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    He votes the man not the party, has a glass of wine with his dinner, reads the funnies and watches several sitcom's on TV.  John enjoys working in his shop, repairing things and  photography as a hobby, especially photographing wild life.  He had a large family of raccoons and opossums that he enjoyed watching while he lived in Florida.  The alligators were a great subject for photography but  not for visitors.  It was then that he decided to change lakes and moved to Arkansas.
    He couldn't stay away from Arizona.  A peaceful retirement community in Sun City, with its wonderful neighbors captured his heart.  This is where you will find him from now on.  He would rather sweat than shiver.

    John was always amazed at the military.  The Army awarded him the Bronze Star Medal on two occasions simply for getting out of enemy situations that he had gotten himself into.  They even gave him a medal for moving too slow and getting wounded.  However his prized award is the Soldier's Medal for heroism when he went into an uncharted minefield and brought out a wounded soldier.

    His days of driving a big engine Grand Prix are over. He now drives a Dodge minivan and has a 22' pontoon boat.  His wife Donnie, refuses to let him have a motorcycle.  She says he would probably put his eye out.  He is also the proud owner of a little Bichon Frise.  She was born in 2005 and has been with him ever since.

    He enjoys memberships in the Elks Club, American Polygraph Association, National Polygraph Association, Military Order of the Purple Heart Association, American Legion and several other organizations.  John writes a weekly column for two newspapers.

    He has been in many tornadoes in Nebraska and Arkansas, earth quakes in Washington State and Alaska and many hurricanes in Florida.  Those were a few of his dislikes along with crowds, loud music, noisy restaurants and tear jerking movies.

    He loves country/western music, rock and roll, the color red and corn bread and beans. Friends believe bad weather and natural disasters follow John around.