East Bakersfield High School Class of 1971
Classmates
Christie Harrington (Vanatta)
Comments
--Attended University of Hawaii after graduation from EBHS
--Moved back to Bakersfield for about 1.5 years.
--Moved to Washington, D.C. and worked for the National Security Council at the White House as an executive assistant under the Nixon (very end), Ford, Carter, and Regan administrations.
--Got married -- soon to be divorced.
--Moved to Marin County to work for Clos du Bois proprietors.
--Became full time student again to study interior architecture & the fine arts at California College of Arts & Crafts in Berkeley. Loved it & learned so much but later gave it up to get married & live in wine country.
--Got married again at 38 & lived in Healdsburg.
--Divorced at 40 & moved to Ventura, worked for Technicolor corporate office for 11 years
--Presently work in Administration at Ventura Community Memorial Hospital only 5 minutes away from home & the beach -- love it!
--Enjoy the fine arts, interior decorating, jazz, classic rock-n-roll, classicial music, the opera, & greyhound rescue ++++.
--Traveled in the past 10 years to S. Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia on photo safari--bungee jumped 635' @ Victoria Falls / Costa Rica /Nicaragua -- hiked volcanoes & zip lined above jungles/Canada/Midway Island
--Still keep in touch regularly & travel some w/Rosemary Hewes, touch base occasionally w/Denise McInerney & Cindy Day. Trying to locate Jim Finch & Hank Van Oehsen from our class who I grew up with on Los Robles Drive. Also would love to find out what happened to my 1st boyfried, Robert Talbory, who left Baksfd during our junior year-after he left me for Annie Dahlgran! lol! Look forward to hopefully being able to attend our 40th reunion. Who can believe it!!! Life is going by way too fast!
--Remain single with no children / enjoy my dog, Ben, and spending time helping Greyhound Rescue. Love those Greyhounds--have had 4 in the past, however, lost them and now have Ben, a Black Smooth Standard Dachshund who weighs 28 lbs & looks slim.
Cheers! Christie -- please excuse typos
 
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