Bedford High School 1964 Alumni

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	Charlie Zak
	After graduation I attended Ohio State for a couple of semesters. I went into the U.S. Army in December 1965; Married my high school sweetheart (Carla Minardo – Class of ’65) on New Years Eve 1966 (December 31, 2006 is our 40th anniversary); Graduated from Officer Candidate School in January 1967 as a 2nd Lieutenant and stationed in Oklahoma. A year later, Carla and I were transferred to the Panama Canal Zone for a year. In December 1968, I was promoted to Captain and sent to Vietnam (Long Binh Post) as a Transportation Company Commander. I came home a year later and left the Army. Carla and I moved to Houston, Texas. We lived there for 17 years. I graduated from the University of Houston, 1972, College of Business – Production & Logistics Management. We started our own construction company in 1976. We built several custom homes and townhouse projects in Houston until we moved back to Columbus (Dublin), Ohio in the summer of 1987 where we continued building custom homes until the late 1990’s. After over 25 years in the construction business, I retired in 1998. Our only daughter, Christie, (born in Houston, 1973) went to high school here in Dublin, married her high school sweetheart after they both graduated from the University of Kentucky. They have two beautiful children (Alyssa-4, Chase-2) and live a couple of miles from us. A few years ago I was diagnosed with a mild case of MS (Primary Progressive). It has slowed me down some, but I’ve been doing fine with it. I still play golf regularly, go fishing a couple of weekends a month and haven’t missed a hunting season. Most importantly, I get to play with our grand kids several times a week. Life is good.