Ron Bird:  

ase paint running down my face so much that I scared all the children who came in. After graduating from SWT I began teaching at Sam Houston High School in San Antonio. During the summers I worked as a swimmiing/counselor at a boys camp near Kerrville, Texas (Camp Rio Vista) and one summer pumped gas at an Esso Station on the night shift. Then I began teaching with the DoD Dependent schools. First at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal (where I met my future wife), then at Nile C. Kinnick High School in Yokohama, Japan for two years (YoHi). Then we traveled to Darmstadt, Germany where I taught 7 - 9 grade social studies and math for 4 years. From there we went to RAF Chicksands, England where I again taught 7 - 9 grade social studies and math for 5 years creating the Knights of the Round Table of Chicksands Order for my students., In 1978 we returned to San Antonio where I was employed as a math teacher at Theodore Roosevelt High School. In 1984 I became the chairman of the math department and in 1986 went to the central office as the computer hardware specialist. In 1988 I returned to the classroom at Roosevelt. In 1990 we moved to Medina Lake, Texas and I transferred to the math department of William Howard Taft High School which was the closest high school in San Antnio to Medina Lake. I finally retired from Taft and teaching in 2001 after 38 years of teaching. Today I do vegetable gardening (mostly tomatoes and peppers) and cut the grass after a morning reading email on the internet. I'm an Apple computer fan which makes some of my friends think I'm weird. I love doing projects on the computer like turning my VHS tapes into movies and making CDs from cassette and phonograph records. Every afternoon I go to the Medina Lake Country Club (which is just a bar) and sip a few beverages with some friends. My wife Judy doesn't seem to mind 'cause I'm "trustworthy and loyal" or as I like to say "I'm lovable". In November 2013 my lovely Judy went to heaven and I miss her dearly. In April 2014 my next best friend Ben (my chocolate lab) went to join Judy and wait for me. Recently I have acquired a Golden Retriever puppy, Teddy Roosevelt who keeps me and my lab Dolley very busy. Being alone is very strange but as they sing "I'm a survivor" and have kept busy in my garden. Now it's 2023: Nothing especially new has happened. Still have my Golden Retriever, Teddy, who has grown very large (99.8 lbs.) and not a drop of fat. Also have another Chocolate Lab (who is also huge at 93.4 lbs) as well as a cat Max. Max owns the neighborhood here at the lake. Medina lake is down to 22% full and haven't put my boat in the water for 4 years. My '47 Willlys Jeep still runs though I don't drive it as much as I originally did since I'm getting up there in age and don't like the cold very much. Getting ready to start my garden in a few weeks and grow the traditional tomatoes, jalapeños, and squash. My next-door neighbor, Barbara is stating at my house since it is one-level and hers is multilevel. We are both in our 80's.. We've been together since my wife and her husband both died a few months apart 10 years ago. Still kicking, drinking scotch and beer and computering.