Nancy Gayle Howard Draper
13678 W. Monte Vista Road
Goodyear, Arizona 85338
623/535-5191  FAX: 623/535-7018
email: azgolferngd@earthlink.net
Publisher/Editor:  Arizona Golfer

  It has been an interesting and adventuresome forty years.  From my first marriage of seventeen years, I have two beautiful children or rather wonderful adult offspring. Michael Bradley Dowell, who just turned 33 years old, runs his own audit for a post auditing firm called PRG in Houston.  He travels extensively from Houston to Phoenix so I get to see a lot of him and that's wonderful.  Heather DeAnn Dowell turned 30 this year and owns her own landscaping firm; Blades, Lawn and Landscape.  She also works with the Parks & Recreation Department in Arlington, Texas.  I am so very fortunate to have two intelligent and precious people in my life.  We have begun the transition of being parent and child to becoming very good friends and I really like that. Neither has chosen to marry thus far which I believe to be very wise on their part.
  I raised my family in Arlington, Texas while owning an advertising agency for seventeen years.  I served as president of the Advertising Club of Fort Worth, chaired the 10th District American Advertising Federation Convention, and served as chairman and co-chairman of the Addy Awards for the Advertising Club of Fort Worth.  After my children took off to college, I decided to move to the Valley of the Sun in the sunshine state...Phoenix, Arizona, where I slowed down my pace of life and began my career over in the publishing business.  As publisher/editor of Arizona Golfer, which is a statewide newsprint tabloid going into its tenth year, I thoroughly enjoy the fruits of my labor by playing as much golf as possible between selling advertising and producing the monthly issue.  It has opened many avenues of travel to most of the west coast states and Baja, Mexico at some of the finest golf resorts.  
  I've never been happier, as I always enjoyed working and playing hard most of my school days and that's exactly what my lifestyle is today.  Being in our 50's seems to be a wonderful age group in my eyes, although not completely thrilled with the wrinkles that seem to keep appearing more frequently and remaining longterm.
  My new life in Arizona is being semi married, as I occupy a home in Goodyear, which is in the west Valley of Phoenix, and my husband lives at Tucson National Resort and Spa in Tucson, Arizona.  We travel back and forth during the month and have the flexibility to enjoy our own space and activities apart as well as together.
  What I have learned through the years is that my Father was much smarter than I could have ever imagined as everything he taught me came to fruition.  His philosophy was, "The only good thing in life you have to leave your children is a good name."  That is proving truer with every day that passes.  Good business ethics, active living, enjoying the free things in life; family, good friends and laughter truly are the most important.  As we reach the autumn years, through so many experiences, we find that everything we indeed needed to learn in life Was Taught in Kindergarten.
  I regret that I will not be able to attend our 40th Reunion due to travel plans to Portugal for a golf tour.  It's my first trip across the big pond and I'm thoroughly looking forward to it so timing doesn't permit me to reacquaint myself with classmates this year.
However, I wish everyone the best and I'll do everything I can to make the next reunion.  In the meantime, I hope that I will hear from a lot of you to catch up on your lives.