Barb Rauch:
CLASS OF 1973
Jamesville-DeWitt High SchoolClass of 1973
De witt, NY
Barb's Story
I lived in Valparaiso, Florida before family responsibilities brought me back to the Syracuse area. Upon my return I worked in retail management then went into human resourses and corporate training for many years.
In 2004 I moved to the Elmira area to be with my significant other, Ray.
We are both officers in the United States National Defense Force Support Command
(USNDFSCOM, a volunteer group comprised of 70% former military and 30% qualified civilians. The USNDFSCOM was born during the Ronald Reagan years to help fill in where the National Guard left off, especially when they are deployed to other parts of the world. We function on an "America First!" basis, helping in emergency situations like weather disasters, etc. We primarily serve our own communities, however, we can volunteer to serve in other parts of the USA as needed. I/we both have a strong belief in giving back to the communit...Expand for more
y we live in. I am still a "left-winger" my significant other, Ray, is far more "right-winger" conservative.
(Think Dharma and Greg.)
I still design and make clothing and jewelry. I have also gotten back into drawing and a little painting, Gardening has become a form of meditation for me in my new hometown.
I am a voracious reader; lots of mysteries and true crimes, current fiction and non fiction. Pretty much anything that grabs my attention.
Sheran (Poole) Ramsden, also J-D Class of 1973, is still one of my very closest, best and trusted friends and I expect she always will be :)
If I was asked to sum up my life in one sentence, I would say that
"I am definitely in the best years of my life!"
FYI:
For now, I'm on the Classmates "Freebie Plan" w I signed up primarily to let you know I'm still alive. I also didn't want anyone to think I was ignoring them should they send me a message.
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