Stu Haasis:  

First, a little background for those of you who are brave (or bored) enough to read this. I was born in Alhambra, California in 1954 but my family moved to Phoenix when I was one year old. I decided to come with them since it was hard to make a living as a one-year old child. Since I was not born in Arizona, I cannot claim to be a native. However, I am older than most natives now. I love Arizona but, frankly, I hope to someday become a winter visitor. When I was three years old, doctors gave my parents some alarming news. I was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy. So little was known about the disease at the time that the doctors told my parents to prepare for the worst. I am 67 years old now and still going strong. Sadly, those doctors are all dead. I graduated from Arcadia in 1972. I don't have any enduring friendships from my years there, although I have a great many memories, most of which are positive. My first date was freshman year when I made it into Key Club. I went to the end-of-the-year party with Dianne Kay. If I had the courage to kiss her goodnight, I'm sure we would have been married by now. I would then have to give this bad news to my current wife -- and to Dianne. I received my BS in Psychology in 1983 from Northern Arizona University. I finished my course work in 1979 but I had some library fines I needed to pay before they would let me have my degree. Being thus prepared to enter the working world, I immediately got work in the field of engineering. At the time, they were essentially hiring anyone who could read. My 13-year career in the technical field working in Data Management and Configuration Management with such companies as Sperry Flight Systems and Allied-Signal prepared me well for the wave of downsizing that swept the manufacturing industry in the mid-nineties and left me without a job. In 1994, I was laid off from Allied-Signal. And so, with a BS in Psychology under my belt, I then proceeded to build and operate a recording studio in my garage called Blue Sky Recording. I was a self-taught musician in college and also learned the recording business as a songwriter/producer. I also played music in bands all around the valley called Nice Guys in Neckties. With the recording studio, I built a clientele base and sold it in 1998. Luckily, I was able to keep my garage. I hosted a radio show on a small radio station (97.3 fm KRXS), from 2000 - 2005 called Jukebox Cantina. I used the DJ name "Stu D Baker" and used to refer frequently to Arcadia HS and the days listening to KDKB on the radio where I gained an appreciation for good music. With the money from my recording...Expand for more