Jon Cox:  

Life (UPDATED ON 1/8/2016) Lots of neat things have happened since Lakes.... My favorite saying is "I may be getting older, but I refuse to grow up". I joined the US Naval Reserve after Lakes because I wanted to serve my county but not necessarily be drafted. I served aboard the USS Narwhal SSN 671, a fast attack submarine for over 3 years. When that active duty ended I returned to Lakewood and spent the next 4 years attending Drills at the Naval Reserve Center in Tacoma. In Oct. of 1974 I left the Naval Reserve to join the Air Force Reserve. In the Air Force Reserve I was a member of a Reserve Civil Engineering Unit at McChord AFB. I retired in Oct 98 as an E9 with 32 years total reserve service. While in the Reserves I went to University of Washington and then worked for the Wash. State Department of Transportation & retired May 2000 with 34 years. I was married and have two beautiful daughters. I divorced in 1985 and was awarded custody of both my daughters. I then raised these two beautiful girls by myself. They are now grown and have families of their own. As of this date (Jan 28, 2010) Heidi (the older of the two) has three sons, her oldest is 12 and her twins are 2. Yup, I said twins, IDENTICAL twins at that. My other daughter Nicki has a 12 year old son and a 4 year old daughter. After my retirement from WSDOT in 2000 I vowed that if I went back to work it would be because I wanted to and not because I had to. And I kept that promise to myself. After retiring I accepted a job with a company that serviced ATMs. That company was bought out by a bigger company. This new company was also bought up by a yet bigger company. Finally that company was bought by yet a more bigger company and I lost my job. Shortly after my retirement from WSDOT I became a volunteer at the Lacey/Olympia Amtrak Station. This is a beautiful station on the outskirts of Lacey that serves this South Puget Sound area. The station was built in 1993 with donated building materials, donations of $$$ with volunteer labor. We keep the station open daily from 8:00a.m. to 8:30p.m. This is the only station in the Amtrak system to be run completely by volunteers. On December 7th 2004 I became a volunteer with the Lacey Police Department. They have a group called Senior Patrol. We all have police commissions. Our main purpose is to provide a service of house checks for the residents of Lacey. If you live within the City Limits of Lacey and go on vacation. We will check your house daily during your absence. Another task we do is monitor Disabled Parking Spaces within the City. I can write the $450 ticket if you park in a disable parking space and you are not authorized to do so. In 2011 I became a volunteer fireman with East Olympia Fire District 6. No, I am not a firefighter. Our fire district is the only one in Thurston County that has a mobile rig that can go to major fires and fill the SCBA bottles (air bottles) the firefighters were on their backs. I am the driver and operator for ISU6 (Incident Support Unit 6). It is mutal aid for all of the 15 other fire districts in the county My hobby & passion is the Corvette. I currently own a 2008 Corvette convertible. This is the 3rd Corvette that I have owned. I bought a 1976 Vette in 1991 and totally restored it. I owned it for 11 years when I sold it to step up to a 1995 Corvette convertible. I owned it for 6 years when in October of 2007 I ordered my 08 Vette. I took delivery of ...Expand for more