Joe Mason teaches art and computer technology at Freeman Academy.  He is a graduate of Grand View College with a B. A. in Visual Art, and Drake University with a M.A.T. in Art Education; both schools are in Des Moines, Iowa.  He also obtained a B.A. in Pastoral Theology from Faith Baptist Bible College in Ankeny, Iowa and pastors a small congregation in Yankton at Kingsway Christian Church.