LINDA SCRUGGS:  

I ATTENDED MONROE ONLY ONE YEAR, MY SR YEAR. I WAS A VERY SHY, SCARED AND MIXED UP TEENAGER. MY FATHER HAD JUST BEEN KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT AND WE HAD ALL BEEN PULLED FROM A BEAUTIFUL HOME IN ALASKA, TO ARIZ., WHERE MY MOTHERS FAMILY LIVED.MY MOTHER, UNABLE TO HANDLE 6 KIDS BY HERSELF, SENT MY BROTHER MARK AND I TO LIVE WITH MY SISTER IN ST PAUL. I WAS LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER.....BUT.....ALONG CAME JIM BAUER, HE WAS VERY OUTGOING AND POPULAR AND FUN! HE REALLY HELPED ME THRU THAT YEAR OF HIGHSCHOOL. I GOT A JOB AS A WAITRESS IN AN OLD RAILROAD CAR CLOSE TO OUR HOUSE. THE OWNERS WERE VERY GOOD TO ME AND I HAVE V...Expand for more