Bob Arnold:  

After graduation I went to LA for the summer (work & fun) then returned to attend CWSC in Ellensburg with the plan of becoming a Phys Ed teacher/coach. In the summers I worked in Alaska and/or Hood River. After graduation I tried getting a teaching position in Hood River but I guess everyone knew me well enough to not be interested in hiring me. I got married in 1973 and worked at the Diamond Fruit Growers processing plant, bartended at Chug’s Tavern, and taught gymnastics/tumbling in The Dalles. My “career path” was not becoming what I had envisioned and consequently in 1975 my wife & I joined the Navy together and after boot camp were stationed in Virginia. We were both hospital corpsmen, I was assigned aboard a troop transport ship (LPH) and did cruises to the Mediterranean; seeing Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Turkey, the west coast of Africa, east coast of South America and Cuba. After 4 years we left the service and returned to the west coast and eventually settled in Kennewick, WA in February 1980. My wife returned to CWSC and I got hired by the City of Pasco and became a firefighter/paramedi...Expand for more