John Connolly:  

Life Briefly, I am alive and well and living in Gresham, Oregon (just east of Portland) for 23 years. After Syosset High (’74), two years at Nassau Community College, a bachelor’s degree from Oneonta, and eight years with a national consulting firm, I headed west. My ex and I had a daughter and three boys, now 23, 21, 19, and nearly 17, respectively. In 2008, my daughter got married, graduated the University of Portland, and blessed me with a grandson. I still get out and throw a lacrosse ball around now and again. It finally became a spring sport at several area high schools about 8-10 years ago. (Being already overcommited, I turned down coaching opportunities at the time.) I still knock a golf ball around when I can, but haven't shot in the 70's for about 25 years, except on Play Station and Wii games. (I owe my halfway decent golf game to ten years of caddying at the Woodcrest Club back in Syosset, and lots of after-hours golf there and at Bethpage Park.) I played (sometimes) competitive adult soccer (mostly indoors) for about 15 years and decided to retire from it three years ago. Fly fishing with my sons is a blast, but we...Expand for more