BRIDGEPORT - After 20 years of service to the Bridgeport School District, Rich Halterman is retiring as the school's Athletic Director and School Board Member.
Halterman accepted a plaque of appreciation from Bridgeport School Superintendent, Scott Sattler at the beginning of last Monday's school board meeting.
Halterman and his wife, Lynn, recently purchased a home in East Wenatchee and will be relocating there.
Halterman joined the U.S. Army right out of high school and served at various posts in Europe, Germany, Okinawa and Texas for eight years before separating from the military as an E-5.
"When I got out of the service I ended up getting hired as a deputy for the Douglas County Sheriff's Department," Halterman said. "I spent my first year in East Wenatchee and they transferred me up here to Bridgeport."
Halterman served 31 years with the DCSO, the last 19 as senior sergeant supervisor for Douglas County before retiring from that position.
Halterman served on the Bridgeport School Board for six years until work demands at the Sheriff's office required him to step down from the board.
"Four years later things calmed down enough that I got back on the board and served another 14 years," Halterman said.
Halterman also served on the Bridgeport City Council for seven years and has been an EMT for the better part of two decades. Along the way Halterman also found time to get involved with Bridgeport school athletics.
"I was A.D. (Athletic Director) for four-and-a-half years," Halterman said.
Halterman's vacancy as school A.D. was recently filled by Scott Darwood.
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