Ronson Webster:  

I moved to Sylmar in the late summer of 1972. We lived on the corner of Borden and Herron St. My nieghborhood friends were Dewayne Rey who 3 years older than me, Kim Zenner was 2 years older than me. She also use to watch me and my brother and two sisters whenever my parents would go bowling, Mark Morris and Mitch Roberts and I would have knockout drag out fights whenever we played sports together. LOL. Steve Zenner, Frank Nanez, John and Matt Dimoude hung out on our block as well. In thouse days we played touch football and homerun derby and on summer nights we would play tag. Tag was a blast since my parents let us stay out until 10:00 PM. I attended Gridley Street Elementary School from 1972 through 1979. My good buddies back then were Robert Kutz, Dennis Phillip, Richard and Ray A. Dale Martinez, Ty Sales, Dennis Weber, Wesley Tanijuri, Dewayne Rey and Paul Cathers. Paul became my best friend and was my best man at my wedding. During that time I was a cub scout. We weren't your tuypical scouts! I had a few class crushes. In first grade through third grade I chased Suzan Pinkston. Suzan was wouldn't have any part of me because she was crazy for Robert Kutz who wasn't interested in girls at the time. In sixth grade Rose McAdams was my first girl friend. We use to work in the "Ball Room" together during recess. We would get together on and off for convenience sake up though my senior year in high school. My favorite teacher was Mrs. Barnes. I drove her crazy, but I could tell that she like me. As a student I was placed in gifted classes but, never truly applied myself. My focus was drawing which I had won a few art contests. During my third grade year I had left Gridley to go live with my Dad in Sun Valley. I attended Vinedale elementry. I was basically on my own. My dad was never around so I did a lot of hiking and bike riding. He owned horses and we would go ridiing from time to time but they were more work than they were worth keeping in my oppinion. To this day I do not have horses. I also had a paper route for the Valley Green Sheet. I played flag football at Sylmar Park and baseball at S.I.B.L. . I love hanging out with friends until the street lights went on. I also use to skateboard with Wess, Richard "Taco" McDonald, Tom Mason, Tony Dinco. We use to find abandoned houses with pools and or mowe lawns for people who had pools that were drained during the water shortage. We were the "Sylmar Skaters". I also rode my Redline BMX bike throughout the San Fernando Valley and Santa Monica Beach with Farley Magadia, George and Luise, Richard A., and Dealvin. After Graduating from Gridley, I went San Fernando JR. High. There, I continued to develop as an artist. I spent more time drawing pictures than doing schoolwork. I wasn't a very good student during Jr. High. I had three short-lived relationships with Wendy Rolkie Christina Gonzales and Shelley Paver. Shelley and I met at church camp. She chased me until I finally caved in. She was a wild one and her dad was our youth pastor, go figure. Other than that my friends were Steve Diaro, Shellie Dorman and a handful of acquaintances. I played Trumpet in the Jazz band and was kicked out of the class because I had a good ear but would read the music. Mr. Dale changed my part one morning and realized I wasn't reading a single note. He asked me what I wanted to do with my life and I told him that I wanted to play professional football. He wished me good luck and sent me to the councilor to switch my music class for a P.E. class. I was pretty hard headed! I went ahead and signed up to play tackle football for the North Valley Golden Bears. The Bears were known for having great teams and good coaching. Paul and I both tried ou...Expand for more