Biography of Carol Byker:

Born in Brawley, Ca. the day after Pearl Harbor was bombedyou figure it out.
My older sister Pat, whom some of you have met, told me all of my life that the
Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor because they knew I was coming. I grew up in the
little town of Hemet, which is not little any more. My husband, I and our 4
children moved here in 1971. Two of my kids, Robert and Sandi still live here.
Just remember if you run into any Byker's, they belong to me. And yes, we Byker's
were bikers. The 2nd best vacation I ever had was 6 weeks on a motorcycle
traveling over the western part of America and Canada. The 1st. was my
retirement gift to myself -A grand tour of Italy and Sicily.

The year after we moved here I went to work for the Porterville School District
and I retired from Porterville High after working for the District for 33 years.
Retirement suits me fine as I now have time for lots of fun things. I took an oil
class and painted many years ago when my children were small then gave is up
because the rearing of four children takes a lot of time and energy. Now I have
time to be an artsy person. And that brings me to you and the Porterville Art
Association.