Dave Coates

Enjoying family, grandkids and friends. I worked in the Engineering Department at Methodist Hospital Southlake campus from 1981-1993 then at Methodist Northlake from 1993-1999. I then accepted a possition with Translogic Corporation in their Healthcare Division out of Denver Colorado. I starting there in 1999 - current. I now travel to multiple states and primarily do most of my work in hospitals, selling, installing, testing and tunning Pneumatic Tube Systems. I Love camping when we have time. I still try and go to the gym a couple times a week. I had gotten away from playing music for a while but put a drum kit together about five years ago and love playing out in my shop, and whenever I get a chance, I will set in with a couple of friends bands. I have a deep passion for racing. I raced Go Kart competitively for 12yr's from1994-2007 and then handed the driving over to Alec in 2007. We race every other weekend from April until October in South Bend. I enjoy the beach and sunsets with the family and grandkids. I also love photography. I finally got a new digital Nikon D-80 and it's awesome. I still own the 1974 Honda CB750 Motorcycle I bought from Jim Wuenn. I only ride it a couple times a summer, but it still looks new!! Anyway enough about me:-) Oh yeh.... the grey is starting to show up :-(

Of coarse with me, it had to be something with a shop class:-). Freshman year.. Wrestling season had just started, I'm 2-0 and then........I try and cut my finger off in....well you guessed it, coach Balash's woodshop class. He did however a year ago, out do me. We won't talk about that. And then it was High School......Were do I start? Weekends with the guys, Wolfong, Retzlaff, Rosenbulm, Brant, Stanton,Wuenn, Hickman, Boyd....Lots of parting!!! My biggest memory of school was bringing my first car I bought to coach Burkharts Auto Shop Class and restoring the whole car for four months while coach keep asking me how much longer? I also will never forget bringing it back to school when it was painted and nobody would believe it was the same car. It was a fun lunch to see it parked next to Mike Boyds 70 Nova also!!! Wrestling...lot's of memories!!! Band a total BLAST!!!!