Point Arena Lighthouse Lecture Series Returns "7 Years On The Light Station" with Mark Hancock • August 20
The Point Arena Lighthouse’s popular Lighthouse Lecture Series is back! The series resumes Saturday, August 20 at 5:00pm in the Fog Signal Building Museum. Executive Director Mark Hancock will present “7 years on the Light Station.”
Originally scheduled for August 2020, the actual 5 year anniversary of Hancock's time as Executive Director of the Point Arena Light Station, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 restrictions, this lecture will now cover his 7 years of service. This lecture will be a humorous, poignant, informative and personal presentation of what it is like to run the 23 acre Light Station, Mark’s “stationary ship on the ocean.” The presentation will include a slideshow of the diverse, beautiful, inspiring and fascinating things Mark has seen and experienced in his 7 years on the Light Station peninsula, woven together with stories of the people, animals and experiences he has enjoyed.
Mark has had a varied 49 year career in the working world, with a wide variety of positions in building maintenance, customer service, software application development and implementation, sales, quality assurance and other roles in both large corporations and small software startups. Prior to moving to Gualala full time in 2011 he worked at Crocker Bank, Pacific Bell (where he met his wife of 38 years, Laverne), software startups Salestar and Spear Technologies, and Wells Fargo Bank Internet. After moving to Gualala he became part of the coastal community by joining Gualala Arts as its Publicity Coordinator, a position he enjoyed for 4 years. When the Point Arena Lighthouse Keeper’s Inc. were looking for a new Executive Director in 2015 he applied and has been happily doing that job ever since.
“I am thrilled to be the first Lighthouse Lecture Series speaker since COVID suspended the series,” Mark said. “My 7 years on the Light Station have been the best job I’ve ever had and I can’t wait to share all the reasons why in my presentation!”
The Lighthouse is located at 45500 Lighthouse Road just north of Pt. Arena. More information is at PointArenaLighthouse.org.
Image: Photo by Peggy Berryhill
