Mark Parker

Lived in Bakersfield virtually all of my life. Graduated from Cal State Bakersfield in 1974. Was married and now divorced about five years ago with two grown children. My grandson is about six months old. I hate his mother. She won't let me take him out to play catch. She is totally unreasonable.

Work as the CFO for a local Ag related Company.

I like to get out an about and have a beer. My daughter was a cheerleader at UCLA, so I am a big Bruins fan ..Beat SC

I enjoy dinner, movies and concerts etc. My favorite tv show is NCIS.

Played football and baseball at West (Varsity Baseball was SYL Champions in 1970, WHS first varsity Championship in any sport). I married Pam Shofner, a cheerleader from the WHS class of 1972. We were married about 30 years. Remarried to Marsha

I can remember the bomb scares and alarms every day for a week or so. I remember football defeating BHS at Griffith field for the first time, Burt Rowe beating Paul Briggs.. I remember the BHS Cheerleaders doing a skit and partially stripping in the West gym at an exchange rally to "Why Don't We Do It In The Road," while Kevin Sneed would yell out "put it back on flabby" (They were definitely not flabby). Also remember "Red Red Wine" in another rally at the gym sung by I believe Bob McBride and some others. I remember a time when the thing to do was to drive around the Garces Circle over and over.

Most of the baseball players from the class of 1970 won the the SYL JV championship in 1968 and Varsity championship in 1970.

The fight between Julius Norwood and Wendell Little is one that people remember.

The library and the frogs was probably the most infamous event.