Cherise Southerly:
CLASS OF 1969
West Valley High SchoolClass of 1969
Spokane, WA
Cherise's Story
Although I didn't end up graduating with the class of '69, I still consider West Valley my high school as spent more time in that school than any other. So what happened? Early in the summer of '68 I.....
Traveled east to visit family here. Met a great guy who was called up for the draft that summer, so we got married. Seemed logical at the time :) He went to Nam, and after he came home we raised 3 children near his WV hometown.
My children all have families of their own now and they all live nearby,which is great. Grandkids are the best, and they visit ofter. But it is my little poodle, Beau, who is mostly underfeet these da...Expand for more
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I went back to school in early '90s and have pretty much stayed in school since then. I work at a regional campus of WVU running the student health center while persuing MPH degree. Really like working with college age population, it's never boring.
Have only visited Spokane once in all these years. Brief stop in '89 on my way to Lewiston ID for my father's funeral. While much had changed, some of the old landmarks were still there. Don't know how it happened, but the old house I lived in on Ella had shrunk!! Now imagine that. I guess Thomas Wolfe had it right, you can't go home again. At least not to one you remember.
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