Kathie and Dale McCall’s story began at the historic Skate Ranch in Santa Ana, where they met not long after she moved to Orange County from Massachusetts in 1956.  After that fated meeting, the couple skated at the rink throughout their courtship

“We loved the atmosphere and music,” says McCall, who married Dale in 1958, and soon after the couple started a family.  In 1969, they moved to Orange on North Glenrose Drive, where they still live today.

McCall spent her career as a Registered Nurse at CHOC, where she cofounded their literacy program, Reach Out & Read.  “At every doctor visit, we gave a new book to children six months to five years,” she says.

After retirement, McCall became a docent at Irvine Park because she loves meeting visitors from around the world.  The couple also belongs to a monthly Model A club.  “We own a 1930 Model A, one of four restorations by Dale,” she says.

McCall will use her coupon at one of her favorite Plaza merchants, the Army Navy Store.  “We’re regular customers at the eclectic, unique store,” she says.  “They carry items related to our city, and we recently bought a Skate Ranch T-shirt there.”