Dana Abbott:  

50-year High School reunion is almost here…where did that 50 years go! I’m not in the 1974 yearbook. Although you can find me in the junior yearbook 1973 and a picture of me on the adjacent page making a stained-glass eagle in Mrs. Yount’s class. I look back at my teachers and remember Mr. Ransom who taught me how to understand the stock market and Coach Keller who made me run laps. I transferred to Saguaro during my junior year and graduated early in December 1973, so I was not readily recognized by everyone. With my formal Education behind me I became an Artichoke and later an ASU Sun Devil while employed at First National Bank of Arizona. In 1978 after graduation I moved to Prescott, Arizona and worked as an assistant surveyor for Yavapai County’s Engineering dept. Most people would have put in their 30 years, raised a family, and retired already. But not me! One day a friend at work took me to the Old Armory where the Police Athletic League held karate classes. I threw my first kick and 5 years later I was training in Tokyo, Japan. Learning from the masters themselves for 15 years. I made Tokyo my home base while I also adventured extensively around the world. That...Expand for more