Bio of Kirk Yates, Sr.

Spouse: Valerie. Children: Angela Rochelle Meli, Step daughter 28, Angela Kay Yates, daughter 23, Kirk M.Yates, Jr., son 21, Kelly Jean Milbourn, stepdaughter 19, Zachary James Milbourn, step-son 13

Our family is all over the place. Meli's live outside of Chico, CA in Paradise. Andela and Kirk, Jr. (aka Guy), live in Reno near their mother in Reno, NV. Kelly attends Whittier College on So. Cal. Zach, Valerie and I live in San Jose.

Callings since returning from the mission: lets see, Boy Scouts, Young Men's, Seventy, Ward Mission Leader, Stake Mission President, High Priest, Ward Clerk, Home Teacher, High Priests Group Instructor, Sunday School Teacher, and full circle to Boy Scouts.

I have been a public servant since 1977, first in translation services for Social Services, and for the past 23 years as a peace officer. Currently I am an Investigator with the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.

I was very interested in photography...thanks to the duty free Canal Zone. Then my first wife fed my theater bug and I did Community Theater for ten or more years. But lately I like the time I spend with Valerie. We make lots of short trips and take way too many pictures. Acting and the first wife had to go, to put family first.

Education: Shasta College, Modesto College (Police Academy), Butte College, Gavilan College, Hartnell College, Evergreen College (Advanced Officer Training), Supervisor's School for Police Officer's, Public Assistance Fraud Investigation (CWFIA), District Attorney's Investigator Training, Department of Insurance Fraud Training.

Community service: Mountain Community Theater, Cabrillo Stage, Boy Scouts of America, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Cabrillo College Police, Stanford Dept. of Public Safety, Santa Cruz County POA, District Attorney's Bay Area F.S.T.F. Involved parent in school and active voter.

Companions: Kevin Culver, Gordon Quayle, Frank Parker, Orlando Gutierrez and Jose Paredes from El Salvador come to mind although I had many companions.

Areas served: Leon, Managua, Granada, Massaya, Turrialba, David, Chorrea, San Pedro Sula, Colonia Kennedy, San Jose, Tegucigalpa.

My favorite experience is when a local young man was on a 'split' with me one night in San Pedro Sula. After showing Christ in America a couple of times while cold tracking we met a receptive family to the slide show and the spirit filled my companion who opened up with his testimony of the Lamanite people and his lineage. It was an experience of pure testimony, never to forget.

For 23 years I have been a Peace Officer. I never could have gotten along with this career path without the experience and knowledge learned while serving the lord. Thank you my fellow servants. You blessed my life while we tried to be an instrument to bless others.