This is my cousin Jan, who has been the inspiration to this blog. She offered some great suggestions to me that helped make this page much better. She is a graduate of Walla Walla High School just like me. Her Dad was one of the sons in "B. Barer And Sons" (The other son was my Grandfather Barer) Jan has been fighting cancer for the last 10 years and is licking it like Muhammed Ali, when he took Sonny Liston down with one punch. I am fortunate enough to be a member of her fan club, which is no ordinary fan club. You can read about it at her site.