Clem Damian:  

Life After I graduated from Greeley Central in 1967, I moved to a little town in Southern Colo. named La Veta, just west of Walsenburg. I moved there with my girlfriend at the time; it was her hometown and her name was Ersie. I doubt that anybody in my class would know her, but anyway, we got married a few weeks later and a few months later she was pregnant with my first son, George (born July, 1968. He graduated from Greeley West in 1983. It was very difficult making a living in the mountains, so we moved to Walsenburg, then Pueblo, where I worked at the CF & I steel mill for a few years. Unfortunately, we divorced after a few years of marriage and I moved back to good ol' Greelely. That was back in the 1970's and everything was "groovy". I enrolled at Aims College, but not to get educated, just for the college party scene, but then I found that I actually enjoyed learning. I graduated and got a scholarship for the next 2 years, so I went to a small Catholic college in Madison, Wis. I graduated with a BA in Business and moved back to Greelely. I remarried in 1979 and had another son, Johnny, in 1983. After a few temp jobs, I got hired with the Colo. Dept of Labor and worked there for 20 years. Well darned if history didn't repeat itself! I got divorced again in 1999 only this time it was anything but "groovy". In 1999, I was diagnosed with Diabetis and high blood pressure, I'm about 50 pounds overweight, (which I'm desperately trying to lose) my hair is very thin on top, I'm broke because after I retired, I took all my retirement in one lump sum and we paid off all our bills, (how did I know ...Expand for more