Cheney's newest insurance agent

CHENEY – When it came to a career, being an insurance agent was not on Layne Stoops’ radar.

“I don’t think anybody grows up wanting to be an insurance agent,” Cheney’s newest State Farm representative said.

Raised in Sun Valley, Idaho, Stoops came to Whitworth University in 2001 with music on his mind, having played saxophone for a number of years. But musical theory wasn’t his cup of tea, so he switched to psychology, receiving a bachelor’s degree in 2006 and a masters of education in behavior therapy in 2009.

Stoops briefly worked in a North Idaho clinic and then an area practice, but always...