In the fall of 1978, my friend from Minot and the BOQ, John Ng, got tickets for us to go to Doherty High School, to see a gymnastics exhibition and match. Olympian Kurt Thomas was there not to compete but to ensure a full house.
Here are two pictures of him just showing off.
John Ng had moved to Colorado Springs after Minot the same summer. When my money ran out and I was about to either sell or lose my house, he offered to let me live in his basement until I worked something out. Fortunately, I was able to get a job at Kaman Sciences in the Spring of 1980 and keep my house.
I would run into John for years afterward. I had bought at least two Sony Betamax video recorders when we lived in Minot. He continued his independent electronics business for a few years until he left the Air Force, always wishing that he could have given me his commission instead of just resigning it.
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