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Dorinda Hopper Hopper

Profile Updated: June 7, 2023
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Where do you currently live? (State, Country)
SAN ANTONIO, TX USA
Occupation
Retired Art Teacher
Children
Giovanni Stephan Hopper Ortiz, born 1.31.2008
Yes! Attending Reunion
Where in the world did your overseas chapter unfold?

Goose Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada 1973-4

Share a memory that could only have 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.

High school graduating year:

1981

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.

What have you been up to since you graduated?

Goose Bay , Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada 1973-4

Have you been to a Gathering or Homecoming?

No

The dreaded question...Where are you from? Feel free to elaborate—we love brat stories!

Born in Roswell, New Mexico

Of all the places you’ve lived, which one still holds a piece of your heart — and why?

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.

Countries you lived in overseas:

Canada

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