DOCENT OF THE MONTH
September 2006

Patricia Mosley

My family and I moved to Simi Valley in August 1963. The house we had purchased was not built yet, due to the fact that Metropolitan water was not here yet.  We had to buy another place to live in until the house on Fitzgerald Road was completed.  When we moved here there was one traffic signal here on the corner of Tapo and Los Angeles Ave.  A line of stately Eucalyptus divided Los Angeles Ave. into two streets, one going east and the other west.  When we moved into the house on Fitzgerald the Runkles were our neighbors.  Their cattle as well often visited us looking down the 18 foot embankment behind our backyard.  The children grew up here (4 boys, 1 girl) graduating from Simi High, Royal High, and one from Apollo.  The eldest and the youngest also graduated from Moorpark College.  This year marked my 23^rd as a docent and I’m looking forward to the 25^th!