JANUARY 2018 PARKER COUNTY TODAY
50 ing , but it is much harder to do that here due to the massive ranch lands surrounding Weatherford . Ballooning is a “ trespasser sport ” as you never know exactly where you will wind up due to the wind controlling your path .
PCT : For what would you most like to be remembered ? RH : I ’ d like to be remembered as a kind and good father to my kids , but I am sure that my numerous projects kept me away from family life enough to deny me that honor . Still trying , now that I am more of a homebody .
PCT : If you could choose to have lunch with anyone living or dead from history , who would be ? RH : My top three are Leonardo Da Vinci , Michelangelo and Albert Einstein .
PCT : If you had to do another job other than what you ’ re doing , what would you choose ? RH : I ’ d love to teach again ! Maybe some place like Weatherford College . My father was the dean at WC for many years before my mother pushed him to go to work for General Dynamics . I think he always regretted leaving Weatherford College . I think it would be nice to help him out with that desire . I think he would approve .
PCT : What is your impact to Parker County ? RH : Hard to know ! When I first moved SFX home to Weatherford , I was able to hire some 20 people but now I do only special projects and hire in day help as needed . I ’ m pretty much invisible despite my 150 ’ long two-story building on I-20 . People are always amazed to find out what I do here . When they ask I just tell them , “ I kill people and blow things up for a living .”
PCT : What is your definition of the best day ever ? RH : “ My idea of a great day is to have the opportunity to work on a really significant feature film that asks me to blow up really big things ... regularly . Few problems in life cannot be resolved with the proper application of explosives !”
PCT : What ’ s the best piece of advice you would give someone starting out in your field ? RH : “ I ’ m afraid my exact line of work is somewhat a dying art form . Sadly , the computer-generated video effects ( CGI ) are taking over the production world . It is cheaper and easier . Unfortunately , many of these effects translate into “ Low Production Values ,” i . e ., they suck . Pardon my French ! Less cynically , .... Become a jack of all trades . Education and math are key . My work calls for me to be a crack shot , a diver , a carpenter , an electrician , a welder , and engineer , a fireman , a pilot as well as the “ boring stuff ,” like being a business man , an accountant , a negotiator and paper pusher . It ’ s all super important and if you skip any aspect , you are not well-rounded and will miss out on a lot . A lot of jobs ... and a lot of fun !”
PCT : What is the coolest thing you have ever done in your life ? RH : Seriously ... with my work history , being blessed with the opportunity to be there when all three of my children were born . It could have worked out differently but I wouldn ’ t allow it .
Jennifer Lundy
Jennifer is the owner of Short Chef Creations and Short Chef ’ s Coffee House & Bistro . She was also a dessert chef at our 2017 Sweet Charity and Bachelorettes event
PCT : How did you get into your occupation ? JL : By pure accident !
PCT : What is your favorite novel ? JL : Almost any crime or mystery novel .
PCT : What do you do to decompress ? JL : I love sitting on my front porch visiting with friends .
PCT : What is something people don ’ t know about you ? JL : I was a court reporter in Oklahoma for many years .
PCT : What would you most like to be remembered for ? JL : Our food , of course ! And that I ’ m willing to give everyone a chance .
PCT : If you could have lunch with anyone in history , either living or dead , who would it be ? JL : Jesus Christ , and then I ’ d love to go back and have lunch with my Grandmother Wagonseller one more time .
PCT : If you had to do another job other than what you ’ re doing , what would you do ? JL : I loved reporting and would do it again in a heartbeat if I could .
PCT : What is your impact to Parker County ? JL : Hopefully it is great food and convenience in getting it !
PCT : What is your definition of the best day ever ? JL : On a professional level , it ’ s obviously when people are happy with what we do . On a personal level , away on vacation , sitting on the porch with a cup of coffee and just relaxing with my loves .
PCT : What ’ s the best piece of advice you would give ? JL : Give 110 percent in everything you do , and smile . God gave you your job for a reason .
PCT : What is the most interesting thing you have ever done in your life ? JL : I lived in North Dakota for a year … get it ? But seriously , I love everything I do .
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