Gary Darnold will retire after 42 years at Lake Roosevelt

Gary Darnold takes care of the final paperwork as he makes his exit from the Grand Coulee Dam School District.

Gary Darnold, a member of the 1971 class at Colfax High School, will retire this year after a 42-year career with the Grand Coulee Dam School District. He has been a math teacher at Lake Roosevelt High School at Coulee Dam.

The son of the late Irwin and Zennie Darnold of Colfax, Darnold earned a bachelor's degree from Washington State University and a master's from Eastern Washington University.

He began his career at Lake Roosevelt in 1976.

Darnold has coached cross country for 40 ye...