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| * Tom and Ellen Hoctor's Home Page - last updated: 10/20/2006 * |
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| Hi! We're Tom and Ellen, and you've found our home page. Help us make it a more fun place to visit with your suggestions on interesting news to share or ideas on the content. The picture at left was taken at Tom's birthday celebration two years ago, when our fans forced us onstage at a Hollywood Kareoke club to share one of our many "hits". We will try to update this site at least a couple of times a year, to keep everyone up to date on what is happening in our lives. BEST VIEWED IN FULL SCREEN MODE at 1024x768 resolution. |
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| ON THE ROAD Many of you already know this, but we spent a wonderful week in Ireland. We fell in love with this beautiful land, with it's troubled history and friendly people. As you can see, Ellen also became the unofficial spokesperson for a certain well-known Irish brew. See more pictures of the Emerald Isle at the Ireland link at the bottom of the page. |
| TOM'S WORK As many of you know, Tom decided to make a major career change three years ago. Opting out of the computer business, he followed his heart and became a teacher. Working for many years as a volunteer at various nonprofit organizations for children made him realize that he really wanted to help young children develop into the best adults they can be. After two years of intense classes at Cal State Northridge, and working simultaneously for one year as a |
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| L. A. Works Day 2006 was a great success. 1200 volunteers painted and planted all over downtown Los Angeles. Tom was the Chairperson for the Project Committee, and Ellen worked as a Project Leader at one of the work sites. |
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| Some of our favorite WWW pages |
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| Updates on the latest L. A. Works Day here! |
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| Pictures of Ireland |
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| Info about and pics of the universe as we know it |
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| Jokes storehouse |
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| high school science teacher and two years as an elementary school teacher, he now has his teaching credential and is teaching fourth grade at Celerity Charter Elementary, a charter school in Los Angeles. At left is his current class of terrific students. |
| Only a teacher would understand... |
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