Wilson Finks
Wilson Finks is living in Chapel Hill, in the basement apartment of the old family homestead in
Village West. He lives with his cat, Hutch.
He has a very
active life, to put it mildly. First,
he has two jobs, one at Harris-Teeter over in Carrboro, where he has
worked for over five years now; the other with the Center for
Development and Learning, the short version of UNC’s Clinical Center
for the Study of Development and Learning. He has worked for the CDL for several years, sometimes taking
trips to other cities, including Washington and New Orleans, to take
part in professional conferences. The
goal of his particular agency is to help handicapped people take more
responsibility for their own independence and they put on workshops in
which Wilson takes part in role-playing demonstrations.
Wilson is also very active in the Orange County Special Olympics, almost
year round. He has played
for many years for their soccer, basketball, and softball teams,
competing with other teams from around the region and the state.
Recently he has begun to run track again and seems to have lost little
of the speed he had as a teen as he has become a winner in the middle
distances. It is no exaggeration to say that he has more gold, silver and
bronze Special Olympics medals than he knows what to do with. But his best sport and one of his favorite activities is skiing! The
first time he went over to a skiing competition in the N.C. mountains,
he won a gold medal, and he continues to excel. What a shame that the slopes are so far away; otherwise he would
be skiing all winter.
In the summer of 2001, Wilson was able to go on two wonderful trips, first to England and
Scotland with his mother in June, followed by a trip with the CDL to
Hawaii and Samoa in July. Wilson has been green with envy for years over
his brother and sister's world travels and now he'll be able to start
chalking up the exotic destinations himself. In fact, I don't
think either Cat or Charlie has been to Samoa and perhaps not to
Scotland either. In March of 2002, he was able to spend a week at
Disney World, and in August, he and his brother traveled by car from San
Diego back to Chapel Hill, with stops in Las Vegas, at the Grand Canyon,
at Graceland, and other spots along the way.
Wilson's Contact Information
198 Ridge Trail
Chapel Hill, N.C. 27516
919 308-6322
finkswilson~AT~hotmail.com