dancing on a date. Worth noting is that Carolyn, upbeat and good-humored, stands nineteen inches shorter than Clyde. As he led her onto the dance floor that evening he said, “I hope you don’t think we can dance cheek to cheek.” Carolyn replied instantly, “Only if we dance back to back bent over!” Clyde still laughs at that. They married in 1991. The list of activities in which Clyde engages goes on. He and Carolyn attend Bible study at Grace Evangelical Free Church in Jefferson City. At the city’s Little Theatre, Clyde took on the lead role in Doc Holiday.
“My life is full, what with working with the boys, my hobbies, hanging out with Carolyn,” Clyde says.
“What more can a man want?”
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