Ronald Colson:  

8/21/08 Hey Cooper Hawks, class of 1978. I cant believe I graduated from Cooper Sr High 3o years ago. I'm grateful I even graduated. You folks who knew me back in the day, probably saw me as quiet and reserved, to put it mildly. I'm not going to lie..Of coarse I would be characterized as a Freak not a Jock, I smoked some cannabis now and then (and a couple of other things). I've been a friend of Bill's for a good long time now. I wish I had been more of an extrovert, but I am what I am. I've lived in a few different places in my life since school. I have also moved back "home" to Minnesota a few times. I loved Minnesota, but I last left for good in 1995, I moved to Phoenix, AZ. I worked as a machinist in my brother's shop for a while. Then we started a sheetmetal business together with a couple of other partners. I had to get out a few years later. My bro and I weren't seeing eye to eye. I met my wife in Phoenix. We lived at the same apartment complex. She is a Philly girl. She has sometimes referred to me as a country bumpkin, (when she gets mad). I told her not all Minnesotans are like the characters from "Fargo". We had our baby Courtney born in Mesa, AZ in May 2000. We moved to Fort Myers, Fl in 2003. Her parents live on the east coast. We didn't wan...Expand for more