text: Tarinda Showman has worked part-time in the Shentel Communications Center 
  
  since she was a summer intern in 1998. She initially joined the Conicville, VA 
  Volunteer Fire Department to help raise funds, but when she ran her first emergency 
  call she was hooked. During her six years in the Department, she served a two-year 
  stint as captain and currently holds the office of secretary. In 1999, she joined the 
  Mount Jackson, VA Rescue Squad. Each week she pulls two 12-hour shifts with the 
  rescue squad and spends at least 10 hours at the fire department. 