Community Corner
Who's Who in Benicia: Jim Bowles
Benicia High baseball coach enjoys the best of the city.
Where did you grow up? I grew up in Vallejo. I was there until my sophomore year at Hogan High School, then moved to Benicia and graduated from Benicia High in 1983.
What kind of work do you do? I coach Benicia High varsity boy's baseball.
How long have you been doing that? For 11 years
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What do you do for fun? You're looking at it (gestures to the pool party going on in his back yard.) We spend a lot of time with our kids and their activities.
How many kids do you have? We have two children. My son, Jack, is going to be a freshman this coming year and my daughter just graduated from Mary Farmar.
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Is the whole family into fitness? Yes. We love to swim. We love going to the mountains. We have a cabin up in Truckee so we are outdoorsy.
What are your favorite places in Benicia? We love First Street, we like the restaurants. We have jet skis so we like going out on the straits.
What do you love about this town? It's the people. The tight knit community. We just have great people here, very supportive of each other. We are really into all the small town events like Farmer's Market, the Christmas parade, the fireworks —things like that.
