Greg Lusk:
CLASS OF 1970
DeLand High SchoolClass of 1970
De land, FL
Atlanta Christian CollegeClass of 1974
East point, GA
Fitch High SchoolClass of 1970
Groton, CT
West Side Middle SchoolClass of 1970
Groton, CT
Fitch Junior High SchoolClass of 1967
Groton, CT
Greg's Story
I lived in Groton and surrounding areas from 1958 till 1969. Attended William Seely Elementary, West Side Middle School, Fitch Junior and Fitch Senior High schools. I would like to get in on the reunion also. Have not been to one at either high school that I attended.
After leaving Ct. in summer of '69 our family made it as far as Florida and I did my senior year there. Mom and Deb returned to Ct in '71. Dad and Lorri stayed in Florida. I continued to travel alot after HS -- 3yr college in Georgia, 3 yrs Army in Germany / Turkey, 1 yr West Va., 3 yrs working construction in Fla., 3 yrs college in Louisianna.
Then to Maine in 84, married in 85 and whole lot of experiences since. 3 step daughters all in their 30s, one son, 21 this summer, and 8 grandchildren. Lost their mom/grandma in Dec'01. Filled all that in as a carpenter / contractor working my way from rough framing to finish carpenter and cabinetry maker.
I changed careers in '91 and moved into the medical field -- joined the Maine Army National Guard in the 10th
Mountain Unit as combat medical specialist; parlayed that into a Certified Nurses Assistant certificate and an Emergency Medical Technician license. I spent 16 yrs as part-time EMT going from Basic to Intermediate to Paramedic. I worked as a CNA in client homes, nursing homes and our local hospital. I moved into primary care in doctors offices, 9 yrs ago, as a Medical/Technical Assistant and handled patient care, blood and lab procedures and alot of paperwork.
Five and a half yrs ago I went back to school for my nursing degree. Two years on my core courses (sciences, anatomy & physiology, pathophysiology, english and writing), 16 months on a deployment with my Guard unit to Iraq (retired with 23 yrs of service in M...Expand for more
ay'08), and upon return I entered the nursing program. December 2009 I graduated and the 12th of March I will pass my national Nursing boards.
I keep walking through those open doors and have had some pretty good times and a few rough moments...
That's a big nut shell, I've tried to stay busy.
UPDATE OCTOBER 2010
Graduated with my Associate RN in December 2009, State licensed in March and gainfully employed full-time (for the first time in 7 years) in August. I work at a community (of 30.000) hospital in Sanford, Maine as an Emergency Room RN.
Loving it, am learning and absorbing like a sponge, and as it is a drive (80 minutes) on a good day, will be moving closer I hope before the snow flies. That was my original plan anyways, was to find the job, and then move closer. I will still be in the country somewhere, not in town, or in a small place.
UPDATE September 2015
5 years this August as ER Nurse. Saved a few, lost a few, I always won. Volunteered on HERT, a first responder HAZMAT group. My 5-6? certificate in past 20 yrs as some kind of HAZMAT responder. Been part-time with a nursing agency since 2009. First as a CNA, during nurse school, then as a staffing nurse, different nursing homes or facilities and jobs. Left the hospital fulltime and started with that agency as a Nursing Care Manager in May 2015. Still kept hospital per-diem position, just a lot lest time now. We have 4-5 person office, responsibilities include oversight of 30+ employees as PSS, CNA, CRMA, LPN, RN staffing in 15-18 homes or facilities. 40+ hours office weekly, 24/7 responsibility. Full circle from my first medical job as a small agency CNA in client and nursing homes in 1993. I ain't been in the woods near enough in the past year ...
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