Casey Kerchner:
CLASS OF 1969
La Salle-Peru Township High School Class of 1969
La salle, IL
Mendota Township High SchoolClass of 1969
Mendota, IL
Ottawa Township High SchoolClass of 1969
Ottawa, IL
Northbrook Elementary SchoolClass of 1965
Mendota, IL
Lincoln Elementary SchoolClass of 1963
Mendota, IL
Casey's Story
I am not on here often. Sometimes not for a few months. But I am regularly on FB. I am in the Phone Book (with a real land line phone. Still on Ham Radio most Days.. I use Radio and ZooM Daily some weeks. I might go to one of 3 small Stores on the weekend. Since Isolation vegan, I've enjoy better Health from the Equator, North. The Southern Hemisphere still could use a few new parts, but it's not like I go anywhere like the Starvin'Rock or the Hennepin Canal.
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Life
I have been a Writer, Consulting Engineer, Insulting Engineer, Electrical Contractor, and Fulminologist. Perhaps a Detective, some days. Still.
People have called me a "Super Hero". It's an exageration. After all, I don't have a "cape". I AM faster than a stalled locomotive, walk on water covered sidewalks, and able to leap a short hedge by the second or third try (well, at one time - we'll see what happens with the new parts).
And yes, my real name is Keith, but I only use it at Caterpillar, GE and GM. I'm in the book, so pick up the phone and give me a call.
I have two grown children, and NO grandkids yet (I'm way TOO young).
Take a lot of time off, may work another twenty years.
I like to hike through the State Parks and along the Hennepin Canal. While I also enjoy Ham Radio (KC9IH), Curling, and Photography, they have all fallen by the wayside over the years. NASCAR has pretty much been "Red Flagged", just not the same anymore. A lot of changes in 2010 with Richard Petty Racing going to Ford. Again! He drove Fords in 1969, and had something like 10 wins that year. GO FORD!
So, I returned to the Illinois Valley in 1996 after 24 years in Peoria and Blooming...Expand for more
ton. Something about "There's no place like home". I came vack, anyway. I had been working in Chicago and Peoria the last few years. I was doing my part to keep the tire and gasoline companies in business. I was heavily invloved with diesel electric power and controls, along with renewable energy (solar and wind). High Technology is GREAT!
Friends, Romans, Enemies, Pick up the phone, give me a call, we'll do lunch! (in the book as Keith). Doesn't matter if we never spoke in school. I get tired of hanging out with musicians, engineers, cops, and firemen. Have to have SOME adult conversation, once in a while.
I enjoy "REAL" Rock and Roll. You could catch me listening to live music locally. And might have caught me singing with them or doing some stand up comedy.
There is a possibility that I may start traveling full time, in the near future. Kind of like the "Endless Summer" dream, but no surfboards. Just a laptop, digital camera, and wireless internet!
I now have a sudden urge to "Fly Fish" at Estes Park,CO. I could always throw the fish back.
Motorcycle? I don't think so. Well.....maybe. I did ride one back in Peoria, Red Lights, Siren, and Police Radio!
Skydiving? Not my thing.
A forty meter run at 35 words a minute --- GREAT! That's Ham Radio and Morse Code, BTW.
Hmmmmmmmm, seems like time to get a Cheeeeeesburger!!! Or a Nap. Maybe both.....
When in the Suburbs, near the old (long gone) Locomotive Plant in the Countryside / LaGrange Area, stop by Little Joe's on Plainfield at LaGrange Road for an Italian Beef or Sausage; or a Hot Dog or two. Tell them the "Blonde Guy" sent you, and you'll get the Employee Discount ;)
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