Kathi Andreasen:  

Life The lessons in life that you learn in retrospect are powerful ones. Needless to say, I didn't graduate with my class. In fact, I don't know if I even attended classes at McClatchy in my senior year, since I had a thing about not attending school at all back then...and then again, I do remember a little of my Junior year at CKM, and I believe that the last yearbook picture I had taken was in my junior year and is in the 1974 yearbook. My high school life started in Needles, CA, where I was a proud member of the Mustang team. I was the new kid on the block and everyone was friendly and I felt accepted. That was so important to me at that time. I transferred to CKM in Sacramento mid-semester of my sophomore year. It was somewhat of a culture shock for me, coming from such a small community to the "vast campus" of CKM. I remember hanging out with mostly friends of my brother, Keith, but some of his friends became my friends as well. Long lost names like Joyce McInturf, Kathy Barbieri, Dawn Irish, Ann Siebal, Bobbi Link, Bob and Bill Gari, Craig Vilardi, and Ken Kinder come to mind. I remember starting out in Rally my junior year (every time I hear Chicago'’s 25 or 6 to 4 I think of that Rally routine), but then dropping out because I was embarrassed that my Mother'’s dog found my letter "M" and chewed it up. I think that my truancy started soon after that. Oh well…, the "School of Hard Knocks"” as I like to call it, did a fine job, and I think that I did okay for myself. What have I been up to the last 40 years? I started working for the State (EDD) in 1974 in an entry-level position that was called Key Data Operator Trainee at the time. I got married in 1976, promoted to supervisor in 1977 and was in charge of training other employees at that time. I took a few college classes and transferred over to accounting in ...Expand for more