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Places I have lived |
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Winnfield General Hospital (for a few days after I was born on May 17,
1954) |
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Hwy. 84 West, Winnfield - 1954 to 1972 |
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Olin Hall, NLU campus - 1972 - 1976 |
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Mary Lea Apartments, Monroe - 1976-1977 |
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Lakeview Apartments, Baton Rouge - 1977-1979 |
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3609 Reily Lane, Shreveport - 1979-1990 |
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800 East Kings Hwy, Shreveport - 1990 - present |
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School attended (and completed) |
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Winnfield First United Methodist Church - Kindergarten |
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Westside Elementary (Winnfield) |
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Winnfield Jr. High School |
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Winnfield Sr. High School |
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Northeast Louisiana University (BA) |
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Louisiana State University (MSW) |
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Full time or part time (PT) jobs I have held |
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Newspaper salesman - Winn Parish Enterprise PT) |
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Gas Station attendant - Brewton's Texaco - Winnfield (summer) |
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Mill worker - Brewton's post mill - Winnfield (Christmas break) |
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Mill worker - Tremont Lumber Company (summer) |
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Forestry Worker - U. S. Forest Service - Winnfield (summer) |
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Tree Planter - Continental Can Co. (Christmas break) |
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Student Union Attendant - NLU (PT) |
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Employment Counselor - Louisiana Dept. of Labor |
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Various positions in a 28 year career - La Office of Mental Health |
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PT Instructor in the MSW programs of LSU and Grambling |
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Individual and Family Therapist - Metropolitan Center of Counseling (PT) |
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Private Counseling Practice - (PT) |
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Favorite Geographical Locations |
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Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico |
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Duck blind (Saline Lake or Lake Bistineau) |
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Ft. Walton Beach, Florida |
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Grand Canyon |
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LSU - Tiger Stadium |
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My living room chair |
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Winnfield - Pine Ridge C. C. |
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Winter Park Ski Resort - Colorado |
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Favorite Hobbies/Interests |
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Playing Golf |
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Watching football, golf |
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Duck hunting |
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internet surfing |
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listening to music |
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reading |
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Visiting with closest friends and family |
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spiritual development |
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Favorite Sports Moments (that I have seen live in person or on TV) |
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1968 - Bob Beamon shatters the existing world record in the long jump
(TV) |
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1970 - Pistol Pete Maravich scores 69 points against Alabama in the old
Cow Palace |
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and I was there in person. |
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1971 - John Wayne Williams' 74 yd. TD run vs. Natchitoches |
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1971 - Steve Adams passes to Randy Parker in waning minutes of |
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quarter-final round game vs. Haughton. |
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1976 - Franz Klammer's gold metal downhill ski run in the Winter
Olympics (TV) |
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1979 - LSU defeats Alabama for the SEC title in basketball |
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1980 - USA defeats the Soviets in Olympic ice hockey (TV) |
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1982 - First quarter, Winnfield vs. John Curtis. AAA title game. |
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1986 - NLU's Stan Humphries completes a Hail Mary against NSU in the
final seconds |
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1996 - LSU's Warren Morris hit a 9th inning, two out, two run HR |
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to give the Tigers their second national title in baseball.
(TV) |
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1997 - LSU defeats No. 1 ranked Florida in Tiger Stadium |
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2002 - Conner Jenkins (my son) hit HR over the fence in Little League
playoff action. |
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2003 - LSU defeats Oklahoma for the BCS National Championship in
football. (TV) |
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2004 - Conner Jenkins (my son) becomes the first Jenkins to score a TD |
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in a regulation football game while playing for Caddo Middle
Magnet. |
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2005 - Tiger Woods chips in from off the green on No. 16 at the Masters.
Went on to win. |
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2006 - LSU whips Miami in the Capital One Bowl (TV) |
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2006 - Conner Jenkins (my son) gets his first interception as a varsity
DB. |
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2007 - Conner Jenkins (my son) gets his first varsity TD on an int.
return. |
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2007 - Byrd High School (my son's team) defeats Neville High School on
their home field. I respect
the Neville High School football program very much. |
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2007 - LSU defeats Virginia Tech in Tiger stadium. Dominating. |
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2007 - LSU defeats Florida in Tiger Stadium - loud, Lesticles. |
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2007 - LSU defeats No. 1 ranked Ohio State for the BCS National
Championship (TV) |
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Favorite Athletes |
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LSU - Pete Maravich |
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MLB - Braves - Hank Aaron |
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My son - Conner Jenkins |
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PGA - Jack Nicklaus |
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NFL - Bears - Dick Butkus |
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(I humbly submit) greatest personal sports accomplishments |
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Baseball - All Star selection in Little League (that's about it) |
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Football - All District Center, 1971 (more importantly, played on a
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runner-up team, which is not something I accomplished myself). |
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Track - School record holder, discus, 1971 & 1972 - 139' 6" (it's you
and the disc). |
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Golf - Best round - 69 @ Pine Ridge, Best hole - Eagle on No. 18 at Pine
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in Winnfield - Drive to the curve, 3 iron to tap in distance
from 200 yds out |
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(which may be the best single shot I have ever made). Nearly a
double eagle. |
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Bowling - High game - 216 (it's you, the ball, the lane and the pins). |
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Basketball - Career high 29 pts. vs. Calvin in church league (yes,
church league) |
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Favorite Books |
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Be True to Your School - Bob Greene |
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Boys Life - Robert McCammon |
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Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer |
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Jesus of Fact and Faith - Samuel Cartledge |
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Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving |
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Psychology of Self Esteem - Nathaniel Brandon |
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Stories of the Old Duck Hunters - Gordon MacQuarrie |
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The Bible |
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The Great Gatsby |
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The J. R. R. Tolkein Trilogy |
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The Mind of Jesus - William Barclay |
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The Return to Love - Marianne Williamson |
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The Road Less Traveled - Dr. M. Scott Peck |
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When Bad Things Happen to Good People - Rabbi Harold Kushner |
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Favorite Movies |
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A Christmas Story |
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Airplane |
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American Beauty |
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Animal House |
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Babe |
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Beetlejuice |
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Breakfast Club |
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Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid |
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Cool Hand Luke |
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Dirty Harry |
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Easy Rider |
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
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Grand Canyon |
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It's a Wonderful Life |
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Jesus Christ Superstar |
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Journey To The Center of the Earth |
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Lonesome Dove |
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National Lampoon - Vacation |
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Never Ending Story |
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O Brother, Where Art Thou |
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Ordinary People |
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Raiders of the Lost Ark |
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Remember the Titans |
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Seven |
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Shawshank Redemption |
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Silence of the Lambs |
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Terminator: 2 |
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The Big Chill |
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The Dirty Dozen |
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The Good, the Bad, the Ugly |
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The Great Escape |
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The Longest Day |
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The Money Pit |
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The Natural |
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The Terminator |
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This Is Spinal Tap |
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Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory |
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Wizard of Oz |
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Young Frankenstein |
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Favorite TV Shows |
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60 Minutes |
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents |
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Andy Griffith Show |
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Bewitched |
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Captain Kangaroo |
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Courtship of Eddie's Father |
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CSI Las Vegas |
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Ed |
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Gunsmoke |
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Hill St. Blues |
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Late Night with David Letterman (early years) |
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Law & Order |
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MASH |
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Northern Exposure |
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NYPD Blue |
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Pickett Fences |
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh In |
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Sanford and Son |
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Saturday Night Live |
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Space Ghost |
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St. Elsewhere |
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Star Trek (Next Generation) |
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Star Trek (Original) |
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The Ed Sullivan Show |
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The Office |
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thirty something |
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Twilight Zone |
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Wild Wild West |
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Wonder Years |
