Donna Sipes:  

Born and raised in Victorville CA, moved out of state to Oregon at age 35. Have lived in Oregon ever since. Looking for classmates and old sweeties! I attended all Victorville schools; Victorville Elementary at age 5-7. Then moved and went to Irwin School, went from there into VVJH, and onto our famous Victor Valley Senior High. There were 3 girls that I distinctly remember that lived right next to Irwin school, they wre Becky Grett, her cousin Charlene, another class mate Lynn Melton, and Rosalie Padilla, she was my best friend. I guess the best way of remembering me, was being shy and being picked on. One year at VVJH I had credits to make up and had summer school. That wasn't a good year. They had pulled in other kids from another school, these kids were mean! I got stuck in the middle of a situation that rumors got around that i liked a boy, I think his name was Ron for which I didn't really like, don't think I even looked at him. The bad kids just stirred it up for me and his girl friend came after me. Of course a fight came into the picture, I wasn't a fighter; however I wasn't going to back down either. The fight turned out even. Nobody got hurt except pride. That whole summer had fights just about every day at school on the front lawn. Hated that Summer!!!! I was one of those late bloomers, didn't bloom potentially till I reached High School. Junior High was hard for me especially in some of the clothes I wore. I remeber having to change things up by taking the stupid bobby socks off before I got to school, my mother was very old fashioned and had a hard time of me growing up. I even rolled my skirts up to make them shorter, she would make me wear them past my knees, so all day I was having to adjust my skirt because it always kept falling down. I think if she were more open with me about things, I wouldn't of found myself pregnant! I really don't fault her, and I love her dearly. She's still alive; however in a nursing home. She in her younger years and at the same time I was going to school, she worked at the phone company across the street from the High School. She had put in about 17 yrs with that company. I believe it was; Continental Telephone Company at the time. She worked with people her age I knew real well. Ophelia Winters, now deceased Richard Cutter and Jack Jenkins, his son Mark was the one I dated briefly at our High School. He's the boy/man I've been trying to locate. I heard he married not happily and I was told I broke his heart, whether that is true that remains to be seen. I ended up with a person 4yrs older than me, pregnant and 6 yrs of hell with him. I had 3 beautiful children by him, i will never forsake them, they were my joy in life. Has anyone seen the movie with; Farah Fawcett-Majors...Expand for more