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Rosenberger a country girl at heart
Kurtis J. Wood/sports@qvpr.com
Taran Rosenberger enjoys her side job as a consultant for Cookie Lee Jewelry. “I love jewelry and and I love the jewelry business,” she said.
Taran Rosenberger has a lot of fond memories of growing up in Quincy and is now able to watch her children grow up here as well.
The Quincy Valley Post-Register recently talked with Rosenberger about her work, family and other activities that keep her busy.
QVPR: What are some of your favorite memories of growing up in Quincy?
TR: Some of my favorite memories of growing up in Quincy all have to do with high school sports. I can remember the football team in the playoffs in Wenatchee and my mom sitting there nine months pregnant with my brother and getting drenched by the rain. She was such a trooper. I have a lot of fun memories of going to the state wrestling and basketball tournaments with the cheerleaders. I was able to represent Quincy at the Washington State Junior Miss program, and that was a really great experience for me. We lived in town and would ride our bikes all over during the summer. I have plenty of battle scars from those bike days. I remember walking two blocks to the little store on the corner and buying penny candies.
QVPR: After graduating from high school, did you move away from Quincy for awhile, and if so, what did you do? When did you move back?
TR: I didn’t move far. I lived in Ephrata for almost a year while I attended Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake. Then I moved back to Quincy, and other than moving out of town to the ‘country,’ I’ve lived here most of my life.
QVPR: What are your current and past jobs?
TR: Currently I work at Quincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District as the payroll clerk. I’ve been here since January 2007. I worked for Milbrandt Vineyards before I started this job. I also have an at-home business with Cookie Lee Jewelry.
QVPR: What is your favorite part about your current job?
TR: I love working at the district. My favorite part is in the spring when all the farmers/land owners come in. We see some of them just that one time a year, so it’s like a little reunion. I really enjoy the people I work with and have made great friends. I love the challenge that payroll gives me at times.
QVPR: What are the names of your family members?
TR: My husband’s name is Corey and he works as a mechanic at Liberty Farm & Lawn. We are very blessed to have a blended family of four children — Hunter (10), Caitlyn (Schuler, 9), Ashlyn (8), and Chase (Schuler, 7). We are fortunate to have our parents live here as well. Plus, I have two younger brothers. Tyler is in high school and Tanner is in junior high.
QVPR: Why do you like living in the Quincy Valley?
TR: I like living in Quincy because it’s a small town. I love going into a business and knowing the first five people I see. I like knowing that I could make the drive to Walmart to save a few dollars, but I wouldn’t be supporting our local businesses, and without local support those businesses would close.
QVPR: What are your hobbies?
TR: I’m not sure that I have any hobbies. I really enjoy reading. Most of my time is spent volunteering or taking the kids to their activities. We have a travel trailer and love to go on camping trips with our friends or just take the trailer and get away for the weekend. We always go to at least one WSU Cougar football game a year.
I guess that jewelry could be a hobby. I love jewelry and I love my jewelry business. It’s hard to say it’s a job when I have so much fun with it. I started selling Cookie Lee Jewelry in January 2006. I’m able to set my own schedule and work as much or as little as I want to all depending on my family’s schedule. I’ve earned an all-expense-paid trip to Hawaii and a national sales award by doing this business part time.
QVPR: I know you’ve been involved in the youth baseball program over the last few years. How did you get involved with that? What specific things have you done with the program, and do you think that the youth baseball program is heading in the right direction?
TR: I got involved with Quincy Youth Baseball through my friend, Lisa Jones, who was on the board. It started slowly as being the secretary, not knowing much, and evolved into becoming the president. One of the things that has helped the program is having a full board of directors. These directors are not there for their own personal agenda, they’re there to help the youth of our community play baseball. The program is run by volunteers so without them, we wouldn’t have a youth baseball program. We’ve started a sponsorship program so that every child/youth can play baseball even if they cannot afford it.
The past few years we’ve seen the number of players go down, and some of that has to do with money as well as their involvement in other sports. It probably depends who you talk to about the program to see if it’s heading in the right direction, but I think it is. This year I lost most of the board, and it will be very hard to replace them. It will be a challenge next year to get the new board working as well together as the previous board did.
There have definitely been ups and downs being involved with the program, but overall I enjoy it. My son Chase still has five more years of youth baseball, so I’m hoping to be involved that much longer.
QVPR: Is there anything else around town that you’re involved with?
TR: I’m really active in the kids’ schools. I’ve been the PVC president at Mountain View for the past three years, but sadly I’m moving on this year. I’m active in most of the sports that our four children are in from soccer and football to basketball and wrestling to baseball as well as helping my son in Cub Scouts. If there’s something that needs to be done, just ask me and I’m always available to help.
QVPR: What is one thing that not a lot of people know about you?
TR: I have a love of reading. I love to curl up on the couch with a good book. I also love my sleep and downtime. As busy as my life is at times, I love to be at home sleeping or relaxing with my family.
