Don Marshall:  

I attended MPHS my Sophomore, Junior and the start of my Senior years but had to move to Oregon with my family in October 1970. After high school I spent 4 years in the Air Force from 1972 thru 1976 but after basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas I spent the rest of my time as a Communications Specialist at a small Radar Station about an hour east of San Diego in the Laguna Mountains. I married in 1972 and we had two sons who are now 39 and 36. My first wife and I divorced in 1981 and I married my wife, (the love of my life) of 33 years, Teresa, in 1982. We live just outside the small town of Oakland, OR. After the Air Force I went into Police Work as a patrol officer in Roseburg, OR. I quit in 1980 in an effort to save my first marriage but as mentioned above that did not work. I worked as a disc jockey for a small country station where I met Teresa. I went back to the police department in 1982 and worked patrol till 1985 when I seriously injured my back during an arrest. After a back surgery my doctor would not let me continue in police work so the department let me go in 1986. Oregon Worker's Comp laws suck and you can't get a pension unless you are 100% disabled. I was deemed only 35% disabled. After going back to radio for awhile I went back to work for the City in the Finance Department as an Account Clerk. We moved to Eugene, OR in 1997 to try to find better career opportunities. I worked as an Account Manager for a large printing firm till the injury I suffered in 1985 aggravated. I have had a total of 5 back surgeries and have had 2 morphine pumps implants since 2002. I am now considered 100% disabled. I get...Expand for more