Denise Tkach:  

What's my story morning glory..... graduated from MK in 1970... almost 40 years ago...whew! Had a whirlwind romance that started that summer of 1970... when it ended in 1971..Madaline Crose gave me an opportunity to get out of MP packed up all my stuff, stuck it on a Mattson line container and moved to Hawaii. Lived in Hawaii on Diamond Head, beautiful home with Mad and her sister Toni...another story there... oh yeah, Ken and I got back together. He was living on the North Shore of Oahu and I was a little intrigued by his picture on the cover of several Surfing Mags.. so I married him in 1972 in Waialua, Hawaii. Actually, I am not that shallow, it was our destiny to be together after going together at MK, breaking up, going together at MK, and then breaking up.... and then....the rest is history. We lived in Hawaii for several years (playing and working, playing and working).... came back to the mainland and got serious. Ken built our home in San Clemente, as well as two of my sister's homes. We finally started and ended our family with twins in 1982. After raising the kids...Ken was a hands on coach at whatever the kids were involved in...soccer, softball, volleyball, little league, basketball... and I cheered loudly from the stands. (Once was warned to settle down or I would be ejected from the stands by an umpire) didn't know I was that verbal, did you? Well, I did have the nickname by Mr. Wise (remember him at MK) as motor mouth. When our children were small, I went back to school to get a pre-school teacher certificate at Saddleback College, worked for the school di...Expand for more