Thomas Timm:  

Well, were does one start? First off it is so very nice and comforting to see the people in here still connected. Although the amount of years spent together in school is nothing compared to the lives we have lived since, we still all have a common bond that never really dies. We lose touch but eventually find each other again. My life... Well after graduation I started to work at Roseburg Forest Products in Riddle. I worked there for 5 years during this time I dated several people and got serious with one from South Umpqua. We moved in together and started a family (ended up getting married April 6, 1991). On March 6, 1990 My first of two daughters was born, (Shantell Elizabeth Timm). Things were not all peaches and cream for quite sometime and I ended up getting fired from the Riddle plant. Stressed about not knowing what to do for a job I worked for a temp agency for a few months then decided to go in the militarty to learn a skill and have a stable job if not for a few years. On January 7th 1991, I signed up to join the United States Marine Corps. One week later the United States entered the Gulf war. I spent 13 years in the Corps making 5 full deployments for destinations no one really wants to visit for fun. My first four years I was stationed at Camp Pendleton in Southern California as an infanty man. I re-enlisted there for another four years with the bonus of getting to join the airwing and become a metalsmith. I was station in Yuma Arizona for the remainder of my time. It was while in Yuma that my second daughter was born, (Chanell Amelia Timm). After several ill thoguhtout decision on my part I was Honorably Discharged from the Marine Corps due to high tenure. I needed to pick up e-6 (Staff Seargent) by the 13 year mark and that did not happen. So on February 20 2004, I and my family moved back to Oregon. I did absolutely nothing for 4 months except decom...Expand for more