Huckleberries: Where has all the beautiful, long hair gone? Long time passing
Huckleberries Tuesday:
Time has taken a little off the top from Coeur d’Alene school Trustee Tom Hearn. Well, mebbe more than a little.
He now sports a high forehead. But 45 years ago, in April 1972, he had a mustache and long, wavy hair that flowed over his collar.
Tom posted a photo of his forever-younger self on his Facebook page Saturday. A campaign poster shows the photo of Tom and a woman named Jane Dolan. Tom was running for student body vice president of Chico (Calif.) State College. Jane was running for president. Jane won and went on to become a Butte County supervisor (commissioner) for 20 years. Tom lost by 17 votes. And he says: “I eventually got a haircut and moved to the Northwest in the summer of 1973.”
Tom worked as a mental health specialist for 30 years before retiring. He was elected to the Coeur d’Alene School Board four years ago – and is running unopposed for re-election.
After seeing the photo of College Tom, Facebook Friend Joel Hazel, of Coeur d’Alene, commented: “You need to bring the hairstyle back.” To which another Facebook Friend, Jana Johnson Robnett, of Helena, responded: “How?”
Whoever answers that question will be a multimillionaire. Full Huckleberries Tuesday column here.
