Deborah Harris:  

My husband-Brian Harris & I live on a small 45acre farm just 22 miles from Kingman, Arz. where we also own also a small Office Store---Don's Office Products in OLD down town Kingman.....one son-Kelly (who I named after Kelly Calhoun in Mesa for his TRUE & SINCERE friendship with me over those years)....I use to hang out with Marilyn Heap, Jeannie Barney, Dennis Sirrine, Diane Urrea, Diane Fairencamp, David Evans, Eddie Johnson, Charlie LeSueur, & of coarse we all knew Danny White....Finally back in touch with Charlie LeSueur & his mother--Willma.....have not located anyone else in years.....We all just got busy with our lives....Mesa was my happiest years in growing up.....it has allot to do with why we moved to Kingman, Arz. where it is so very much like the old Mesa small town use to be.....Dad--Martin Swanty has 3 different large Dealorships--2 in Kingman & one in Bullhead....which makes it very easy for friends to find me with his advertizements every where.....I was Food & Bar business for 15yrs while raising my son out of wed-lock from 1972.....Brian & I met 1986 & married 1992 in St.Thomas.....I was also a Prison Guard & Sargent for 8yrs. (both men & women) with the dream of becoming the Warden...But, major difference with my idea of Sherriff Joe's way & Utah's version of taking care of Inmates....we didn't agree, so I finally gave up & left in 1994....If you will remember, I left in Jan. during my Junior year when I was in the middle of having so fun in FFA due to Dad moving us to Nogales, Arz. but I would always come & visit during school events to keep in touch....then in 1970, after graduating Nogales High, I moved back to Mesa.....but too many things had already changed & everyone was off doing their thing of finally being set free from High School....My husband & I love our little farm away from "ALL" the big city mess......2-Jesus Burro's, horses, pot-belly pigs, pigmie goats, neubian goats, barbado sheep, wierdo chickens, & now 15 peacocks with 5 new babies that roam freely up on the land to protect us from the Mohave Green rattle-snakes, & of coarse your regular snakes, scorpions, cenepedes, etc.... they are GREAT hunters & roam together in groups of 3-4 as search parties & then take their assigned posts at night to watch over the place, including the water tanks, light poles, our bedroom roof, etc ......the 4 guard dogs are extremely good at protecting us & chasing the coyotes.....we do have to be armed out here....Many stories due to my love for these animals & why EVERY single one of them are my PETS with names as well( which really upsets our tax man cause we don't sell or eat any of them & they are given graves on the land we made into a cemetary for them .....they love my country music & some times the oldies. We keep the radio on at ALL times.......I had even taught the one set of 4 black fur-boot chickens in doing the wave with me to certain songs.....My other animals dance with me & the music during the breaks of doing chores.....We even do cocktail hour in the summer months with the little farm babies on the straw stacks....& enjoy watching the sunset together with them.....Expand for more