Roberta Siekierke:  

Life Thanks to Classmates, I found my true love. But let me start near the beginning. A native cheesehead born in Green Bay, my family moved around some in Wisconsin and Michigan because my father was in the Coast Guard. I attended Oshkosh North High for 3 years during which time my father retired from the military and began working as an electrician in New London, which prompted us to move and that's where I graduated in 1976. However, I still count ONHS as my alma mater because all of my treasured friends and memories were established in Oshkosh. I've been living in Central Texas since 1978, when I was stationed at Fort Hood. In 1981, when I completed my 4-year contract as a journalist/editor with the U.S. Army, I stayed in Texas. I still pine for the sound of Lake Michigan lapping the shoreline and the smell of lilacs in spring; but you can keep all that snow and shoveling/snow blowing. After the Army I worked for a newspaper in nearby Temple for nearly a year, and then decided it was time to put my military education benefits to work. So I began working on a bachelor's degree in business/marketing. During that time I snagged a great job with the local telephone company in Killeen and worked my way into the public relations department. I loved the people and the work, but after 15 years and three corporate downsizings, I found myself out of a job. So I went back to my roots and started writing again, this time for the Killeen paper. After nearly five years with them as the lifestyle writer/editor I felt it was time for a change, so I went through a state-approved program to become a certified teacher. I su...Expand for more