Patti Gamble:  

Life as of 11-19-2013. Left good ol' Newark High at end of junior year. Moved to Texas, went to Sunset High School in Dallas and worked at the Dallas Cowboy games at the Cotton Bowl. My first REAL job was at Dallas Times Herald newspaper {since closed}, where I got paid $1.45 an hour to write advertising. What I remember most about it is the practical jokes I played. No one was safe. So immature at 17 years old. And, when there was a fire in the attic above us. We stayed at our desks working as firemen with water hoses rushed in to save the day. Married at 19 years old (in 1969) to a Texan, John Gamble. We moved to California in 1978. He never lost that Texan accent, ya'll. I retired December 1999 from the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. Returned to Texas in 2004, then back to Elk Grove, California Dec, 2008. Missed Texas a lot, though. So, guess what??? Returned to Texas in 2011 and live in the country (again) in East Texas (the best kept secret in Texas is East Texas). It'...Expand for more