Dr. John Curtis:  

Take a few minutes, get comfy and read what us "A" types do to keep busy. Hope you enjoy. If you take nothing else from this, life is worth living. Its challenges, its joys. Real world: After graduation, I attended Southern Utah University in Cedar City, UT where I picked up a ticket in Communications. When not in class you could find me in Zion and Bryce Canyon parks or skiing Brian Head. I was station manager at our college radio station, KCDR/KGSU FM, news reporter and air talent at CBS affiliate KSUB AM, FM and loaned my voice to yet another station in town, KBRE AM/ROCK 95 FM. Back to school in So Cal. I came home and earned advanced degrees in Radio/TV and Broadcast Journalism at Cal State (it wasn't difficult) LB where I taught briefly while working in voice over and news in radio and television in southern California. Often heard but rarely seen for over 30 years. I was at, now notorious, KSUL at CSULB, KYMS, Santa Ana, KLON 88.1 in Long Beach, KABC TV, LA and a very brief stint at So Cal Gas Co video production and support services training dept. Yuck! I have a variety of voice/over, narration gigs under my belt and have worked with some wonderful talent while in So Cal. You talk about having so much fun!! Additional studies are in Science and Technology, Meteorology and Climatology, a serious passion, something I wanted to pursue almost from day one. A great deal of gratitude goes to Dr. George Fischbeck, former KABC TV Meteorologist. Dr. George is a mentor and dear friend. He broke new ground in forecasting and educating his viewers. Before the days of "dumbing down". Wanting a change and a little open space a brought a move to Morro Bay and volunteer engineering work with K-LIFE radio and a little voice work to boot, San Luis Obispo, until our business required more attention. Putting bread on the table: Meanwhile, my oldest brother and I own an investment and commercial real estate business as we all got bitten by the entrepreneurial bug. We've been working on several projects in the south west. Fun and hobbies: I hold a general class amateur radio license and broadcast engineer radio/telephone license. Another passion, flying helicopters, is alive and well, as per the picture but I never seem to get enough. Basic training: I even spent some time behind the throttle of an Amtrak Locomotive (F40PH) in the 80s but found it wasn't my thing over the...."long haul". Sorry couldn't resist. Hours were long and sometimes very hot during the summer. The engine crew did not have air conditioning in those days, only the passengers... uh, when it worked. You had to wear ear plugs as the 2 stroke diesel engine was very loud. I nick named it the screamer. Later on, they got 4 stroke G.E. engines that were much quieter and a little smoother running butI never got to "run" one. I did ride behind them a few times on several long intra continental trips but in those days, you couldn't get into the cab unless you were on the clock due to insurance and company policy. The best duty was LA-San Diego when you could get it. Sadly, our trains were occasionally involved in pedestrian and auto accidents. Sadlly, we had a fatality on one of my trains on a curve in Leucadia, CA (near Oceansiide) we were running at about 88 mph in a 90 zone where a kid got away from his parents. He was less than two years old. Wouldn't see 3. Another incident dest...Expand for more