Fran Isacson Baisden:  

At Central I hung out in the band room most of the time, I helped Mr. Fare as the Librarian with the music and I played the flute in the band sometimes as an oboe player since we did not have an oboe player at the time. In marching band I played a piccolo. I attended Howell Road School for grade school since I lived 2 doors away. After high school I attend Nassau Community College, where I was Freshman Class Vice President and Sophomore Class President majoring in Speech Therapy and audiology. My dad was very sick at the time so I stayed near home and attended Hofstra for 1 year after leaving Nassau. My dad died when I was attending Hofstra and I needed to take a break from school. I worked for Raytheon in NYC as a dispatcher for their computer technicians and American Airlines, one of my accounts decided they wanted me in Tulsa, OK working with their Data Center. I moved to Tulsa in 1977, and in 1984, moved to North Central Ohio. My last employment was a National Sales Manager for a manufacturer of Waterplay Equipment, in fact I worked with the Architect that designed the water play area at the Valley Stream Pool and sold the play equipment to the Recreation Department. The Tumbling Buckets, the Umbrella that has water dripping over it and more.... My husband and I are raising two beautiful and bright grand daughters for the last 9 years Madison age 11 and Jaden 9 1/2. In 2004, I fell on the ice at work and tore the rotator cuff in my right shoulder and developed RSD (chronic pain syndrome) in my right upper arm. Unfortunately, I am on permanent disability now due to this injury, but rai...Expand for more