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MAY 1, 2015 THE FRIDAY FLYER A-5
Dee modeled in the Woman's Club's "Swinging Sixties" Fashion Show last week and helped organized the theme baskets for one of the fundraiser drawings.
Grand Marshals . . .
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seen the lake while doing practice ap- proaches to March Air Base. Then, as a commercial pilot for TWA, his flight en- gineer told him about Canyon Lake. He and Dee decided to come check it out, and ended up buying a house then and there on Meadow Lark Dr.
Their children were still in high school and junior high, so they used the house for water ski vacations. Dee remem- bers meeting Marlene (Lord) Cathro at the Village Store, at what is now Holi- day Harbor. Then they rented the house out and started staying at Happy Camp. They loved the Campground side of the lake, so they sold their house and bought a lot on Strawberry Lane in 1983.
Dee really didn’t want to move to Canyon Lake. She was happily estab- lished in a lovely neighborhood in Mis- sion Viejo and working as director of education at a church in the area. After they built their house and moved here permanently in 1984, she was offered a management position with the Or- ange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), where she worked until her re-
tirement in 2007.
Art retired in 1994; so, invited by his
friend, Bill Faulds, his first community involvement was with Canyon Lake Community Theatre. He was in a num- ber of shows, but says his favorites were “Music Man” and “Into the Woods.”
Their first involvement as a couple was with the Travel Club, where they also served as officers. They have trav- eled extensively over the years, with the club and on their own.
Their home near Skipper’s Island has been the place to be every 4th of July; their children and grandchildren still gather on the back deck to ooh and aah over the fireworks. For a few years, Art served as “DJ” for the event, playing pa- triotic music on a large speaker system for neighbors and boaters to hear.
What do they love most about Canyon Lake? Art says he never tires of looking out at the lake. Dee says it’s the friends she’s made, and the many opportunities to meet people and get involved. Their retirement years have been rewarding in so many ways. And now one of those re- wards is to ride as grand marshals in the May 23, 2015 Fiesta Day Parade.
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Art is pictured as master of ceremonies at the U.S. Marine Corps Band Concert in October 2010. Art is a former Marine Corps pilot.
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