Mrs. Costner's Class Blog: Mr. Steve Brekke, Ethan's Special Guest

Today we had the pleasure of spending the morning with Ethan's dad, Mr. Steve Brekke. We were so lucky that he took time out of his day as the store manager at Food Lion to come and tell us his story. Mr. Brekke grew up in California and he moved to SC with his sister and two brothers when he was 15 years old. He went to Socastee High and was a Brave! Mr. Brekke met Ethan's mom, Amy, on the school bus when he was 15 and they have been married for 11 years. Ethan has one sister named Kayla who is 9 years old. Mr. Steve began working for Food Lion when he was 16 years old and he has been there now for 15 years. He has had all the jobs in the store from bagger to customer service manager all the way to store manager. We had a great time learning about all of his jobs and all of his responsibilities now as store manager. Mr. Brekke is a huge Gamecock Baseball fan and he has loved baseball for many years. He plays on a softball league now and he brought in two trophies that were bigger that many of us! Mr. Brekke also told us about the most exciting thing he has ever done in life and that was go sky diving with his brother Willy in North Carolina. He, like Kyle's dad, also enjoys running and he has even finished the Myrtle Beach Marathon! One of the most important messages Mr. Brekke left us with was that in life we should always do our personal best and try our hardest, even if that means we don't win in sports. It was great getting to know you Mr. Brekke! Maybe later this year when we are learning about Goods and Services in our community we can take a field trip to visit you at Food Lion!