An Introduction to Ray Valine

 My father died 3 days after I was born and I was mostly raised in St. Patrick orphanage in Sacramento.  I joined the U.S. Marine Corp when I was 18 years old. Fought in in Vietnam and spent my 19th birthday in the jungles and rice paddies.  Serving my country taught me how to be a man with many lessons learned. 

As a young man out of the corp. I went to work for the Sacramento Sanitation Dept. After seeing a 3rd world country I was appalled at the waste we had in this country, My idea before its, time of was for recycling system instead of a garbage system in every home was rejected by the the company. I rejoiced in life, I loved children and wanted life to be fun. I started to dress in costume on holidays on my route, much to the delight children and local newspapers and around world even Taiwan and Australia. I became a local folk hero.