TIM PETRI

Something tells me that Tim was with me at Clarke. But I might be wrong. But he was at Washington all four years, to be sure.

My first memories of Tim are from freshman year. We had a few classes together, including Mr. Heuer's algebra class. Tim's parents collected a lot of movies - as did Tim. So he and I had something in common. As I recall, Tim's parents were fans of Elvis' films. Anyway, I believe Tim actually loaned me a porno movie - which I of course copied for myself. In fact, it may have been entitled "Backdoor Brides." I actually recall the day I borrowed it from him. At some point that year, Tim broke his leg, and was in a cast for weeks. Subsequently he would always get to leave class five minutes early, accompanied by a fellow student, who would carry his books and stuff to the next classroom. Good gig! I think Marcus Petkevicius used to do it in Heuer's room. But on that day, I got the job, and got the tape from Tim's locker.

Around that same time, I also had Tim in gym class. Because of his leg, he couldn't play softball. Someone (I don't recall who) asked Mr. Bonino if Tim could hit, but have someone else run the bases for him. Bonino declined.

I belive I ran into Tim from time to time at the video store. He was always friendly enough. According to Brad Strouf, Tim and fellow graduate Peter Soucoup opened a bar together. It apparently closed. In fact, although it looks like the two of them were roommates for years, they must have had a falling out. It looks like Tim sued Peter over some sort of car accident - although they both listed the same address as their residence. Odd.

Today Tim may still be in the tavern business. It looks like he lives below one, in Manitowoc. In fact, his living quarters were searched by the police not too long ago. Although it doesn't look like anything bad was found, as I can find no record of any charges associated with the search. Tim has however been arrested for drunk driving on three occasions - one less than Peter. To my knowledge, Tim has never married. It looks like a young woman very recently got a restraining order against him.

UPDATE - 10/23/06 - Thanks to Kevin Dehne for spotting this ad, which features Tim and his wife. It's a small picture. But you can tell it's him.



UPDATE - 6/18/07 - Yesterday, Kevin Dehne and I stopped in to try and see Tim. Unfortunately, he wasn't working that day. But we snapped a few pictures nonetheless. The first one is of his bar. The other three are some pictures of Tim which were hanging on the walls inside the bar.