Places I have lived |
Winnfield General Hospital (for a few days
after I was born on May 17, 1954) |
Hwy. 84 West, Winnfield - 1954 to 1972 |
Olin Hall, NLU campus - 1972 - 1976 |
Mary Lea Apartments, Monroe - 1976-1977 |
Lakeview Apartments, Baton Rouge - 1977-1979 |
3609 Reily Lane, Shreveport -
1979-1990 |
800 East Kings Hwy, Shreveport - 1990 - 2008 |
604 Milbank Circle, Shreveport - present |
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School attended (and completed) |
Winnfield First United Methodist
Church - Kindergarten |
Westside Elementary (Winnfield) |
Winnfield Jr. High School |
Winnfield Sr. High School |
Northeast
Louisiana University (BA) |
Louisiana State University (MSW) |
|
Full time or part time (PT) jobs I have held |
Newspaper salesman - Winn Parish Enterprise (PT) |
Gas Station attendant - Brewton's
Texaco - Winnfield (summer) |
Mill worker - Brewton's post mill - Winnfield (Christmas break) |
Mill worker - Tremont Lumber Company (summer) |
Forestry Worker - U. S. Forest
Service - Winnfield (summer) |
Tree Planter - Continental Can Co. (Christmas break) |
Student Union Attendant - NLU (PT) |
Employment Counselor - Louisiana Dept.
of Labor - May, 1976 to May, 1977 |
Various positions in a 29 year career - La Office of Mental
Health - retired - Feb., 2008 |
PT Instructor in the MSW programs of LSU and Grambling |
Individual and Family Therapist - Metropolitan Center of Counseling (PT) |
Private Counseling
Practice - (PT) |
Region 7, Office of Mental Health - (PT) after reitirement. |
Byrd High School - (PT) Asst. Track Coach |
Volunteers
of America of North Louisiana - (PT) Director of Behavioral Health Services |
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Favorite Geographical Locations |
Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico |
Duck blind (Saline Lake or Lake Bistineau) |
Ft. Walton Beach, Florida |
Grand Canyon |
RV
camp grounds - Jimmie Davis State Park, Petit Jean State Park & Beaver Dam |
LSU - Tiger Stadium |
My living room chair |
Winnfield
- Pine Ridge C. C. |
Winter Park Ski Resort - Colorado |
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Favorite Hobbies/Interests |
Playing Golf |
Watching football and golf on TV (Masters golf tournament -
highlight of the year) |
internet surfing |
listening
to music |
reading |
Visiting with closest friends
and family |
spiritual development |
doing virtually anything
with my family |
|
Favorite Sports
Moments (that I have seen live in person or on TV) |
1968 - Bob Beamon shatters
the existing world record in the long jump (TV) |
1970 - Pistol Pete Maravich scores 69 points
against Alabama in the old Cow Palace |
(and I was there in person). |
1971 - John Wayne Williams' 74 yd. TD run vs. Natchitoches (in person) |
1971 - Steve
Adams passes to Randy Parker in waning minutes of |
quarter-final round game vs. Haughton.
(in person) |
1976 - Franz Klammer's gold metal downhill ski run in the Winter Olympics
(TV) |
1979 - LSU defeats Alabama for the SEC title in basketball (in person) |
1980 - USA defeats the Soviets in Olympic ice hockey (TV) |
1982 - First quarter,
Winnfield vs. John Curtis AA title game. (in person) |
1986 - NLU's Stan Humphries completes a Hail Mary against
NSU in the final |
seconds (in person) |
1996 - LSU's
Warren Morris hit a 9th inning, two out, two run HR |
to give the Tigers their second
national title in baseball. (TV) |
1997 - LSU defeats No. 1 ranked Florida in Tiger Stadium (TV) |
2002
- 11 yr. old Conner Jenkins (my son) hit HR over the fence in Little League |
playoff action.
(in person) |
2003 - LSU defeats Oklahoma for the BCS National Championship in football.
(TV) |
2004 - 13 yr. old Conner Jenkins (my son) becomes the first Jenkins to score
a TD |
in a regulation football game while playing for Caddo Middle Magnet. |
2005 - Tiger Woods chips in from off the green on No. 16 at the Masters. (TV) |
2006 - LSU
whips Miami in the Capital One Bowl (TV) |
2006 - 15 yr. old Conner Jenkins (my son) gets his first interception
as a varsity DB at |
Byrd High School (in person). |
2007 - 16 yr.
old Conner Jenkins (my son) gets his first varsity TD on an int. return at |
Byrd High
School. (in person) |
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. (in person) |
2007 - LSU defeats Virginia Tech in Tiger stadium. Dominating. (in person) |
2007 - LSU defeats Florida in Tiger Stadium - loud, Lesticles. (in person) |
2007 - LSU
defeats No. 1 ranked Ohio State for the BCS National Championship (TV) |
2010 - LSU defeats No.
6 ranked Alabama in Tiger Stadium. - loud (in person) |
2011 - LSU defeats No. 3 ranked
Arkansas in Tiger Stadium - loud (in person) |
2012 - LSU defeats No. 3 ranked South Carolina
in Tiger Stadium - loud (in person) |
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Favorite Athletes |
LSU - Pete Maravich |
MLB - Braves - Hank Aaron |
My son -
Conner Jenkins |
PGA - Jack Nicklaus |
NFL - Bears
- Dick Butkus |
|
(I humbly submit) greatest
personal sports accomplishments |
Baseball - All Star selection in Little
League (that's about it) |
Football - All District Center, 1971 (more importantly, played
on a state |
runner-up team, which is not something I accomplished myself). |
Track - School record holder, discus, 1971 & 1972 - 139' 6" (it's you and the disc). |
Golf - Best round - 69 @ Pine Ridge, Best hole - Eagle on No. 18 at Pine Ridge |
in Winnfield
- Drive to the curve, 3 iron to tap in distance from 200 yds out |
(which may be the best
single shot I have ever made). Nearly a double eagle. |
Bowling - High game - 216 (it's
you, the ball, the lane and the pins). |
Basketball - Career high 29 pts. vs. Calvin
in church league (yes, church league) |
|
Favorite Books |
Be True to Your School - Bob Greene |
Boys Life - Robert McCammon |
Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer |
Jesus of Fact and Faith - Samuel Cartledge |
Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving |
Psychology of Self Esteem - Nathaniel Brandon |
Stories of the Old Duck Hunters
- Gordon MacQuarrie |
The Bible |
The Great Gatsby |
The J. R. R. Tolkein Trilogy |
The Mind of Jesus - William Barclay |
The Return to Love - Marianne Williamson |
The Road Less Traveled - Dr. M.
Scott Peck |
When Bad Things Happen to Good People - Rabbi Harold Kushner |
|
Favorite Movies |
A Christmas
Story |
Airplane |
American Beauty |
Animal House |
Babe |
Beetlejuice |
Breakfast Club |
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid |
Cool Hand Luke |
Dirty Harry |
Easy Rider |
Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
Grand Canyon |
It's a Wonderful
Life |
Jesus Christ Superstar |
Journey To The Center
of the Earth |
Lonesome Dove |
National Lampoon - Vacation |
Never Ending Story |
O Brother, Where Art Thou |
Ordinary
People |
Raiders of the Lost Ark |
Remember the Titans |
Seven |
Shawshank Redemption |
Silence of
the Lambs |
Terminator: 2 |
The Big Chill |
The Dirty Dozen |
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly |
The Great Escape |
The Longest Day |
The Money
Pit |
The Natural |
The Terminator |
This Is Spinal Tap |
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory |
Wizard of Oz |
Young Frankenstein |
|
Favorite TV Shows |
60 Minutes |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents |
Andy Griffith Show |
Bewitched |
Captain Kangaroo |
Courtship of Eddie's Father |
Criminal Minds |
CSI Las Vegas |
Ed |
Family |
Gunsmoke |
Hill St. Blues |
Late Night with David Letterman (early years) |
Law & Order |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
MASH |
Northern
Exposure |
NYPD Blue |
The Office |
Pickett Fences |
Rowan & Martin's Laugh In |
Sanford and Son |
Saturday Night Live |
Space Ghost |
St. Elsewhere |
Star Trek (Next Generation) |
Star Trek (Original) |
The Ed Sullivan Show |
thirty something |
Twilight Zone |
Wild Wild West |
Wonder Years |
X Files |
|
Favorite Rock
Groups |
AC/DC |
Alice Cooper |
Bloodrock |
Blue Oyster Cult |
Boston |
Bryan Adams |
Chris Isaak |
Collective Soul |
Creedence Clearwater Revival |
Def Leppard |
Eagles |
Earth, Wind & Fire |
Enya |
Foreigner |
Four Tops |
Grand Funk Railroad |
Jimi Hendrix |
John Cougar Mellencamp |
Journey |
Kiss |
Led Zepplin |
Live |
Moody Blues |
Nirvana |
Pearl Jam |
Police |
Rare Earth |
Sam Cooke |
Simple Minds |
Steppenwolf |
The Grassroots |
Three Dog Night |
U2 |
|
Favorite Rock Albums |
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar
Babies |
Alice Cooper - Love it to Death |
America -
Homecoming |
Beatles - Abbey Road |
Black Sabbath - Master
of Reality |
Boston - Boston |
Bread - Guitarman |
Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond |
Cream - Disraeli Gears |
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River |
Def Leppard - Hysteria |
Def Leppard - Pyromania |
Donnie Iris - Back on the Streets |
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player |
Enya - A Day Without Rain |
Enya - Memory of Trees |
Enya - Shepherd Moon |
Enya - Watermark |
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours |
Foreigner - Double Vision |
Grand Funk
- Grand Funk |
Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk |
Grand Funk
Railroad - On Time |
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida |
Iron Butterfly - Metamorphosis |
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? |
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King |
Led Zepplin - III |
Led Zepplin - IV |
Led Zeppelin - II |
Madonna -
Confessions on a Dance Floor |
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On |
Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust |
Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed |
Moody Blues - Question of Balance |
Nirvana - Nevermind |
Police - Synchronicity |
Potliquor - Levee Blues |
R. E. M.
- Document |
Rare Earth - Ecology |
Rare Earth - One World |
Roxy Music - Avalon |
Santana, Carlos & Miles, Buddy - Live |
Simon and Garrfunkel's Greatest Hits |
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time |
Sly and the Family Stones - Greatest Hits |
Smith - Minus-Plus |
Steve Perry - Street Talk |
The Doors - The Doors |
The Eagles
- Greatest Hits |
The Who - Live at Leeds |
Trapeze -
Medusa |
Uriah Heep - Demon's and Wizard's |
Uriah Heep
- Look At Yourself |
Yes - Close to the Edge |
|
Favorite Rock Songs |
A Girl Like You - Smithereens |
Africa - Toto |
Ah Leah - Donnie Iris |
All That
Money Wants - Psychedelic Furs |
All The Things She Said - Simple Minds |
Alright Now - Free |
Amazing - Seal |
Angel - Sarah
McLachlan |
Baba O'Reily - The Who |
Baby I Need Your Loving
- Four Tops and the Johnny Rivers versions |
Back on the Chain Gang - Pretenders |
Beat It - Michael Jackson |
Bend Me, Shape Me - American Breed |
Bittersweet Symphony - Verve |
Blue - Leann Rimes |
Blue Sky - KaiserCartel |
Bord To Be Wild - Steppenwolf |
Break Stuff - Limp Bizkit |
Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins |
Can I Get a Witness - Marvin Gaye |
Caribbean Blue - Enya |
Caught in a Dream - Alice Cooper |
China Roses - Enya |
Closer to Home - Grand Funk Railroad |
Count Me In - Gary Lewis and the Playboys |
Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson |
Crazy Mixed Up Kid - Smithereens |
Daydream Believer - Monkees |
Different Drum - Stone Ponies |
Dissident - Pearl Jam |
Dreamworld - Midnight Oil |
Everyone
I Meet is from California - America |
Everything Zen - Bush |
Eyes of New
York Woman - B. J. Thomas |
Far From Home - Five Finger Death Punch |
Feel Like Making Love - Bad Company |
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield |
Fortunate Son - CCR |
Girls, Girls, Girls - Motley Crue |
Glorified G - Pearl Jam |
Go Where You Want To Go - Mamas and Papas |
Guitar Man - Bread |
Heart Full of Soul - Yardbirds |
Heartbreak Beat - Psychedelic Furs |
Hello Hurray - Alice Cooper |
Hey Hey What Can I Do - Led Zepplin |
Hey Man Nice Shot - Filter |
Honky Tonk Woman - Stones |
I Alone Love You - Live |
I Can't Get
No Satisfaction - Stones |
I Got a Line On You - Spirit |
I Only Want to Be With You - Dusty Springfield |
I Think I'm Paranoid - Garbage |
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston |
I'm No Angel - Gregg Allman |
I'm Your Captain - Grand Funk Railroad |
It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells |
Lakini's Juice - Live |
Learning to Fly - Tom Petty |
Light My Fire - The Doors |
Midnight Rider - Gregg Allman version |
Misty Mountain Hop - Zepplin |
Monster - Steppenwolf |
Monterey - Animals |
Moon River - Andy Williams |
More Than
a Feeling - Boston |
Mr. Soul - Buffalo Springfield |
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett |
Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
On My Way Home - Enya |
One Fine Day - Chiffons |
Orinico Flow
- Enya |
Our Lips Are Sealed - Go Go's |
Pictures
of Matchstick Men - Status Quo |
Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard |
Pretty Ballerina - Left Banke |
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix |
Ray of Light - Madonna |
Real World - Matchbox 20 |
Respect Yourself
- Staple Singers |
Ride With Me - Steppenwolf |
Rock and
Roll - Led Zepplin |
Rock and Roll All Nite - KISS |
Rock Me - Steppenwolf |
Rocket - Def Leppard |
Run To You
- Bryan Adams |
Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire |
Show Biz
Kids - Steely Dan |
Smiling Faces - Undisputed Truth |
Spirit In the Sky - Norman Greenbaum |
Stupid Girl - Garbage |
Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams |
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith |
Take Me to the River - Talking Heads |
Take My Picture - Filter |
Tarzan Boy - Baltimora |
The Walls Came Down - The Call |
The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby |
Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals |
Thunderstruck - AC/DC |
Tighter and Tighter - Alive & Kicking |
Time Won't Let Me - Outsiders |
Venus - Shocking Blue |
When Dolphins Cry - Live |
Where Have All the Cowboys Gone - Paula Cole |
Why - Collective Soul |
Why Go - Pearl Jam |
Windy - The
Association |
You Baby - Turtles |
You Shook Me All Night
Long - AC/DC |
Your Ghost - Greg Laswell |
|
Favorite Contemporary Christian/Gospel |
Alive Again - Matt Maher |
All Because of
Jesus - Casting Crowns |
All Creation Sing (Joy to the World) - Seth Condrey |
Always There - Chris and Conrad |
Beautiful
- MercyMe |
Beautiful One - Jeremy Camp |
Blessed Be Your Name - Tree 63 |
Breathe - Rebecca St. James |
By Your Side - Tenth Avenue North |
Come
Thou Font of Every Blessing - Amy Grant |
Desert Lands - Trading Yesterday |
Everlasting God - Lincoln Brewster |
For
Your Glory - Decemberradio |
Gloria - Mercyme |
Glorious - Newsboys |
God Can - Dottie People |
Great In My Life (Bonus Track) - Phil Wickham |
He
Reigns - Newsboys |
Healing Begins - Tenth Avenue North |
Heaven & Earth - Phil Wickham |
Here
I Am - MercyMe |
Here With Me - MercyMe |
His Eye is on the Sparrow - Selah |
Hold Us Together
- Matt Maher |
I Am Free - Newsboys |
I Will Rise - Chris Tomlin |
If We Are the Body - Casting Crowns |
If You Call My Name - Brandon Heath |
In
Christ Alone - Avalon & Geoff Moore |
In Wonder - Newsboys |
Instrument of Peace - Olivia Newton-John |
Leaving Eden - Brandon Heath |
Let It Rise - Big Daddy Weave |
Let the Praises Ring - Lincoln Brewster |
Light Up the Sky - The Afters |
Live Forever - Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors |
Love Is Here - Tenth Avenue North |
Mighty
to Save - Newsboys |
My Soul Magnifies the Lord - Chris Tomlin |
Nothing Without You - Bebo Norman |
Revelation
- Iona |
Shine Your Glory Down - Rebecca St. James |
Something Beautiful - Newsboys |
Song of Hope
- Robbie Seay Band |
Song of Love - Rebecca St. James |
Stay Strong - Newsboys |
The Deers Cry
- Shaun Davey & Rita Connolly |
Today is the Day - Lincoln Brewster |
Trading My Sorrows - Scott Rigan |
Unashamed
Love - Ten Shekel Shirt |
What If His People Prayed - Casting Crowns |
Word of God Speak - MercyMe |
You
Are My Hope - Skillet |
You Hold Me Now - Rebecca St. James |
You Raise Me Up - Selah |
You'll Come -
Hillsong |
Your Grace Is Enough - Matt Maher |
Your Love Is Extravagant - Blessed Hope Chapel Praise Team |
You're Beautiful - Phil Wickham |