2008 Woodie Awards
Environmental Expert Reaches the Finish Line
Nancy Sanchez
Issue date: 2/9/05 Section: Life
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A musician, a bicyclist, an actor, and an environmental safety coordinator is about to exit Citrus College stage left.
Jim Cope, 58, who is retiring from Citrus College after nearly 27 years of service, says he is looking forward to doing more of what he loves.
"I just plan to relax, maybe go running or cycling more," Cope said. "My music is my second career, and it takes up a lot of time."
Cope plays with "Paddy Doyle's Boots," a local Irish folk band. Every year around March 17, his band performs in the patio outside the Owl Cafe.
"We play good, fun music," Cope said. "We will keep playing just as long as people want us to."
"Paddy Doyle's Boots" plays about four to 10 times a month. Cope himself plays the fiddle and the guitar, Lief Frederick is the bass player, Danny Oberbeck is the lead singer, and "Smoky" Stover performs on the banjo and mandolin. They play at pubs, weddings, special occasions, as well as for Citrus College.The group's album "Fit to be Tied" is available through their website, www.cdbaby.com/cd/pdb.
"We have excellent chemistry," Frederick said. "Jim is very entertaining on stage, and he is one of the best friends I've had."
Cope's second passion is bicycling. He has done triathlons and follows the Tour de France on television.
"I was a runner before I started biking," Cope said. "Then cycling took over."
Cope has ridden across Oregon and Iowa about five or six times. He has also biked in Louisiana and Washington.
"There are usually about 10,000 cyclists altogether, and it takes a week to complete bike trips like that," he said.
Cope's most memorable cycling experience was a 700 mile-long route in Australia for Multiple Sclerosis benefit spring 2000.
"We biked from Brisbane to Sydney in 14 days," Cope said. "I actually got to visit the Summer 2000 Olympics site."
In Australia, the bikers were told not to use the expression fanny packs because fanny is a cuss word there. Instead they had to use the words "bum packs."
Jim Cope, 58, who is retiring from Citrus College after nearly 27 years of service, says he is looking forward to doing more of what he loves.
"I just plan to relax, maybe go running or cycling more," Cope said. "My music is my second career, and it takes up a lot of time."
Cope plays with "Paddy Doyle's Boots," a local Irish folk band. Every year around March 17, his band performs in the patio outside the Owl Cafe.
"We play good, fun music," Cope said. "We will keep playing just as long as people want us to."
"Paddy Doyle's Boots" plays about four to 10 times a month. Cope himself plays the fiddle and the guitar, Lief Frederick is the bass player, Danny Oberbeck is the lead singer, and "Smoky" Stover performs on the banjo and mandolin. They play at pubs, weddings, special occasions, as well as for Citrus College.The group's album "Fit to be Tied" is available through their website, www.cdbaby.com/cd/pdb.
"We have excellent chemistry," Frederick said. "Jim is very entertaining on stage, and he is one of the best friends I've had."
Cope's second passion is bicycling. He has done triathlons and follows the Tour de France on television.
"I was a runner before I started biking," Cope said. "Then cycling took over."
Cope has ridden across Oregon and Iowa about five or six times. He has also biked in Louisiana and Washington.
"There are usually about 10,000 cyclists altogether, and it takes a week to complete bike trips like that," he said.
Cope's most memorable cycling experience was a 700 mile-long route in Australia for Multiple Sclerosis benefit spring 2000.
"We biked from Brisbane to Sydney in 14 days," Cope said. "I actually got to visit the Summer 2000 Olympics site."
In Australia, the bikers were told not to use the expression fanny packs because fanny is a cuss word there. Instead they had to use the words "bum packs."