Greetings Members hope your enjoying your Labor day weekend U.S. This weeks feature is Lady a lady with a Spirit, a hard worker, a friend, one who peeks my interest at times , well you can read why a little later on, she hails from a town called Quantico, Virgina.
As of the census of 2000, there are 561 people, 295 households, and 107 families living in the town. The population density is 7,811.2 people per square mile (3,094.3/km²). There are 359 housing units at an average density of 4,998.6/sq mi (1,980.2/km²). Clyde Wall is Honorary Mayor. He can be seen daily on the corner of Potomac and Broadway. The racial makeup is 51.32% white, 20.32% African American, 0.36% Native American, 10.16% Asian, 2.32% from other races, and 5.53% from two or more races. 5.53% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There is a 97% feline population while only a 3% canine population.
There are 295 households out of which 19.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 21.4% are married couples living together, 11.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 63.4% are non-families. 53.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 1.90 and the average family size is 3.02.
The population is spread out, with 20.9% under the age of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 39.8% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 122.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 130.1 males.
The median income for a male is $29,615 versus $23,125 for females. The per capita income for the town is $19,087. 21.4% of the population and 22.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 39.4% of those under the age of 18 and 0.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. If i may our featured guest, sister Sue Dietrich. WE LOVE YOU SUE :)
Quantico,Virginia, Sue (Peaches) Dietrich grew up in the days of seven cent soda pops and nickel candy bars. Her family lineage traces back to the Able family who was the original founding family of Quantico county, Out of true patriotism the family donated the grounds for Quantico National Cemetery.
Sue grew up in tight knit working class family with her loving parents and brother. Sue finished her education at Garfield High School in Quantico and later married her husband who was a marine. She and her marine husband traveled the United States for 25 years and enjoyed the country from shore to shore. She is the proud mother to two children; a daughter Courtney and a son Wayne( now deceased). She also has grandchildren who are the pride of her life.
In 1999 Sue and her marine divorced and that is when her online adventure began. Her reason for getting online? Just to pass time. And the time has passed more quickly and more abundantly than she ever dreamed. It was during this time that Peaches began her songwriting career and wrote her first song, " Undying Love." The song has been recorded by singer Austin Young.
Sue later became involved in the online Christian ministry and became a member of numerous online churches. Her love of God and family led her to help kids online and lead them in the right direction to keep them out of trouble. Naturally, bad sometimes follows bad as Sue began information online. She became the victim of an online stalker and learned to not be so free giving of her information.
In 2000 she became an ordained minister and founded her first christian ministry
site: http://www.angelfire.com/blues/peaches_nc
Later that year she founded her promotion company BlueStar Management http://www.bluestarmanagement.com to promote musicians, artists and other types of talent. Sue also handled the entertainment for the wounded troops from the Iraqi War. Using Paltalk, an online chat program, she organized and played music from family members to their loved in the hospital in Germany.
Sue moved from her beloved Virginia to The Tennessee Valley in 2004 where she first became a bartender and later went into retail. After going through some real tough times Sue says she still like to meet people and help them.
"It's not about the money. It's about helping people and doing what's right in your heart. It's about unity"
Sues favorite saying is--Keep Smiling. You never know who's standing beside you. http://www.cmu7.com/affiliates/jrox.php?uid=peaches Then we have the hive also you know. Plus the http://www.bluestarmanagement.com I also have the Peaches site. Its that Unity thing that I have such a passion for. Sue also asked me since we do work together to put in a HIVE links and that she has been in the retail business for more than 30 years. Heres our group sites http://ourhiveteam.com and http://ourhiveteam.com/id34.html http://community.adlandpro.com/go/SweetPeaches/default.aspx