Vern Chandler:  

I grew up and attended elementary schools in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. I moved to Phoenix from Chippewa Falls in 1970 after my junior year in high school and graduated in 1971 from Moon Valley High in Phoenix Arizona. I attended DeVry Institute in Phoenix and the University of Wisconsin in Eau Claire before getting an Associate Degree from District One Technical School in Eau Claire. I worked as a Lumber Piler (wow) at Stanley Company, and a Drafter at Johnson Plastics Company before moving to the Minneapolis area in 1978 and finding work in the Electronics Industry. I also played guitar and bass in several Central Wisconsin rock bands during the 1970's. My wife and I currently live in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. Denise has worrked 30+ years at Graco Inc. and I've worked 35+ years at Micro Control Company in Fridley (mostly in Engineering, ...Expand for more