Mark Churchward:  

2010 has been a great year. Helped organize our 30 year reunion in October. Had a great time seeing all the people who showed up to the various alumni events. If you weren't able to attend be assured, we missed you. Family is growing like crazy, Maddie a sophmore at Tesoro HS, Peyton in 4th grade, Kary all grown up on her own. Karen now working as a crossing guard in the school district. Still working on the Fireboat in Long Beach Harbor. Looking forward to last part of my firefighting career. Looking to 2011 and my 50th Birthday. Wow! it went fast. It's been almost 28 years since we left school but memories live forever. We had such a great group of kids. I thought I'd never leave HB but it's been 19 years already. Rancho Santa Margarita is a great place to raise a family but HB will always be home. I miss being just a few minutes from the beach, lucky I have a pool. Oh well I could never surf anyways! After school I went to Santa Ana College with a the intent to become a fireman. I look back and think how lucky I was to be hired at 20 years old by Orange County Fire and moved to Long Beach Fire in 1986. It's been a great ride working as a firefighter, paramedic and now a captain. I've worked on engines, trucks, brush engines, airports rigs and now work on a fireboat in Long Beach Harbor. I have the best job I could imagine, except retirement which is closer than I want to think about. My closest friend from Edison is Tim Walsh. Tim has lived in Minnesota...Expand for more