Ronald Pauley:  

Well, I'll start my story in the year I was born. September 1958 at Mercy Hospital. I had the unfortunate situation of being in the nursery next to a now very famous Singer. What I can tell you is she took advantage of me, and that's all I'm going to say about that! In my early years my Dad was in the Army, so we moved base to base. Then in 1967 my Dad got out of the Army. We then moved back to Bay City and lived in the South End. If anybody remembers I went to Whittier School. But then a year later we move to the westside, and my parents bought the old homestead on Dewitt Street between the two one-way streets. I started at Wenona School. That's where I started to meet a lot of my friends I still have today. That year was a great year for me. We were at Mr. Hot Dog on South Broadway listening to my Dad's Radio in his new 1968 Red Ford Galaxie 500 XL when the Tiger won the World Series . My hero growing up was Al Kaline, Mr. Tiger they don't make them like that anymore! Then in 1969 I played baseball at the Southwest Little League, I wore my hero's number 6 and played for the Newcor Business and had Mr. Roger Phelps (Jay's Dad ) and Mr. Wayne Jebb was the assistance Coach. I learned a lot from those two gentlemen. We won the Minor league title that year and it was great. As Fall of 1970 rolled around it was a new awaking for me. I jumped to Junior High and went to Adam Kolb. That's where we had one of the most influential persons in my life! The none other than Mr. Edmond Borgioli the Principal at Kolb. He was a tough but fair Principal. You didn't get out of line with his leadership, he ran a tight ship. ( too bad we can have people like this anymore. ) We wouldn't have most of the problems we have in schools now....Expand for more