Phillip Mackintosh

Name: Phillip Mackintosh

Age: 38

Family: My wife Kris, and our six children

City of residence: Corning

Occupation: I have been with the California Highway Patrol for eight years.

Favorite part of the job: Taking DUI drivers to jail.

What part of your job would you gladly give up? The paperwork

What do you like most about Corning? The friendly people

What would you like to change in Corning? The gang members

What is the closest you've been to a famous person? President Boyd K. Packer, a leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Tell us about a life-changing experience: Going on a mission trip to Costa Rica.

If you were granted one wish, what would you wish for? My own king-sized bass fishing pond.

Whom do you most admire and why? My father, because he started out with a hard life and has overcome all obstacles to become a very good human being.

What are your favorite places to go in the area? Fishing at Shasta Lake.

What was your first job? Painting my neighbor's barn at age 13.

If you were a superhero, what would your power be? To read people's minds.

What's something you can't live without? A heartbeat

What's something about yourself that your friends might not know? That I, at age 13, was the Nye County, Nevada, champion speller.

Best advice you have ever received? To always read my scriptures.

What is something unique about yourself? My fingerprints

What kind of pets do you have? A cat named, Lissie, a sociopathic rooster, hens, and two cows

Hobbies/interests: Fishing, reading, woodcarving, shooting and being a dad.

Where do you get your news? The Corning Observer

What's your favorite thing to do on a rainy day? Reading

What is your dream job? Working for the CHP.

What are some of your fondest memories? My children being born.

Favorite book: "Interesting Times," by Terry Pratchett.

What are your favorite foods? Enchiladas and refried beans

Favorite musician: Louis Armstrong

Most embarrassing moment: As a young man, stopping to pee on the side of the road and having a car full of girls drive by and see me.

If you were reincarnated as an animal, what would you be and why? A killer whale because they are the king of the ocean.

What's your guilty pleasure? Pecan praline ice cream

What quality in people do you most admire? Integrity

What was your favorite toy as a child? A stuffed cat named Kitty, I still have it.

Favorite superhero? "Spiderman," he's cool.

Favorite television show: "Antique Roadshow"

Worst television show: Any reality show

Favorite movie: "R.V." with Robin Williams

Worst fear: Losing a child.

Contact Cindy Monroe at 824-5464 or cmonroe@tcnpress.com.