Alumni Feature
“People Over Profits” More Than Words to Fox
Bellevue West graduate Brian Fox is the owner-operator of Cornhusker Auto Wash – Bellevue’s original full-service car wash. He also runs two other businesses on the same corner of 25th and Cornhusker: Cornhusker Express Lube and Cornhusker Quick Stop. Fox shared a little of his journey, his challenges in operating a business in 2023, advice…
West Grad Enters the Shark Tank this Friday
This Friday, March 17th, Bellevue West graduate Jeremy Carlson will be appearing on the popular TV show Shark Tank to pitch his revolutionary idea “Crispý Cones”. Carlson graduated from West in 2015 and he will appear on the show along with his wife, Kaitlyn. After his graduation from Bellevue West, Carlson went on a two-year church…
West Grad Mras Leading Inspirational Life with a Worldwide Influence
Dr. Michelle Mras (Guichard), Bellevue West graduate – Class of 1986, is a multiple award-winning international speaker and best-selling author/co-author of sixteen books. When Michelle isn’t engaging large audiences or writing inspirational stories, she might be making a Sci-Fi movie or producing a new episode of one of her podcasts or shows. Mras attended Bellevue…
From Broadway to Seinfeld, Bellevue High’s Lathan Sure Does Cook
Bobbi Jo Lathan is a 1966 graduate of Bellevue High School. In the more than fifty years since her graduation, she has traveled all over the country and pursued several careers including high school teacher, actress on both stage and screen, and published author of several cookbooks. Like many students at Bellevue High during that…
West Grad’s First Book Earns Rave Reviews
Courageous, raw, riveting, inspiring, motivational, and gripping are just a handful of words readers are using to describe author Leia Baez’s new book A Star for Stella: A Mother’s Journey to Overcome. From childhood trauma to alcoholism, divorce, and a custody battle – the 2001 Bellevue West graduate has seen more than her share of…