Kevin Stone:  

Life ISN'T LIFE AN ADVENTURE...to qoute the Dead "What a long strange trip its been. I enlisted in the Army in 1982, taking wedding vows just 11 days prior to leaving for basic. Called Fort Ord, Ca. and the 7th Infantry (Monterey) home for three years, just enough time to become a father, a Non-Comissioned-Officer, Ranger Light Fighter, and a splatter at the bottom of mountain after my driver took us off a cliff 144 feet. I survived the fall, but recovery took most of two years, parenthood came again, a BA in Studio Art from Adrian College in 91, and candidate for another degree in Music in 95...atleast I stayed true to my SHHS curriculum. I became a professional student\artist\musician getting involved with the National Office of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, the Lenawee County United Veterans Council, the 1997 Can-Am Pistol & Shooting Team, and PAWS With A Cause Service Canines. I also became a US National Squad Archer at the International Paralympic Committees Archery Championships in Madrid, Spain (Sept. 2003); vying for a spot at the 2004 Olympiad; which I did! At the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, Greece, we landed the very first Team Event medal, and I have a Bronze to be proud of...Life has been an adventure. What I remember from High School isn't much...NO!, not what ya think :) I'm a super-jock now...lol. It was the injuries that rob me of most of my teen memories. I seem to only remember the ladies and the music (but isn't that what's most important anyway?); though the Great Walk Out (or the Big Bust) seems pretty fresh, that rusty 69 Charger, and my job teaching guitar in that stripmall up the street. As far as those 3 summers, 4 mays, 7 full years, and 212 credit hours of college go...those top off the best years of my life. A good friend wrote to me upon my 91 graduation, "A gentalman choses his friends because of thier learning and culture; he relies on his friends to nuture his virtue (Confucius)"...and boy did they nuture me : ) I'm single now, living and training in Tennessee. I won the US a slot to compete in Beijing this year at the IPC Archery World Championships in Korea. I looking forward to a great year, and get to compete in Europe twice, possibly Brazil, and of course getting to live in the Olympic village for a month in Beijing will be too sweet. I'll send a pic from the Great Wall. Well, I just posted that pic from the great wall and added a few others. Beijing was immense, Beijing was awsome, Beijing was safe, Beijing made me proud to be an American Athlete. I may not have brought home the Individual medal I was striving for this time around, but I did manage to shoot my highest ever scores, breaking two records, and I got the very first competition win in the Archery Finals Stadium, in front of my daughter...no better way to retire (smiles). For those with Myspace, just look for kevinjstone, and I'll be there w/ pics, videos, and blogs. looking forward to old freinds once again at our 30th reunion. Peace to all! School High School, Hmmm...let's see. I remember the clix; Jocks, geeks, burn-outs, and the like. I remember being the academically gifted student that never needed to apply himself, so I skipped by on "B"s when I could've have got "A"s; ...Expand for more