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Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 12:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
wandainfo

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.

Favorites
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

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor10/survivors/fav/wanda.shtml

Bbfanatic
Member

08-14-2000

Friday, January 14, 2005 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I thought Wanda was a man when I first saw her picture.

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 6:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Me too!! :-)

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 10:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I hope she's the first one sent packing.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 1:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wanda is this year's Twyla (visually).

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tishala: Why?

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Monday, January 17, 2005 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
she is one busy and admirable lady!

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, January 17, 2005 - 5:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm with you Jasper. I think her bio is very impressive.

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Monday, January 17, 2005 - 6:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree with Jasper and Lexie.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 5:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Where do people get all their energy. I must be a slacker.

Roppiepie
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05-06-2004

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 10:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I really LIKE this lady!

Catfat
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02-27-2002

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 10:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That list of stuff on her bio sheet sounds fake to me. No one could have that many activities and have all of them be her favourites.
And no one could have 25 foster children, plus a bunch of her own kids and foreign exchange students and still have time to donate blood.
And Wanda Shirk sounds like a fake name.
And I also think Wanda is or was a guy.

Auntiemike
Member

09-17-2001

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 11:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'll take exception to your statement that she could not have had 25 foster children and the exchange students, and time for all the rest, Catfat.

In our first year of being licensed foster parents we had 37 in and out of our home the first year! And have had numerous ones since in the following nine years. We were also raising five children, two of which were extreme special needs.

I guess my point is, that given her age and history she sounds like she could have achieved what is stated in her bio. Let's give her the benefit of the doubt until we "get to know her" through the show.



Lilfair
Member

07-09-2003

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 8:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw a sneak peek of the Survivors on the TV Guide channel.

Good lord Wanda was singing a little diddy about being a Survivor. It wasn't pretty.

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Monday, February 14, 2005 - 3:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I doubt she'll be one of my favorites this season, but I'm impressed by her bio.

I also heard she was a huge Survivor fan and had written many songs about the show...that 'little diddy' was probably one of them.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 3:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
she looks like 'alice' from the Brady Bunch.
why are these survivors putting me in mind of the Brady Bunch?! LOL

Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 3:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lol,she does look like Alice!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, looks like Tishala got her wish. Buh bye Wanda! (Lesson learned here: don't aggravate anyone till you know whether you have any allies!)

Thiry18
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09-18-2004

Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
catfat-wanda shirk really is her name. i am originally from her hometown of ephrata, pennsylvania. and i can assure you that she is a woman. my parents graduated high school with her.

Catfat
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02-27-2002

Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 8:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, OK then, Thiry. Now that she is gone I feel bad about being so mean.

Thiry18
Member

09-18-2004

Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 8:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
nah. don't feel bad. i thought she was extremely annoying. i couldn't have survived another episode with her in it.

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 11:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm also glad she's gone. The two most annoying survivors were her and Jolanda, and they're both gone in the 1st episode...that never happens! I'm rooting for Angie and Janu.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Friday, February 18, 2005 - 1:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
thank goodness she is gone. I might have enjoyed watching her annoy people but that would only have lasted one or two episodes.

Starshine40
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07-30-2002

Friday, February 18, 2005 - 3:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My mother wanted her gone just from the previews. I can understand how she would have annoyed everyone with her singing all the time.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 4:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was also one of those impressed when I read her bio. Two minutes of her singing her little song and I was ready for her to go.
NEXT????????