Chris Hardwick:  

Life I'm here to try to connect with an old friend or friends, because as we get older and life changes, I think, we feel a need to reconnect with the familarity of our youth. I think it may be a bit tough to try to condense 30 years into 4000 typed characters/spaces, but I will try my best. As you know, I didn't graduate from PCHS. I actually moved to Ft Erie for a year and went to Ft Erie Secondary. That was '75/76. I moved back to Port in the summer of 76 and should have graduated in '78 with some of you. I wasn't going to grade 13, but in Feb '77 I moved to Alberta instead. Started an apprenticeship as a heavy equipment mech in 77. I received my red seal trade certification and worked in that field until 1983, until I went to work in a power generation plant. I then worked and received my trade certification as a millwright as well. (seems to me I spent more time going back to school than I actually did in school during my high school years.) I've been with this compamy for 24 years. I worked my way through and became and still are a supervisor, directing the work force of millwrights, welders mechanics and Laborers. ONLY a short 7 years to retirement know!!! I met and married a girl out here in 78. We had (still have) 4 great kids, 1 boy and 3 girls. My son is the oldest at 29, and he has a son and daughter(yep, that makes me grandpa)as for my daughters, the oldest is 27, next one is 24, she has 3 step children (yep, that makes me grandpa again). My youngest is 21. They are all on their own and have successful lives and careers. The kids' ...Expand for more