Richelle Ebert:  

Hey Everyone that I have not seen in so long. The reason I joined up with Classmates is because I remember the best years of my life were spent in grade, jr., and High School. I moved away in my sophmore year and spent the last few years of H.S. in 3 different schools so needless to say...I met a whole lot of people that are now longtime friends. I went to Rancho Cotati for a few months and moved to Petaluma and tried to play catch up at San Antonio, (If you remember Mr. Hardcastle, English teacher at Altimira, he became the principle there many years later, I was long gone by then) and last but not least I attended San Marin when I moved to Novato. I also went to Indian Valley College as well. I loved living in Sonoma...it was my fav. and I still visit occasionally since I still have a brother and a nephew that live there. After I left home in Novato (not to confuse things) I moved back to Petaluma where I worked at Sola Optical as a supervisor until SOLA shut the doors and moved Petaluma's process to Mexico. I had worked there for 14 years, it was a huge adjustment ( to say the least) when I decided to go back to school and brush up on a few subjects...I went to Empire College in Santa Rosa and recieved a degree in computer support. I then went back again changing my direction and took Business Admin. but unfortunately was not able to finish because of a life altering accident that changed the corse of my life...I had a few months left to graduate and I was (as a passenger) hit by a double tanker gas truck and spent the next 4 1/2 months in the hospital and almost a year in a wheelchair before I could walk again. My road to recovery is a long ...Expand for more