FACTS about this decade-
Population: 226,546,000
Unemployed in 1980:
National Debt: 1980 - $914,000,000,000
National Debt:  1986 - $2,000,000,000,000
Average salary: $15,757
Life Expectancy: Male 69.9  Female 77.6
Minimum Wage:  $3.10
BMW was $12,000; Mercedes 280 E was $14,800
Attendance:  Movies 20 million/week

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Karin
June 1980

 1980

Feb.15th,1980, Stormville, N.Y... 42 years old.

Favorite Movies for 1980:

Attica 3/2/80 on TV
Condominium 11/20/80 on TV
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything 6/13/80 on TV  
A Change of Seasons 
American Gigolo
Any Which Way You Can
Atlantic City
Brubaker
Coal Miner's Daughter
Le Dernier metro, (The Last Metro)
Je vous aime,  (I Love You All)
La Légion saute sur Kolwezi, (Military Coup in Kolwezi)
Nine to Five
Return of the Secaucus 7 
The First Deadly Sin
The Long Good Friday     

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Richard Mark and Barbara-
Graduation from USMC
Platoon 3084 
Completed training
Dec. 12, 1980 
Marine Corps Recruit Depot 
Parris Island, South Carolina
1981  
       
 "Dick was one of the most inquisitive students in the course 'Party Politics and Pressure Groups.' His analysis of current issues often stimulated our class discussions." wrote, Edward J. O'Connor of The Duchess County Department of Planning, on 12-18,1981
Feb.15th,1981, Stormville, N.Y.
12 Best Movie for 1981:            

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Rogue artist- June 1982

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1982 Graduation from 
Marist College 
May 22, 1982

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Richard, Pauline, James

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Jurka family, 
Kathy and Barbara's parents, 
Kathy, her husband and son
June 1982

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Richard with Karin & Mark
June 1982

 

 1982
                                                               
Feb.15th,1982, Stormville, N.Y.
April 6th, 1982, During a snow storm. Frank Cassetta, pick me up and took me to my new place, 191 Mill Street , Poughkeepsie, NY
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(Poughkeepsie, April 6, 1982)
April 7th, 1982,..Asked Eleanor for a lunch date...she said NO!  
April 9th, 1982 Eleanor went to Skinner's with me. That evening I went down in the city and went to "CBGB" (Country, Blue Grass, and Blues) Legendary Music Club
     
On April 9 1982, Rogue was drawn on the wall of the CBGB bathroom and a saying.-"Rogue Said it, You'd Better Believe it"
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May 22nd, 1982, BA from Marist College with a double major in Business Administration and Communications Arts
May 26th, 1982, Open office for Montero & Associates in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.  
September 1982...moved to Executive Towers I lived at 160 Academy Street, Apt.7B - Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Mohonk is the place that Eleanor took me for a hike on our so called first date on Sept. 4th, 1982. 
 www.mohonk.com 
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October,1982, Poughkeepsie...Eleanor moved in with me.
October 27th,1982, Wingdale, N.Y....Went to work for N.Y.D.Y. as a Y.D.A.
12 Best Movie for 1982:     

       

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Karin, Richard      

Dixie Larrabee, Richard
Paula and Richard
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Richard and brand new station wagon-

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going to work at Division of Youth, Windale, NY 
Sept. 1982		 Mary and Richard Richard and Penny - Ferdico's birthday party Sept, 1982
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Pete Ferdico,
Richard

 

 Frank Casetta, Richard June of 1982 at Law Office in Coral Gables, Florida. Joseph Ferrara and Richard. 
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10/16/82
To My Woman- Eleanor
That look is for you, only you.

My Christmas Present!



   

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 1983    
                                                                              
Feb. 15th,1983, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
March,1983, Hyde Park, N.Y....Open Many Moons Native American Art & Artifacts.
April 14th,1983, President Reagan denied he was trying to overthrow the leftist Nicaraguan government.
Oct.31st,1983, Poughkeepsie, N.Y...El & I first Halloween Party.
12 Best Movie for 1983:           

1983 at Disney World
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Miami. Left to right. Karin,
Eleanor, Diana, and Joann. 
Behind Diana is Richard. 
Taken Dec. of 1983.

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Richard and sister (Bunnie)
Bernice 1983

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Invitation to wedding!
Oct. 31, 1984

 1984      
                                                                
Jan.1st 1984, New York...El & I at Times Square for New Years.             
Feb.15th 1984 New York.
October 31st 1984- Poughkeepsie, N.Y.... Married Eleanor Kinney. 
Frank Cassetta was my best man.
12 Best Movie for 1984:             

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 Richards Aunt Virginia & 
her son Junior in Key West

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Attending Mikisuki Indian Tribe
Festival

1985         
                                                               
Feb.15th 1985, Poughkeepsie, N.Y
12 Best Movie for 1985:           

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NYC Flea Market
 7th Ave. and 26th street

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New York City on
July 4th 1986. 
Left to right. Eleanor, Patrick, 
Kelly Ross, Maria Calsetta, 
Ronald Reagan, Richard behind 
him, and Michael.

 

 1986     
                                                             
Feb.15th,1986, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
April 14th,1986, U.S. warplanes struck Libya in the biggest U.S. air strike since the Vietnam War. Libya claimed 40 people were killed.  
12 Best Movie for 1986:          

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Jim looking at some great 
gams on May 3rd. 1986.

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Richard's Scooterland in 
Montauk Point, Long Island

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Richard and his wife, 
Cathy in 1987

 1987     
                                                              
Feb.15th,1987, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
May 6th,1987, former CIA Director William Casey, a key figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, died of pneumonia after surgery for a brain tumor. He was 74.                                            
12 Best Movie for 1987:       

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Welsh ,Wiseguy & Tiger
1988
Wiseguy still had his ear!

 1988          
                                                               
Feb.15th,1988, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
12 Best Movie for 1988:    
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Esopus Antiques and Collectibles- first load of antiques!

Esopus Antiques & Collectibles Van

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Welsh and Eleanor 
on the Hyde Park Patio 1988

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Eleanor and sunset
Clearwater, Fl.
1988

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House at  1765 NW 21st Street

 1989            
                                                                   
Feb.15th,1989, Hyde Park, N.Y.
March 1st,1989, Espous, N.Y...Open the Espous Antiques & Collectibles Warehouse.
May 6th, 1989, Espous, N.Y...Artist, Alexander Shundi ask, Artist Richard Montero, to help Elizabeth Hill for her birthday to get stuff from Many Moons for her shop, Suta Native American Art in Amenia, N.Y.
12 Best Movie for 1989: