Chuck Barnett:  

Life I left the US about a year after I saw most of you for the last time, and still go back to visit our home town about once a year. Things have changed, and there are few things and even fewer people that I recognize there anymore : ( I have to admit, I think about a good many of you folks on a regular basis and wonder where you may have gone. As for me, after bouncing around for a bit, I was fortunate enough to finally get the chance to attend College, then later University in Montreal, and ultimately became a Communications Specialist. From working on 150 foot high broadcast transmitters in the Arctic winter to conducting analysis of historically relevant audio recordings in British Columbia, I am blessed to be able to DO what I do for a living. Today, I own an audio post-production facility where we develop educational/lingusitic materials aimed at preserving Indigenous languages. I go home each night to 3 great kids and the woman whom I roamed the earth looking for, for far too many years. If you're ever curious, go to precisionaudiolab dottcomm and you just may find me. These days, I live back in the original community of my mother's family, Kahnawake Mohawk Territory in Canada and everyday count myself as the luckiest man alive. That skinny, long haired-big mouthed kid with the bad posture and poor outlook on life found his way home, and is doing OK. In all seriousness, I am glad that I had the chance to grow up with you and have many of you as friends through those hard fought years, you are all in my thoughts regularly. Some days I wonder what ever became of my buddies, Rob Dale and Tim Rowell, I spent years looking for them and came up short every time. If you're out there guys, you can easily find me with a quick web search. For those whom I may have been less than kind to in those years, I offer my apologies. Often as young people we make poor decisions based on our limited understanding of the world, and there are things ...Expand for more