Gale Hall
caregiver
“Nathan’s Run. It involves a child who has been wrongly accused and it’s about how he clears his name and it’s just very emotional.”
Ron Winters
fire and security alarm associate
“Lord of the Rings. It’s that kind of fantasy and monsters [book] that takes you out of reality to another world, and it’s really exciting.”
Bobby Kopay
industrial electrician
“I don’t have a favorite book, but my favorite author is Carlos Castaneda. He was a student doing his archeology thesis in Mexico and ran into this old Indian who knew the ways of the Yaqui Indians. It’s fascinating stuff.”
Romeo Maratas
Salvation Army employee
“The Bible. It’ll teach you everything; it’ll tell you how the world goes ’round, why it goes ’round, and when it’ll all end.”
This article appears in Jul 7-14, 2011.