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Vernie D. McGaha (born September 13, 1947) is an American politician and former state senator from Kentucky's south central 15th district, which includes the counties of Adair, Casey, Pulaski, and Russell.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vernie McGaha of Senate District 15 )〕 ==Biography== McGaha is the son of Schyler and Barbara McGaha of Columbia, the seat of Adair County. He graduated in 1965 from Adair County High School. He studied music and in 1969 received a Bachelor of Science degree from Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, the seat of Taylor County in central Kentucky. In 1971, he received a master's degree from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. From 1969 to 1986, McGaha was band director at Russell County High School in Russell Springs. He was appointed principal of Union Chapel Elementary School from 1986 to 1987 and Russell County Middle School from 1988 to 1995. After he retired from professional education, McGaha said he felt the call of God that he enter politics, adding that he delights in helping constituents "stuck in the red tape of government."〔Hillary C. Wright, "Vernie McGaha, '69, finds success in public office, ''The Campbellsvillian: The Magazine for Alumni and Friends of Campbellsville University'', February 2009, p. 7〕 McGaha is a member of the New Hope Separate Baptist Church in Russell Springs, where he serves as senior deacon, adult Sunday school teacher, and pianist.〔 He is the lead singer and pianist of the Crossroads Quartet, a gospel singing group in Russell Springs, which began in 1960 and performs mostly in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana. McGaha's father, a baritone, has also been a member of the group, which should not be confused with a barbershop quartet also called Crossroads. In an interview with the alumni magazine, ''The Campbellsvillian'', the Reverend John Chowning, a Campbellsville University administrator who has known McGaha since the late 1960s, describes the senator as committed to "a life of service very much in line with then many Christian servant leaders among the more than 10,000 CU alumni around the world. . . . He has deep roots in the Christian faith and church, community, and family -- those things that are at the foundation of what has made our nation great. . . . He is a person of strong convictions and is known as an elected official who is accessible to the people and who has maintained close ties to his constituents."〔 McGaha and his wife, the former Connie Sue Smith, are the parents of two children.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vernie McGaha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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