Dian Rase:  

So interesting catching up with our fellow students lives over the past 45 years. Here's what's kept me busy - unfortunately, I'm short story challenged, I apologize in advance. My family lived in Nyssa for my first 9 years of school moving to Ontario the summer before my Sophomore year. What I thought would be a very traumatic situation, ended up a great experience with having the opportunity of getting to know people from both schools and towns. After graduating from OHS in '62, I went to Cosmetology School in Weiser; tested and received an Idaho license to practice. Moved to Eugene and finished Oregon hours at Eugene Beauty School. Really enjoyed living and working in Eugene. My first actual job of what has turned out to be a long exciting career, was managing for ArDee and Margaret (who owned 4 salons). He was very influential in making me aware of many different aspects in this industry - along with encouraging me into competition work. Ken and I married in October '65 and moved the next year to Portland. He was the first person trained in the newly formed role as a "Food and Beverage Controller" at Hilton Hotels. I was fortunate in being referred by ArDee to Don Burks - who owned 5 progressive hair salons around the Portland area. I loved living in Portland and still consider it one of the best places I've lived. A year later, Hilton moved us to L.A. and we lived in North Hollywood for the next 6 years. Michael was born in 1968 and Michelle 13 months later in '69. We weren't there very long before Ken quit Hilton and started his own Film Production Company (with help from friends in the film industry). I went to work at CBS Television Studios in the Hair Dept. and had the opportunity of learning how to build the huge head pieces the dancers wore in Carol Burnett's Variety Show and Jim Nabor's Show - they were next door studios. The studios were great about giving time off when other projects came up so when Ken would need to go on location I was able to go also and do hair, makeup, script girl, etc. That brings us to Denver - in '73 Ken was hired to go "on location" to make a low budget movie. We packed up the kids, a few dishes, some warm clothing and left for what ended up being 5 months. He hired a sound & camera crew, actors, and off we went to the mountains to make a movie. We loved Denver and found, quite by accident, that Woody Allen was shooting "Sleeper" a few short miles from us when his food crew tried to deliver his crew's lunch to us one day. Unfortunately, we fessed up too fast and had to eat our own low budget meal.....The Major Studios were considering opening satellite studios in Colorado during this time. We decided it would be much better raising the kids here than in L.A., so we moved to the Denver area - however, the studios didn't. Oh well, we were the lucky ones. During the next few years, Ken and I decided we had just simply grown apart too much so we amiably divorced. I raised the kids and managed 2 progressive salons simultaneously for a large Denver Corporation. It was a good opportunity to try out and improve business strategies on someone else's money. In 1986, I tested out for the Colorado Hair and Fashion Education Committee for the National Cosmetology Association. Designed and presented hair and fashion stage shows for other professionals. Always got a laugh from my clients reactions from my stories of going to the bars looking for girls..... models that is! In 1987, purchased two salons and over the next 15 years worked to develop Day Spas. It was an exciting, frustrating, but mostly rewarding time of my life. Through my connections with the NCA (National Cosmetology Association) my employees were able to experience stage work, competitio...Expand for more