Gary Ewing:  

I really tried hard to remember something unusual or interesting, but came up with a blank. I guess I'm just an average, dull person. If you went to school with me, you already know what I did (good and bad) back then. So I'll just fill in what happened after that. I worked part-time at Charlie Nice's North Park Grocery (on N. 29th St) and later at Weast Hardware (which was located about where Long John Silver's is now). In 9/61 I enlisted in the US Army, and served continuously for 22 yr, 1 mo, and 10 days. I pretty much saw the world with 33 mo in Vietnam, 5 yr in Germany (Heidelberg), 4 yr in Korea, Ft Hood, TX (3 times), Ft Sam Houston (San Antonio), Fort Sill, OK (twice), Sandia Base, NM (Albuquerque), and Fort Leonard Wood, MO (twice). With this wide variety of assignments, I had side trips to Mexico, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Holland, Hawaii, Guam, and probably several other places that don't come to mind. I think I qualify as well-traveled. Along the way I met and married my wife of 38 yr. And I don't know how or why she has put up with me all these years. When I get some wheels off the track, she beats me mercilessly until I make the necessary adjustments. She is my partner and friend. We retired from...Expand for more