Retiring ‘Spam King' ready to garden

By NANCY BENDER
Tribune Staff Writer
Monday, June 09, 2008

Mike Cook has probably spent more time in a fifth grade classroom than anyone else. From the time he began his teaching career with Peru Community Schools in 1971, Cook taught fifth graders at South Peru Elementary until the 1990-91 school year when Blair Pointe Elementary opened. Cook continued to teach the fifth grade for 17 more years.

For more on this story and other Miami County news and sports, see the June 9, 2007 edition of the Peru Tribune.

Mike Cook displays some freshly cut asparagus that he cut from his garden recently. Cook plans on spending much of his time gardening during his retirement.

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