• BORN 1929 IN LA JUNTA CO.
  MOVED TO PUEBLO CO IN 1942.
  HAD A NORMAL ( ? ) CHILDHOOD.
  STARTED WORK IN THE OPEN HEARTH AT THE LOCAL STEEL MILL THE DAY I TURNED 16 WHILE
  STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. ALSO WORKED AT MY DAD'S SAWMILL.
  MARRIED MY WIFE VI IN JUNE, 1949.
  FIRST DAUGHTER, GINGER, BORN IN JUNE, 1951.
  HAD POLIO IN SEPT, 1951. SPENT 6 MONTHS IN HOSPITAL. 2 YEARS TO RECUPERATE.
  STARTED JUNIOR COLLEGE IN 1953.
  GRADUATED WITH A B+ AVERAGE IN 1956.
  STARTED WORK IN THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPT. IN 1956 AS A DRAFTSMAN.
  SECOND DAUGHTER, KAREN, BORN IN AUG, 1958.
  RETIRED FROM THE CITY AS AN ASSOCIATE ENGINEER IN 1986.
  DURING THESE 30 YEARS, MY WIFE AND I BUILT 3 HOUSES FROM SCRATCH WHILE I WAS STILL
  ON MY CRUTCHES. MOST OF MY TIME IS NOW SPENT IN MY WHEELCHAIR.
  AT THE PRESENT TIME, I HAVE 5 GRANDCHILDREN, AND 3 GREAT-GRANDSONS.AND 1 GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER.

  I STARTED COLLECTING LOTTERY TICKETS IN 1992 BECAUSE THEY TOOK UP LESS ROOM THAN BEER CANS.
  MY LOTTERY TICKET COLLECTION NOW EXCEEDS 39,900 DIFFERENT TICKETS.
  I COLLECT SCRATCHED, SAMPLES, AND MINTS, BOTH US AND FOREIGN.
  I HAVE IN MY COLLECTION ALL COLORADO TICKETS INCLUDING, MTS, SVS, SCR, AND LARGE PROMOTIONAL
  CARDS FROM GAME NO. 1 THRU THE PRESENT.
  AT THE PRESENT TIME, I HAVE OVER 12,000 DIFFERENT TICKETS FOR SALE OR TRADE, INCLUDING
  ALL COLORADO TICKETS AND RHODE ISLAND #08 THRU #100 PLUS MANY FROM AUSTRALIA.
  I AM LIMITING MY TICKET COLLECTION TO TICKETS ISSUED PRIOR TO JAN. 1, 2001.
  MY OTHER COLLECTIONS ARE 4000+ DIFFERENT BEER CANS, AND ALL PLAYBOY COLLECTOR CARDS.
  MY OTHER HOBBIES ARE, WOODWORKING, MAKING JEWELRY, KNAPPING ARROWHEADS & DRINKING BEER.

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