Mark Bellenger:  

It was a dark and stormy night, oops -- wrong story. I took my time getting thru college at RIT (George Bush and I had a lot in common), but finally graduated with a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering. Got married shortly after that to a class of '70 Bishop Kearney girl I met at California Brew Haus. We dated for 5 years before I finally asked her to marry me. We are still married after 43 years. We built a house in Webster and started a family. Our two daughters are in their late 30's. Our oldest daughter is a Pilates instructor and personal trainer in San Diego. Our youngest daughter got married to a great guy on the beach on the Outer Banks, NC in 2009. Fantastic reception afterwards at our niece's brew pub in Kill Devil Hills -- Outer Banks Brewing Station (shameless plug!). Our youngest moved back to Rochester and we now have a three year old grandson. My wife was a teacher's aide for BOCES working with special needs kids at one of the high schools here in Webster. She also worked at the local BJ's and it seems like she knows everyone in Webster. Whenever we go someplace, there's always someone that recognizes her. She retired from school and BJ's three years ago and now visits our grandson and plays pickle ball every chance she gets. I retired from designing...Expand for more