Mike Yakey:
CLASS OF 1973
Tilbury District High SchoolClass of 1973
Tilbury, ON
Glenforest High SchoolClass of 1973
Mississauga, ON
E. A. Orr Public SchoolClass of 1967
Oakville, ON
Forest Glen Public SchoolClass of 1967
Mississauga, ON
Grand Avenue SchoolClass of 1960
Etobicoke, ON
Mike's Story
After leaving Glenforest High School (then known as Glenforest Secondary School), after grade 11, I moved to Tilbury Ont. where I finished HS at Tilbury District High School. I then attended the University of Western Ontario and obtained an HBSc in Geology in 78. This was followed by a move to Calgary where I worked for Amoco and then Canterra as an Exploration Geologist until 86. I left the industry due to oil patch melt down and picked up a trade in Furniture Refinishing. I currently own my own 3000 square foot refinishing shop complete with two spray booths. I have a web site set up for it (allprofurniture.ca). I have been in Calgary now for 31 years (Holy crap!).
I met my wife Doris in 79 and we married in 80. We have 3 kids (a daughter 25, and two sons 24 and 22) all living at home along with our two dogs just outside of Calgary in Chestermere.
For 5 years I participated competitively in inline speed skating on a National level until the end of ...Expand for more
last season, and now enjoy the more leisure activities of cycling (perhaps not so leisure as I am doing the Ride to Conquer Cancer this June and did 3200k this past season) and walking. I also play the didgeridoo as it requires no musical talent. Most recently, however, I have taken up playing blues harp. As one of my hobby passtimes I build and sell boutique harp mics.(mikesmics.shawwebspace.ca) The speed club I belonged to is the Calgary Rollercade Inline Speed Club.(crisc.com).
Over the years I have published several freelance articles in both local and international magazines, and hope to renew that interest closer to retirement.
Other than that I am a hopeless retrocentric just getting on with and enjoying my life, my family, and my career. But I would really like to re-connect with my past, and both Glenforest and TDHS were big parts of it!
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