Duane Smith:  

Life Moved to California 30 years ago and never been back! Well, once. Alot of changes to Kankakee! I work part time in Mexico, and married a Latin woman. We have two kids (4 and 11), two cars, 4 birds, 4 computers, and season passes to Disneyland. I work in computers and enjoy it. Used to own a sail boat but married life with kids didn't leave time (or money) for boating. When my kids are a little older I hope to get back into sailing. Update:1/2009 Moved to Oceanside California 3 years ago. Kids are 8 and 15 now. Still working and will for along time! Bought a hot dog stand at the harbor and lost money for a year before I finally got rid of it. My daugter and I compete in the 4th of July boat parade, but never win a prize! We had fun working at the harbor, but back to computers again. I work in Irvine CA and Vista CA for a company with multiple facilities. I'm getting alot more aches and pains this year! Update 1/2010 Boy this year went fast. Took my daughter to SEA Life aquarium last April. (see photo) Am thinking about retiring, but not seriously. Still working, but would like to find something interesting to do. I'm tired of computers! And I can't get this classmates.com to show my photos! Very frustrating. Oh well. My daughter's birthday is next month. (9 years) I'm learning to tie those skinny baloons into animal shapes for her party. Wish me luck. BTW, I'm not a gold member so I can't see who has viewed this. Send me a message.............. Update 6/2013 Retired and tired! I was in Kankakee in Jan (2012) - it was cold! My daughte...Expand for more