Joe's Early History

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  1964, Exploring Our Great Country: Start of My USA Odyssey

  September 23, 2024

  Exploring Our Great CompanyAs I studied the map of our great country, our topography was the first thing that struck me. The west coast is a…
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  Junior College All-American Swimmer

  September 9, 2024

  State JC swim championships, good grades in math, a memorable weekend in San Francisco — and just like that, spring semester was over.

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  My Life Begins to Accelerate

  August 26, 2024

  Setting GoalsThe semester seemed to be moving in a positive, constructive direction. My dry land training for swimming was going well. The…
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  Fall Semester and a Brand New World

  August 13, 2024

  This was the first semester of the brand new campus of the College of San Mateo. Overwhelmed at first trying to find out where I needed to go, I…
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  Work in the Oil Fields

  July 29, 2024

  Chris Jones had married his girlfriend Pat and moved to Taft, California. Taft is an oil town west of Bakersfield in the southern end of the San…
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  Second Semester: Easter Break Surfing Trip

  July 15, 2024

  As my second year in junior college progressed, I became more deeply engaged in surfing and the surfing sub-culture. I covered the walls if my…