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Dorinda Hopper Hopper

Profile Updated: June 7, 2023
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What state (or country if outside CONUS) do you now reside in?
SAN ANTONIO, TX USA
Occupation
Retired Art Teacher
Children
Giovanni Stephan Hopper Ortiz, born 1.31.2008
Yes! Attending Reunion
What is your high school graduating year?

1981

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Goose Bay , Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada 1973-4

School Story

We were stationed in Goose Bay, Labrador in about 1972-3. I attended the elementary school on base 4th and part of fifth grade.

When and where were you a brat outside the United States?

Goose Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada 1973-4

Have you been to a Gathering or Homecoming?

No

Do you have a memory that could have only happened because of where you were?

I remember the snow would cover the buildings. It dark for many months. In the "summer" I would play in the woods. The black flies were horrendous. My mom had put bug spray all over but when I came home there was blood dripping from the corners of my eyes. We freaked out!
We lived in barracks next to a Canadian AF family as that was the housing available. We would visit the indigenous village named Happy Valley to shop for cool stuff. In winter there a phone number to call to find out if it was safe to step outside. It would get -70°. We had to plug our groovy station wagon into a plug outside. And we had a basement, which I thought was soon cool.

The dreaded question...Where are you from?

Born in Roswell, New Mexico

Do you have a favorite place where you ever lived? What made it special to you?

Right here in San Antonio. I have lived here since 1975 and love it here.

Have you been back to visit any place you lived growing up overseas?

Oh no...although I have looked it up on the internet to try to place some memories.

Did you live (not just visit) in...

Canada

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