Doug Noakes:  

e thunderstorms we used to get in the late Summer Afternoons and, of course, the mild weather. I don't miss the flat terrain and the condos springing up everywhere. I still remember the one time I was sent to "the pit" for talking back to a teacher in class. I think that was the low point of my high school times. Maybe the reason I didn't want to teach was because I'd rather live and let live whenever possible and let everyone have their say. But Im sure even after twenty-odd years it's still Wonderful Naples On the Gulf as the old radio/tv station WNOG used to advertise. I'm a "Western" guy at heart, even though if I ever got on a horse I'd probably fall off. Make that a "west coast guy". One terrific thing about Naples was meeting all different people from those I grew up with in San Jose--it changed my perspective, for the better I would say. The best part of my years at NHS was playing baseball, Mr. Glancy's English class and working on the "Spirit" school newspaper. I still work on being a writer and, thanks to teachers like Mr. Glancy, I still enjoy reading good works of fiction, even a little "literature" now and then, as well as books on historical and current events.