Gabriel Viveros:  

I left Sanger in 1967, one year before I was due to graduate from Sanger High School. I ended up graduating from Santa Paula High School, in Santa Paula, California in 1968. I went to Ventura College and earned my Police Science AA degree. In April of 1969, I began a career in law enforcement. I retired after serving 34 years as a police officer/Deputy Sheriff. My career was full and satisfying. Luckily I never had to take anyone's life, although I did save a few (lives)over the years. I met my wife in 1972, and we were married in 1974. We never had any children. Our fairytale marriage is still going strong. We celebrated our 25th and 30th anniversaries in Hawaii. We're planning a return trip to Hawaii to celebrate our 35th this year(2009). My wife retired from the fire service in late 2004. Our retirement benefits gave us a comfortable living in Southern California, however, we decided to venture into a new world in 2005,and moved to Northern California. We still travel a bit, but have slowed down since 9-11. We now live in a very nice country home. We love our home theatre, enjoy renting movies, gardening, working in our yard, landscaping, reading, and generally enjoying our quiet country home without neighbors. We especially like the wildlife we see around our home every day. We enjoy hiking, outdoor photography and astronomy. We've also been enjoying the new RedHawk Casino which opened in December '08. It's just a few minutes drive from our home. I think of my classmates from Sanger High School from time to time, and wonder how everyone is doing. Technically I didn't graduate from Sanger High School, however my heart was with my Sanger High School classmates on the evening of my 1968 graduation in Santa Paula. Like many of us, I'll be turning the big six oh! this year. How quickly time passes....Expand for more