Art McKinnon:  

Hello ! Update Dec 2019 Wow, 7 years have passed since my last update! Hard to believe I turned 60 this year. I still work for MSC but moved to the Southern HQ here in beautiful Davidson NC. I have a condo right on Lake Norman and love the slower pace of life. I will always miss NJ though. In the final stages of fighting colon cancer and should be back to work in January. Diagnosed last Jan with stage 3, I had invasive chemo for 4 months, radiation for 6 weeks and then surgery on Oct 29 to remove the tumor. I have an all clear although I have to be screened for 5 years before I am cancer free. Had so much help from family and friends to get thru this! So 2020 should get off to a great start! My kids are doing well. My oldest daughter is an attorney in Washington DC, we had a destination wedding in Hawaii for her in 2015. My youngest daughter works giving grants to kids who cannot afford college. She works in DC too for the Gerald Ford Foundation. My son lives in Shanghai China with his girlfriend Reva. He works in HR for the the British consulate there and just retuned after spending 3 weeks helping me out after cancer surgery. So that’s where we are at. I miss my old friends from Belleville and Cato so feel free to reach out! Update Feb 2012: Its been 4 years since I wrote the below so I figure its time for an update! I left Philips Electronics and now work for MSC Industrial Supply way out in Long Island as a Merchandising Mgr. What a commute!!! But its a great job so won't complain...for now! I visited Belleville this past August....and visited with a couple friends there. A lot has changed but at the same time not all that much. I have also had my first attempt at writing published. It took 8 years to write but deals with my youth and time at Belleville. As some of my closest friends at Belleville knew, my family suffered terrible abuse at the hands of my father. It took 8 years but I finally finished this with the support of my brothers and sisters and fami...Expand for more