Shirley Pokorny:  

Life I have been married to John Pokorny for 35 years in June this year. Prior marriage for 13 years gave me three children: Ronna,48, 1 son and 1 daughter; Carma, 47, 2 sons; Blaine, 46, 1 son and 1 daughter. We raised one grandson beginning at age 5. He is 25 and will graduate from Angelo State with a Masters in Applied Physics, a Minor in Math and a second Minor in Geology. The other childres are high school graduates with the exception of the youngest granddaughter who is in high school. I retired in 2004 after working 28 years at Bank of America. The last 18 were spent in the Trust Department. I have been asked to work part time for the bank helping throughout the bank where I am needed. I set my own hours working 12 to 24 hours per week. This leaves time for me to do my other job. John and I attend Gun Shows in Texas and New Mexico. We are also the promoters for the Permian Basin Gun Show held in Odessa in January, March, June and August. We sell pistol grips with a few rifles, shotguns and occassionally pistols. We like to hunt but have lost our lease after 30 years at the end of 2005. Last year was sad for us and all our family because we didn't find another place for us all to go. Maybe this year. We have 2 dogs. One full blood Blue Healer, male, named Gizmo, his daughter, Silver, half Blue Healer and half German Sheppard 2010 started out as a good year. However, that soon became one that has left us still not recovered. On June 2, while we were in Albuquerque for a gun show, our house caught on fire. We hurried home to a mess. The front bed room, hall and front bath room were destroyed along with the middle 1/3 of the roof. The rest of the house received heat and water damage so much so that the entire house had to have all the walls torn out, the carpet pulled and thrown out, all appliances...Expand for more