Kenneth Napier:  

Oh where does one begin to describe their life for the past 30 years? As some of you may remember me, I was one of those average; ok slightly below average, students that attended summer school and as a result, in my senior year I only needed to take a Government class. I did and in January 1978 I graduated. Do you remember your graduation night? Seeing others getting the honors and then you begin wondering why you could not have done more; studied better, and you realize, it is too late now. While at Central I was also attending IVC since fall of 1976 taking law enforcement classes. A rule required that if you are in High School and attending college at the same time, you either have to carry 16 units or 4 classes at the same time. Since I only was taking a single class at Central I needed to take 4 classes at IVC. Not being able to get four law enforcement classes, I decided to take a computer class; Introduction to Data Processing. I fell in love with computers and computer programming and, as it turns out, I took to data processing like a duck to water. The computer classes enabled me to get a job at the NAF El Centro as a Computer Operator working for a company called Kentron International. I had dated only a couple of the girls at high school and for most of high school I dated Patty Barber. I would meet my wife at IVC; Mary Ann Thatcher of Brawley. For years I thought I courted her only to learn later in life, as she explains it to friends, that it was she that architected the capture of me. Well, on May 10th 1980, I married Mary Ann and by this time the computer classes landed me a job at the NAF El Centro as a Computer Operator and on October 27 our first daughter; Kristina Ann, was born. It was a couple of years later that Kentron transferred me to Yuma Proving Grounds where I was promoted to Supervisor. While in Yuma our second daughter; Ashley Marie, was born April 23, 1983. My computer skills increased and the Univac System Analyst took a liking to...Expand for more