By: KEITH COOPER
I was born in Salina in 1987. I spent my grade school years at a christian school through the first half of second grade, the second half of second grade I attended Schilling Elementary. After second grade my family moved out in the county northwest of town and I went to Happy Corner Elementary and Ell-Saline Middle School.
For high school I attended Salina Central and graduated in 2005. In the last 20 years I have become a husband and father and lived in Salina until a move to San Antonio in 2017. I moved back in 2021 to be closer to family and have spent my entire adulthood as a carpenter. My mom and dad own two businesses in town and I have six siblings all of whom live in or around Salina except one sister that lives in Leavenworth.
I have deep roots here in Salina and I would like to see Salina be a more middle class and small business friendly town that puts its taxpayers and citizens first. We have an incredible community of people here, we are friendly and actually care about our neighbors and want to see them succeed.
I think we can make some small changes that make it easier for middle class families and small businesses to succeed and our next generation start getting ahead in life.