I think we all might have a Jack Church in our life: the guy you are right around the corner from, five minutes before or after. Everyone tells you they just saw him and is flabbergasted you never met.
Jack is that guy for me.
Back in the mid 90s (ugh, I am dating myself here), I got my first job as a chief meteorologist in Bakersfield. I held the job for about 3 years before moving on, when I left and moved back to Fargo…Jack took that job I vacated.
Just before I moved to the Central Coast about 7 years ago, Jack apparently had accepted the job at KSBY to lead the weather department (after Sharon Graves departed) but never actually ended up working there. I was the next guy they hired. Interestingly, Jack knew the story and I knew he story and we had a lot of mutual acquaintances in the business and plenty in the communities where we worked. Jack is a friendly and affable guy with a big smile and has done just about every job at a TV station just like me. We had never met until a couple of days ago.
I insisted on getting a picture. Of course, we hit it off right away.
