Douglas Smith:  

Life I attended Purdue for 2 years before succumbing to deep depression. Because this was at the height of Viet Nam, I avoided the draft by joining the Air Force Reserves. In 1973 I married Barb Richen and we moved to Colorado Springs in February of 1978 (didn't want our tombstones to read born, raised, and died in Cincinnati). While there I became interested in motorcycles and was elected president of a local motorcycle touring club. Other hobbies included fishing and theology which led me to teach some very different Sunday school classes for adults. After raising two wonderful children (which, like many of you, I could go on about for days), Barb decided she wanted "greener pastures" with a mutual friend from our church. This double betrayal was very painful and I still feel the twinges of that hurt from time to time. However, seeing a chance to restart my life and correct a few regrets I finished my Bachelors degree and now am looking forward to some new adventures. To that end, I started a new job on May1, 2007 for a multi-national machine tool manufacturer based in Rapid City, SD. On June 9th I was re-married to a wonderful woman with 3 children still living at home (we met on eHormony). Two weeks after that my mom passed away back in Cincinnati. Needless to say, it has been a crazy new millennium. But, we are settling in now and if you are ever in the Black Hills of SD give us a holler. Sturgis is only 30 minutes away. School There was no Jr. Hi at the time, so I spent 6 years at Covedale Elem. and 6 years at West Hi. All of those years are filled with great memories, but the last 4 at West Hi were especially fun. I suppose I could have focused a bit more on my studies, which can be important, but high school is more about discoverin...Expand for more