Randy Barrett:  

Randy was born on a rainy night in Calhoun, Georgia. He was the fourth son of Edith and Virgil Barrett. They wanted a girl but instead were blessed with an eating machine. Virgil worked for Allis Chalmers, head quartered in West Allis, Wisconsin and was promoted three times, which meant the family had to move North with each promotion. Elementary School was started in Tucker, Georgia, attended middle school in Ferguson, Missouri and graduated high school at Brookfield Central, Brookfield Wisconsin. Randy never attended a regular English Class but spent eight years in speech therapy learning how to lose a southern accident. He was active in sports. He lettered in football, basketball, tennis, baseball in high school and his senior year his football team was undefeated and his team won the Wisconsin State Baseball Championship. Missoula, Montana was his next stop to attend college. He was a member of the Griz football team but was asked to leave after his sophomore year for not attending classes. ¿I knew there was something I was forgetting to do,¿ but that didn¿t sit well with the coaching staff. Softball and rugby, his two favorites sports, followed football and he played both until adulthood. Randy completed his degree at the University of Montana, the spring of his daughter¿s birth. The birth of Jessica meant it was time to semi-grow-up. Randy and Ruth Mullen were married five years earlier. She was a Butte Babe and he still has a connection to the Butte Irish. He considers people from Butte the salt of the Earth and St. Patrick¿s Day is still celebrated with his daughter and Ruth, now his ex-wife. Mr. Barrett¿s work with the elderly started in 1978. He ran the activities programs at Hillside Nursing Home in Missoula. Later he was hired to run the Great Falls Senior Center in 1981 and pr...Expand for more