Drex Brooks:
CLASS OF 1971
Vale Union High SchoolClass of 1971
Vale, OR
Drex's Story
Drex is from Juntura, Oregon.. His schools include Vale Union High School. He later attended Rhode Island School of Design. He works(ed) at retired.
Drex's favorite athletes include Jim Thorpe and Joe Namath and Jackie Robinson, and himself of course - Drex is remembered as a star athlete at all sports at Vale Union High School.
More about Drex:"i have a new dog - his name is jango. 3 cats...no wife, no kids, no money, no fooling...
I live in Grangeville, Idaho, and I am working at my old job of being retired, being the main door opener for several cats and a dog and still also working at my position of starving artist - as you can imagine juggling 3 demanding jobs leaves me only 3 or four days for fishing, but i am working with a therapist who is helping me to organize my time better.
I have an old car, survived cancer and have made several attempts (in disguise) to take my own life. And so I am working on giving up some of the personally dangerous activitities I have been pursuing and am settling down. I no longer experiment with explosives or free climbing and have settled into a routine of low-impact fishing, yard maintenance and bird watching. - This is only in my free time from my duties as door opener, starving artist and working on my tan as a professional retired person.
I have several wonderful friends, one of the...Expand for more
m is in a secret location in Idaho.
I taught art and photography in a college for too many years and that experience has left me the shell of what I once was, luckily they are brewing enough beer so that I am regaining my old vim and/or vigor.
As I said, I am a classic example of what is known as a starving artist.You can see my attempts at making photographs on my website, just google my name and you should be able to find it....please don't pay any attention to whatever bad press you might see.
And if I pissed you off in high school, please don't take it personally, I am pretty sure I pissed everybody off.
I am involved with the Portland Art Museum, they have asked me to donate a portfolio of my life's attempt to produce meaningful photographs. I am doing this pro bono or else I would just be doing fishing and tanning and trying to restore my old vim and/or vigor -
This classmates site is a new site for me, a lot of familiar names, thanks for writing to me and don't hesitate to let me know how things are going... D
I am sorry to hear that Judy Justus, Charlie Anthony, and Faith Miller have passed away. They were good friends of mine at different points in my life, not just in high school. I guess one of the reasons I am on this classmates sites is because I like to know what people from those days are doing these days.
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