Edward Turner:  

I subscribed to Classmates to learn more about the lives of my 1963 friends. However, I was surprised that many of you were doing the same to me, so I decided to upload a few photos and write a few words. Many of you may remember me from being in almost every stageplay that Gene Duckworth directed. I also had a short stint DJing WCEN's "Grooveyard" (remember "Judy's Turn to Cry"), practiced flying lessons over the high school property, and drove a white Pontiac (with the windows down) through the Pixie blasting the song "Wipe Out." My college years were spent at Michigan State (where I studied fun,) Northwood College in Midland, where I studied economics, and Ferris State College, where I received a bachelor's degree in Advertising with a minor in Marketing. My early income came from being a technical director for WW-TV/WWUP-TV in Cadillac. My highlights were learning to ski, buying an XKE Jaguar, and meeting and directing celebrities from the Houghton Lake Playhouse. Later, I entered the WW-TV newsroom, broadcasting TV and radio news to lower and upper Michigan. From governors to baseball players, I got to know them all. My next job position found me accepting an account executive position with WKZO-TV in Kalamazoo. It was during that time that I met my wife, Janay. She had been a finalist in the Miss Teenage America Pagent, and while she was eleven years younger than I, we decided to get married on our first dinner date. We will celebrate our fiftieth wedding anniversary on August 10th, 2024. After marriage, I became a born-again Christian...Expand for more