Kerry Kerrigan:
CLASS OF 1979
Windsor Central High SchoolClass of 1979
Windsor, NY
Kerry's Story
Life
After graduation I got a job working in a machine shop.I went to night school to do my apprenticeship in machining.Played in a band with Paul Bowen, Jim Clark(our classmate Kennys brother) and a couple of guys from endicott.What a riot that was.Became a gym rat for about 5 yrs,took martial arts for 2 yrs. Kept the parting up until about 1991,imagine that, JUST SAY NO. I still play my guitar.Traveled up down the east coast for a company building equipment shelters for the various cell phone companies.Great experience,saw alot of the usuall sites and then some. One of the coolest things I had done was camp on top of some mountains in Vermont. Awesome views and to wake up above the clouds and see nothing but mountain peeks and sun shine was great.I worked with helicopters both for the job and to get to the job,one of our pilots worked in hollywood as a stunt pilot and does alot of comercials. I have 3 beautilful daughters ,Jordan 25,Kassandra 17 and Katie Rae 4. I am going to be a grandfather in July of 2007,that will make you feel old but I dont.
Workplace
In November of 1979 I started working in a machine shop in J.C. After working for a year there, my company paid for my N.Y.S.Machinist Apprentice Program which I completed 4 years later.I worked there until 1988 when I left to do carpentry work.After 2 years I started my own business which lasted 2 years.In 1992 went back into machining (for the same co. I left in '88) and became a CNC programer,set-up and operator.Did that and carp. until 1998 when I took a welding job for a co. that buil...Expand for more
t equipment shelters for the various cell phone companies. Became a road crew supervisor ,traveled up and down the east coast doing site work and building shelters until 2003.Sepember of 2003 went back to welding for a year which I left in June of 2004 to rejoin the carp. union.In 2005 i went back to doing tower and shelter work until September 2006. Presently, a friend of mine and I have a carpentry business.I live and work on my girlfreinds, dads farm too. I also served as an EMT, firefighter in Windsor and Binghamton and a volunteer coach ,for Windsor,for the JV football and wrestling teams 1995-1998.
This is a question ask on this site,do you have a hero? talk about where your inspiration comes from.
i do and his name is RICK YAROSH,son of Tom and Sherry Yarosh of windsor.i was a waterboy for the football team whenTom played.years later, tom and i were volunteer wrestling coaches and i had the pleasure of working with rick.after being in the work force for a few years rick joined the army, went to iraq to serve our country and almost paid the ultimate price.after numurous surgeries and support from family and friends he's still with us.still healing and will be for years to come and i thank him from the bottum of my heart for serving!!!!!!!!! i now look up to him as he once did to me!
How about Col. Douglas Wheelock,unreal watching him in space. I watched the NASA channel like rednecks watch NASCAR, while Col. Wheelock was on his mission.Glad you all made it home safetly.Hope to run into you in the future ,Col., so i can shake your hand.
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