Carla Jo Friddle:  

Revised 9-16-08 I moved to Arroyo Grande in 1983 and then to San Luis Obispo in 1986. After 15 years of 'pounding the pavement' for the U.S. Postal Service, I went P-O-S-T-A-L and was granted a medical retirement in 1998. This so-called retirement has given me a chance to pursue a life-long dream of mine. . . to educate myself for the sole purpose of expanding my horizons. At our local community college, I was able to get a General Ed A.A., an A.S. degree in Math and Science and a certificate in Environmental Sciences. I attended Cal Poly and UCSB's Extended Ed Programs and received a Paralegal Certificate in 1995. In the Winter of 2005 I transferred to the College of Ag at Cal Poly and on September 8th, 2008 I turned in my Senior Project. I am FINALLY Graduated with a B.S in the Earth Sciences minoring in Anthropology / Geography. Whew! While a student at Cal Poly, I participated in an archaeology dig out on the bluffs in Montana De Oro. By chance I found a Chumash fishing implement called a bone gorge that put the site at approximately 1,000 years old. Many people were moving to the c...Expand for more