David Gibbs

It has been great "meeting" so many of my Buena Classmates through this site and places like Facebook. Even though we saw each other in the halls of Buena, or had classes together, so many of us weren't in the same circle of friends, and it has been so nice getting to know so many of you over the last few months . . . . I can't wait for our 30 year reunion so we can talk face-to-face! It has become apparent that not knowing you back then was a big loss for me!

(The preceding was written in 2009 . . . . now I can't wait to see you at our many gatherings and our 35th reunion in 2015!)

To catch you up on what I've been up to since Buena, I went to the U of A for one whole year and found out the college life wasn't for me. I came back to Sierra Vista and worked at K-Mart for a while. Then in 1983 I got a job at Roto-Rooter. I got married in 1984, and my first son was born in 1985. In 1987 my family bought the Roto-Rooter franchise from my boss, and I have been running it ever since. In 1990 my second son was born. My now ex-wife took off in 1994, so I was left to raise my two boys alone. They are both grown now, and my oldest son has two boys and a daughter of his own (the ones I'm holding in my profile picture) that keep this "Papa" happily busy as often as I can get a hold of them (minimum of once a week!).

I have gotten to know so many of you these last few years, and many of you that I never knew in high school I now consider my closest friends!

It has been a pleasure working on this site because of all of you! The passage of time makes us all realize how special the people and experiences of our youth truly were, and the Class of 1980 is truly the best Buena ever had!