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Marty Stiewig

I graduated from Southern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Education. I worked primarily in the occupational training & technical fields for 38 years. I married Mary Barleen on 8/15/69 and we raised a blended family of 5 while living in Napa. We moved to Pleasants Valley north of Vacaville after the kids were all out of the house.

I retired in 1994, but starting in 1995 I did some part-time work at KUIC 95.3 FM working in the promotions department. I also worked as a DJ, voiced some commercials, and was the station handyman. All in all it was a fun part-time job to keep me out of trouble until Mary retired 4 years later in 1998. During that same period (1995-2005) I substituted in the K through 6 classes in Vacaville and Fairfield. Teaching elementary school was fun, but I'm glad I didn't make it my career. Public school teaching can be rewarding, but it is a hard, underpaid, unappreciated job.

I have 7 granddaughters, 1 grandson, 4 great-grandsons, and 4 great-granddaughters. Two of the granddaughters are doctors - one of them gave me the title of great-grandfather in September 2017. I was presented a second great-grandson from Larry's daughter. I have a granddaughter who works as a medical lab technician. The others are still trying to figure things out.

In 2005, after living in Vacaville for 21 years, we moved to Redmond, Oregon, which put an end to both part-time jobs. In Oregon I sang in a barbershop chorus, and in a quartet called "The Quarter Notes", but I recently gave that up. Only Tony Bennett could sound good past the age of 80.

I also... bla, bla, bla. If you want more just email me - let's catch up.

Mary & I pulled our 5th-wheel through all of the Mexican states, Belize, all of the Canadian provinces that touch the U.S. border plus the Yukon & Northwest Territories. We also pulled it through all of the U.S. states except Hawaii. We aren't really snowbirds, but we spent the month of March every year in an RV park about 8 miles west of Tucson. That gave us a chance to warm up our golf clubs. In late 2017 we sold the trailer and the Tundra that pulled it because I could no longer deal with maintaining, setting up, and taking down the 5th-wheeler. We still travel but we camp in hotels.

We have owned a Marriott time share in Phuket, Thailand since 2006. Although we have been back there a couple of times, we usually trade to go to other countries or one of the Hawaiian islands. We also have a Marriott time share in Aruba where have also returned to twice, but now use it to trade for other locations

My latest activity is Geocaching. It keeps me walking around as well as discovering things and places I didn't know about.

If you happen to be traveling through Central Oregon and want to catch up... drop me an email.

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