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Savas
"Sam" Kerkenides
2/20/03
Sherry,
After 30+ years in law enforcement -
22+ with the Ca. Highway Patrol and 9+ with Nevada Co. S.O.
(working for Bill Butler part of the time), I retired and moved
back to Crescent City, Ca. where I had gone to grade school and
where most of my family in this state live. Though I am not
currently married, I do have a lady. She and I went all through
grade school together and, while she is also a '65 grad, it is of
Del Norte High. I have three sons ages 31, 30 and 26. Only the 30
yr. old is married. He has MY two granddaughters, ages 9 & 6. They
live in No. Carolina where he is stationed and is a Staff Sergeant
in the U.S.M.C.
As I said earlier, I was working for
one of the two local Indian casino initially. I started out in
security. Recently I applied for and was hired as a gaming
commissioner by the Elk Valley Rancheria and am involved in
overseeing the general operations of the casino and assuring
compliance with the applicable gaming laws. There are plans in the
works for construction within the next two years of a
hotel/convention center/casino complex with an 18 hole Arnold
Palmer pro golf course here in Del Norte County. For those of you
who may be unfamiliar with the location of Del Norte County, we
are on the coast at the Ca/Ore state line - just below where Pat
Howard lives. It rains a bit here but that makes the redwood trees
grow big and the ocean fishing is the greatest, to say nothing of the river fishing -
which I won't since I don't!
That's it in a nutshell. Keep up the
great work. Hope to see you in '05!
Sam1/20/05...
Update!
Got married in Hawaii in April/04 to a lady with whom I
attended elementary school here in Crescent City prior to my
family's move to Grass Valley in the summer of 1961. We
re-acquainted while I was still living in G.V. and working
for the Sheriff's Dept.. No, she wasn't arrested. I have a
girl cousin here who is the same age as us and when I became
a "free" man, she couldn't stand it so she hooked me up with
her best friend. My wife (Nicole) is also a member of the
Class of '65 but of Del Norte High here in C.C. She is
assisting my cousin with the co-ordination of their reunion
which is scheduled for the long 4th of July weekend, which I
imagine ours will also be.
I am fully retired now and spend some of my time (when not
ocean sport fishing, golfing or doing Shriner stuff) playing
at selling things on Ebay under the business name "Kerkstuff".
It keeps me out of trouble most of the time. Nikki is in
real estate management.
That's about it for this note, except to say "Keep up the
good work". My wife wishes HER class had a beautiful website
like ours.
Thanks for all you do,
Sam
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