Tribune Notebook: MACCRAY AD is calling it a career
May 15—CLARA CITY — Jim Trulock is in the home stretch for wrapping up a long career in education, including 29 years at MACCRAY, and he's got mixed emotions. "It's my choice, but I really am having a hard time dealing with it," said Trulock, MACCRAY's activities director. "I still love working with kids.
" Trulock, 61, said his decision to retire came down to his health and spending more time with his family, including his daughter and her baby, whose husband/father died one-and-a-half years ago. "I've been dealing with rheumatoid arthritis for 40 years," he said. "It takes a lot out of you.
But it (retiring) is still not an easy choice. " Trulock has been AD the past nine years. His last day is June 30th.
His replacement will be Derik Johnson. Johnson is the former AD at Renville County West, which is in a co-op with MACCRAY for sports like track and field. MACCRAY/RCW's girls' 4x-800-meter relay team is the defending state champion and currently has the this spring with a time of 10 minutes, 1.
62 seconds. Johnson, who also has extensive coaching experience, takes over July 1. He has been working for Horace Mann investments and insurance the past two years.