COUCH MATINEES

Bobby Simmons never had a time in his life when he went out cruising bars.

Married at 19 straight out of high school to MaryJane Dodd, Bobby had gone to work for her dad at the local college working in the facilities management department. All his friends kidded that this was as close as he would ever get to actually going to college, but Bobby never gave up hope of actually trying to take some classes. Maybe not here at Hillsdale College, but, who said he couldn’t do a night course at Clondike County Community College, or 4C’s as it was known.

Drifting off to sleep that night Bobby made a decision

to talk to his best friend from High School, Tommy Beacon. Tommy was the catcher on their high school team and Bobby was a pitcher, so they had made friends early on.

After high school, Tommy had gone to school at CCCC and gotten his AA in Criminal Justice and then joined the Hillsdale police department.

The next morning on his way to work, Bobby called Tommy. “Hey Bobby, what’s going on dude?”