Donna Hegelein:  

Life continues.... Here we go again with some changes. I'll keep the keep some of the "history" in case you're interested...if not, well, either keep scrolling down or keep on surfing.... Since graduation, I moved to Endicott with my then future husband, Jack Gragg. (Some may know him as an Army recruiter in Owego.) I attended SUNY Binghamton for two years until we moved to Niagara Falls, where I got a BS in Business at Buffalo State. In 1989, we moved to Bakersfield, CA, after Jack telling them he wanted to move "somewhere warm." Bakersfield is, with many 100 degree days; a few times the temperature has topped 110. The best thing is that it has snowed only twice in the 19 years I've lived here. After Jack retired from the Army, things got rough and we divorced in 1999. I married David Hays, a Bakersfield native in 2001. I got my Master's Degree in Social Work in June 2003 and will be working toward becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I continue to work full time as a supervisor for Kern County Child Protective Services, which has made the newspapers way too often. I know we are doing the job well (19 years of experience helps), but when it comes to abused or neglected children, everyone thinks they know how to do the job better. Things are ever changing with me, as I am now separated from my husband...(I suspect that I have a fatal flaw) and we share custody of our two wonderful dogs, Patti & Sam. Life is funny though; I am now back with my first true love, Brian Nolff. We dated a brief 2 months, more than 23 years ago (25 now) and managed to find each other again. He came all the way from Virginia, just to be with me; so now I know for sure...there is such a thing as "happily ever after." It hasn't been an easy time, but we ...Expand for more