‘Romance Forged From The Coals’

SR photo: Dan Pelle

You can’t exactly call them high-school sweethearts, since they only had a handful of dates during their senior year at Central Valley High School – but those dates left an impression that lingered through the decades. Terri Reavis has never forgotten the first time she saw Mick Jackson. It was 1974 and she walked past a trophy case protected by a steel rail. “The Rail” was where the “cool jocks” congregated and checked out the girls, Reavis said. “Walking by The Rail was always an unnerving experience. I would walk by, wondering if my cheerleading skirt was hanging correctly, hoping not to trip,” she said. “That day Mick, the new kid who’d transferred from U-Hi, was standing there looking like a California surfer with blond hair and beautiful blue eyes. What was most striking was his mischievous smile and great dimple”/ Cindy Hval , SR. More here.

Question: Do you have memories of a high school love lost?