Jeffrey Lockhart:  

In July 1974, I went into the Army as a Computer Operator. Thank God we had a family friend (Ret. Major) who knew people at the Pentagon and got me to Germany instead of Texas. Spent 3 ½ years there and traveled a lot around Europe. Paris (4 times) is my favorite! Good thing I took French at SHS! Reenlisted for another 3 years and got out. Everyone expected after 6 yrs in the Army, that I would make a career (I understand that Don Boland is a retired Admiral) of it. If I had, I wouldve never met my wife and had really great kids. Isnt it funny how life turns out? I moved to Los Angeles in 1980 and lived there for 9 years. My apartment overlooked Paramount Studios and I would frequent the bar outside the studio¿s front gate and got to meet a lot of the Movie and TV stars of the 80s. Some were down to earth and others were snooty. My parents and brother moved from Salem to Port Charlotte, FL in 1978 so I moved there in 1989. We are all together again and live about 20 min apart. We took the camper to Salem and Lake Winny back in 1999. The house I grew up in (1963 $26K) was on the market for $250K!!! It was great eating potato chips at the old Chip Factory, but as you know, it sadly no longer exists. We visited relatives at Lake W. Have done a lot of different things down here, but mostly Sales and Marketing. I have a daughter (Kristen-20) and a son (Jason-18). Kristen goes to school in the Orlando area. Son Jason is a Comp Repair Tech and got his GED in lieu of attending Sr year so he could work FT. He is an absolute genius with computers and electronics. He also makes great side money fixing and building computers f...Expand for more