Timeline: Kurt Wanfried: My life

Jun 1, 1970

High School Graduation

Graduated from W.E. Stebbins High School

Period: Sep 1, 1970 to Nov 24, 1970

Penn State University

Penn State
Went to Penn State to study theater. Decided I didn't like theater, wanted to get out and see the world. Dropped out, jumped in the back of a VW van and took off for California.

Period: Nov 27, 1970 to Jun 1, 1971

California Daze

Lived in a commune for a few months; worked in a trailer factory. Hitchhiked up a down the West Coast, went to a few rock festivals.

Period: Jul 1, 1971 to Sep 1, 1972

Spain

Went to visit my mom, who was spending a year in Spain. Planned to go back to college in Sept., 1971. Got a job teaching Engligh at Academia Cots. Stayed there a year.

Period: Sep 24, 1972 to Jun 24, 1976

Penn State

Penn State
Started out studying advertising. Switched to journalism.

Jun 24, 1976

Graduate from Penn State

Receive a BS degree in broadcast journalism

Period: Sep 1, 1976 to Sep 1, 1977

Staff photographer at Kittanning Leader-Times

Learned craft of daily newspapering. Did good work. As only photog covering news and sports, worked 60-70 hours a week and loved it. After one year I quit because I hated working for a boss who was an alcoholic, wa lazy and didn't care about the paper. Obviously I was rash and immature.

Period: Sep 1, 1977 to Sep 1, 1978

Wedding photographer, TV director.

While I was looking for a newspaper job, worked part-time for a photo studio and for a Christian TV statin in Kittanning, Pa.

Period: Sep 1, 1978 to Apr 15, 2000

Carlisle Sentinel

Cumberlink<br>Came to The Sentinel as chief photographer, then became photo editor, city editor, managing editor, and Internet editor. Because of my efforts, The Sentinel was the first daily newspaper in Pa. on the Web.

Jul 11, 1987