Mark Magliola:  

Hey there...welcome to my profile story. Thanks for the visit. You may wish to sign my guestbook, too. Please feel free to do so. Though, I presently am not a paying member here, and Classmates doesn't allow me to read my guestbook signitures. Here's a thought, jot me your name on my bulletin board. I get email alerts of bulletin board postings and am able to read the first 40 or so characters left on it. Thnx Mag Born third son of four boys, in Chicago at the tail end of the '50's. Father moved us all to Baton Rouge when I was about three. It was the turbulent '60's and I saw some historical moments, including the Black Panther Militant riot on the Capitol. Attended, a "defacto" segregated Broadmoor Elementary for my entire primary yrs.-Graduated 6th grade 06/1972. One week later, my family moved to Cocoa Beach, Florida during an interesting period in that community. Apollo was waining & so was the local economy. Enjoyed living there when it was still a quaint place, but still filled with the excitement of NASA space missions, such as Apollo XVII's night launch and The Skylab Launch. Attended Roosevelt Junior High for 7th & half of 8th grade. Then, in the dead of winter '74, Father moved us to South Bend, IN less than 80 miles from where I was born. We were close to family again, but far from the warmth of the South, and a lifestyle that had been my only life up to then. Fi...Expand for more