Frances Ballard-Miller:  

Life Hi! I can't believe it's been 50 years since we graduated! My late husband Don and I have 14 grandkids and 6 kids between us. I live in Hemet with a dog and a cat in the home built with lots of help from friends and family over 40 years ago. It's only two houses down from the house we lived in when I was six months old, so I've come a long way in life! :-) I retired back in 1997, but Didnt like it, so I went back to work for a municipal utility, after working in a travel agency, a law office, a jewelry store, and my son's shower enclosure business on a consultant basis. The company from which I retired was Ballard Gas Service, Inc., a propane company. I was active in the Western Propane Gas Association, three Chambers of Commerce, and Girl and Boy Scouts. I have also been active in Soroptimists for 42 years, serving as club President, region Governor, federation Board Member and International Consultant, then getting to vote (with 2 other people from our federation and 3 each from the other 3 federations) at the international level. I sure never thought I'd be sitting in on a meeting of ECOSOC at the UN with a microphone in front of me, but it was definitely a high point. I got to do a lot of travelling to international board meetings, and met many interesting Soroptimists along the way. All this because I was familiar with Oxford English and parliamentary procedure. Sometimes it pays to be a nerd! I love to read, play board games (computer games when there isn't a willing person a...Expand for more