SANDI VALLEY UPDATE: July 2009 Life still finds me in Phoenix with many trips to Colorado, California and Hawaii. I'm still waiting to go to Europe and back to Israel. Of course the economy the past 2 years has impacted these goals. Still married to Paul since 1991, both my parents have passed away, as well as Paul's father. My mother actually died 5 hours before the World Trade Center towers went down. Needless to say the following 6 months were spent in heartache, as one of my husbands fraternity brothers was in the plane that hit the south tower! 2001 was a terrible year!! (for all,I'm sure). Early marriage to 1st husband produced one offsspring, a boy, who now lives in Kansas & I have one grandson. 2nd marriage to a celebrity news & sports person in Denver (no kids), resulted in divorce after 10 years & I moved back to AZ in 1981. Married to Paul Goldstein in 1991, after a decade of crazy single life and adventures (no kids). My grandson is autistic and is of great concern to the family, but is being well taken care of by his parents & teachers. I'm so grateful for that! After graduating from CHS I enrolled at UofA and attended for a year, after which I moved to Denver and continued my education at Denver University and Metro State, resulting in a BA in English. Worked part-time for the Banks in Denver while going to school. Commercial banking became my life in Denver, as a lending officer,and Valley Nat'l Bank became my place of employment for 15 yrs.with many successes and achievements as a Regional Sales Mgr with 12 branches. Finally the last 10 years during the buyout of VNB by Bank One I enjoyed the position of Personal Banking Officer. I left with the downsizing in '95 and went into the mortgage lending profession until I semi- retired in 2005. I went back to school at University of Phoenix and completed another degree, this time in Criminal Justice Administration. My goal was the court system or an opportunity to serve with AG Terry Goddard on the mortgage fraud task force. The economy and recession has put the brakes on there, but I'm still in the mix! Religion and politics...WOW, too hot topics!! Let's leave it at that! I am an avid participant in yoga, hiking, reading, theatre going, volunteering in my community, and golfing (but not so much golf since back surgery in '08). Husband is extremely active in golf & hiking so that makes for a lot of fun. I'm hoping to participate in the golf tourney at the reunion. While at a golf tournement in Vail for charity in the mid'70s, Clint Eastwood hit a long one and it got me in the leg. He said to come to his hotel afterwards & he would leave some ointment for me that would completely take the pain away. Son-of-a-gun, he did & it did! (I never connected with him there though!) |
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Catalina High School, Tucson, Arizona, USA |
SANDI VALLEY UPDATE: July 2009 Life still finds me in Phoenix with many trips to Colorado, California and Hawaii. I'm still waiting to go to Europe and back to Israel. Of course the economy the past 2 years has impacted these goals. Still married to Paul since 1991, both my parents have passed away, as well as Paul's father. My mother actually died 5 hours before the World Trade Center towers went down. Needless to say the following 6 months were spent in heartache, as one of my husbands fraternity brothers was in the plane that hit the south tower! 2001 was a terrible year!! (for all,I'm sure). Early marriage to 1st husband produced one offsspring, a boy, who now lives in Kansas & I have one grandson. 2nd marriage to a celebrity news & sports person in Denver (no kids), resulted in divorce after 10 years & I moved back to AZ in 1981. Married to Paul Goldstein in 1991, after a decade of crazy single life and adventures (no kids). My grandson is autistic and is of great concern to the family, but is being well taken care of by his parents & teachers. I'm so grateful for that! After graduating from CHS I enrolled at UofA and attended for a year, after which I moved to Denver and continued my education at Denver University and Metro State, resulting in a BA in English. Worked part-time for the Banks in Denver while going to school. Commercial banking became my life in Denver, as a lending officer,and Valley Nat'l Bank became my place of employment for 15 yrs.with many successes and achievements as a Regional Sales Mgr with 12 branches. Finally the last 10 years during the buyout of VNB by Bank One I enjoyed the position of Personal Banking Officer. I left with the downsizing in '95 and went into the mortgage lending profession until I semi- retired in 2005. I went back to school at University of Phoenix and completed another degree, this time in Criminal Justice Administration. My goal was the court system or an opportunity to serve with AG Terry Goddard on the mortgage fraud task force. The economy and recession has put the brakes on there, but I'm still in the mix! Religion and politics...WOW, too hot topics!! Let's leave it at that! I am an avid participant in yoga, hiking, reading, theatre going, volunteering in my community, and golfing (but not so much golf since back surgery in '08). Husband is extremely active in golf & hiking so that makes for a lot of fun. I'm hoping to participate in the golf tourney at the reunion. While at a golf tournement in Vail for charity in the mid'70s, Clint Eastwood hit a long one and it got me in the leg. He said to come to his hotel afterwards & he would leave some ointment for me that would completely take the pain away. Son-of-a-gun, he did & it did! (I never connected with him there though!) |
