Jerry Poole (1964)
I get a wild hair now and then thinking about someone from my past. I will Safari Search for their name in the Obituary's. This morning was one of those days. I searched for Jimmy Jackowski, were both 64 graduates. Luckily, no obituary came up, just his Chiropractor Business page. We are both 79 and not getting any younger. So I called his business #, got ahold of his Answering Service. He called me back and we had a nice chat. He is still working several days a week, plans to work until at least 90. His voice sounds like he never got out of his 20, a very youthful sound to his voice. I'm very glad we got this opportunity to reminisce the past and what the future holds for us. His future looks good, mine not so good. I went to Saigon, sunny South Vietnam in the Air Force in October 1967 to October 1968. Somewhere in between those two dates, I was exposed to the chemical Agent Orange. It affects my feet, lower legs and hands. Painful 24/7/365 and an extra day on Leap Years. It is getting very painful and hard to walk. I'm just not as active as I use to be. My wife and I do travel the world. This time, I traveled to California, she is traveling to China as I type. Sometimes not together. It saddens me that my graduation class has stopped having their reunions due to different types of medical problems. Everybody stay safe.
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