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Tracie Whiting Brad Baska Jaysie Dambach, Marisa Mareno ,
Lyndsay Newton More to come...

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Tracie Whiting
Tracie Whiting
JET Program Coordinator
Consulate General of Japan at Kansas City

This is the beautiful and extremely intelligent Tracie. More bio info to come
Brad Baska

Pic of me in the play
"Bed and Breakfast"
I am not the crazy women:)
Online Name: Samurai Brad
Home: Gladstone Mo.
College: Park University
Major: History
Minor: Theater
Favorite Food: Steak
Do you like sushi?  No
Favorite Sport: American Football
Future Goals:  Teacher/Football Coach
Favorite Quote: "We few we happy few, We band of Brothers, for he who sheds his blood with me this day shall be my brother..."  Shakespeare, Henry V
Jaysie Dambach
No pic yet
Name: Jaysie Dambach
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Currently living: West Palm Beach, FL
Current Job: Group Treatment Coordinator for a wilderness program for at-risk youths
College: Loyola-New Orleans  (loved it)
Major: Psychology
Minor: Criminal Justice
Favorite Food:  Cheese
Favorite Sport:  Gymnastics/ Hockey
Future Goals:  I have no clue since I doubt I can really ever be a princess.
Favorite Quote:  Sweets for the Sweet.  (Candyman)
Sign: Sagittarius
Marisa Moreno
No pic yet
Name: Marisa Marie Moreno
Hometown: Wichita, KS
College: University of Kansas
Majors: Social Work and Japanese (not IN Japanese)
Minor: one class away from a French one (damn you
nit-picky requirements!)
Favorite Food: the kind that goes in my mouth
Do you like sushi?: yeah, my favorite is California
Roll; I don't like the raw stuff as much
Favorite Sport: to watch - basketball (if I'm at the
game); to play - none (I'm very lazy)
Future Goals:  to become fluent in at least 5
languages and to become a social worker
Birthday: November 10th (I accept checks)
Favorite thing to collect: frogs!   
Blood type: O+       

Lyndsay Newton
Name: Lyndsay Newton
Hometown: Parsons, KS
Colleges:  Kansas State University (undergrad),
University of Miami (grad)
Majors: Biology, Biochem
Placement in Japan:  Yamoto (near Sendai) in
Miyagi-ken
Do you like sushi?  I LOVE SUSHI!
Favorite food: Hrm ... tough call between pizza and
yukke (raw beef, Japanese dish)
Future goals:  Promote conservation through wildlife
education -- snag a job doing this where I work
directly with animals
Favorite sport:  Ice skating.  I love to watch it, and
I fall down with much grace. :)
Favorite quote: "Some people would sooner die than
think, and most do" -- Bertrand Russell
Coolest life experience(s):  Swimming in the wild with
nurse sharks, barracuda, and sea lions (not all at the
same time).