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David Scarbo

Greetings from the Lone Star State of Texas.
This is Dave Scarbo your fellow classmate of 1966. I attended Ward Business Schools in Worcester following graduation from Drury. My course of study was a full three years (including summers) in Business Administration and Computer Programming. Following Wards I had an extremely difficult time getting employed because I had not met my military obligation (you know the DRAFT and all). I then decided to enlist in the Air Force because the Army or any other branch was just not appealing to me. My intent was to put my computer programming education to good use; however, Uncle Sam had other ideas. Believe it or not I ended up in the field of Aeromedical Services with the additional duty as a medical technician on board a rescue helicopter. Following extensive medical training, my first permanent duty station was in Del Rio, Texas on May 1, 1969. Exactly two years to the day I married a local girl from Del Rio and six months later I was sitting in Vietnam. I tell people all the time that I did my honeymoon there in Vietnam but without my wife. My time in Southeast Asia was for one year but little did I know at that time my career in the Air Force would be for 24 years (would you believe 19 1/2 of those 24 years would be in Del Rio). Oh, it didn't stop there I've been in Del Rio ever since. After retiring from the Air Force I worked for a bank as a Resource Manager for two years and then went back into the uniform as an Air Force Junior ROTC instructor at Del Rio High School. Following teaching I was hired as a Red Cross Branch Manager in Del Rio and just retired in January 2014. Stella and I have three children and three grandchildren. Over the years we've dabbled a little bit in ranching. Right now we have 10 sheep and three donkeys (two of which are pregnant). In the past we've had as many as 40 pigmy goats, three emus, several different birds (peacocks, pheasants, ducks, geese, chickens....the list goes on and on). Shortly after that we went into Llamas (as many as 12 at one time). By the way I don't advise getting involved in pigmy goats, emus or Llamas....it is not a wise financial decision. My financial advisor refers to me as Noah. The past years have been good to us and the highlight for me has been serving others. For the past 31 years I've been serving in the Catholic church as an ordained deacon. In 1987 I along with other clergy had the honor of serving at the Papal Mass of Pope John Paul II in San Antonio before an audience of 500,000 followers. What a blessing, especially since Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII were just recently canonized saints. I look forward to our 50th reunion and pray that we will all be together again. Please stay in touch. Blessings to all.

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