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Graduated from Roosevelt Elementary, Emerson Junior High, BHS and CSUB. BA in English from Cal State in '79. My US Army service took me to Europe for 2+ years, and eventually to Vietnam. I worked for over twenty-five years as a Human Resources manager and Director of Labor Relations for Getty Oil, then Unocal 76, Del Monte, and Kraft Foods. I retired a couple of years ago and moved with my dog and two cats to Magalia, a small town in the Butte County mountains near Paradise and Chico. This is a great place if you like big trees and four seasons. It's still almost as hot as Bakersfield in the summer, but a lot wetter (100" of rain) and we get snow in the winter. I spend time trying to be as eccentric as I can be. I read a lot, garden, cook, and tinker. I've recently finished building a drift boat from scratch, and I restore antique, obsolete motorcycles. I enjoy theater, movies, music and spending time in Chico where there are good restaurants, concerts in the park, a wonderful park (Bidwell) that is still a safe place to stroll, jog, or bike. I still have a fondness for what Bakersfield was, and could be again. I'm not terribly fond of the idea that Bakersfield appears to be evolving into communities resembling suburban LA / Orange County, mixed with South Central / Boyle Heights. I miss the concerts on a summer evening in Beale Park, and being able to spend a Saturday, peacefully, at Hart Park. I miss the Bakersfield where we all lived, worked and played, peacefully, together. When not in my mountain retreat, I can be found in Sacramento, the Bay Area or somewhere on the Mendocino Coast.
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