KATHY AULT -- Up Close

* FAMILY STATUS: Married 28 1/2 years. Two sons, one of whom is 21 and

a junior at West Point. The other is 16 and a junior at Fountain Valley

High School.

* AGE: 48

* PAST OFFICES HELD: Membership chairwoman of the West Point Parents

Club, Orange County Chapter; Fountain Valley High School Football

Boosters secretary; past boosters assessment chairwoman; past board

member of Orange County Fire Chiefs Assn. Overachievers Committee

* EXPLAIN YOUR JOB: Coordinate, initiate, facilitate, organize,

oversee, answer phones and handle correspondence, as well as “mother” 33

firefighters.

* MOST HUMBLING MOMENT: After the death of my father, I realized time

was out to hear all of his stories and history he had to tell.

* YOUR GREATEST EXTRAVAGANCE: Not cooking on vacation

* WHAT CASSETTE OR COMPACT DISC IS IN YOUR CAR RIGHT NOW? Meatloaf

“Bat out of Hell”

* YOUR MOST TREASURED POSSESSION: My sons, if they can be considered

possessions

* WHAT CAN YOU COOK? Not much. I make great chocolate chip cookies and

pumpkin bread.

* A HABIT YOU WISH YOU COULD CONTROL: Always being late

* THE COLLEGE MAJOR YOU ALMOST CHOSE: Teacher

* YOUR LAST CHARITABLE ACT: Donating for research on Alzheimer’s

disease and cancer

* AS A CHILD, WHAT DID SCHOOLMATES TEASE YOU ABOUT? My Southern accent

and lack of coordination

* WHAT IS IN YOUR CAR TRUNK RIGHT NOW? Football boosters stuff, West

Point Parents Club stuff, chairs to watch son’s football and baseball

games and a stuffed Santa Claus

* THE FIRST THING THAT ATTRACTED YOU TO YOUR SPOUSE? We met on a blind

date. I was attracted to how nice he was.

* WHO ARE YOUR HEROES? My husband, for his integrity and for his

ability to do what is right

* FAVORITE ESCAPE FROM REALITY: Riding in my boat at Lake Havasu

* ONE THING YOU WOULD CHANGE ABOUT THE WORLD IF YOU COULD: Lack of

education among our children

* YOUR IDEA OF EXERCISE: Shopping

* WHAT DO YOU DISLIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR APPEARANCE? Too short, too fat

* I HAVE A DREAM THAT: Honesty and integrity would be a standard not a

rarity

* PHONE OR ADDRESS WHERE PEOPLE CAN REACH YOU: Fountain Valley Fire

Department, (714) 593-4436.

-- Compiled by Torus Tammer