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     Karla Gaines attended college in Springfield, MO at Evangel University with a volleyball scholarship.  While in Springfield, she began Nursing School at Cox Hospital.  After Karla and her husband, Kent, were married in 1983, she transferred to MSSC to finish her Nursing degree.  After graduation as a Registered Nurse, she worked in ICU, CCU, ER, and OB for 20 years.  Karla continues to work as a nurse during the summer months.  Since 1998, Karla has been coaching volleyball at College Heights.  Her husband, Kent, is a veterinarian and has his own practice east of Carthage.  They attend First Assembly of God in Carthage and are very active in leadership, teach Sunday School and are involved on the Praise and Worship team. They have two children, Cody and Lacey, a 2005 graduate of CHCS.