Remarkable Residents
Joe Vega: Kicking, Singing, Running, Racing Through Retirement
This Heights resident has done it all, and he's not finished yet.
In some ways, Joe Vega is your typical 67-year-old grandfather of five. He's retired, he goes to church regularly and he is active in the community. Then again, you aren't likely to find too many grandfathers who have earned a first-degree black belt in karate, who drag race professionally, who sing professionally and have run the Chicago Marathon in under three hours. How does he manage to do all this? "I believe in goal setting," Vega says. "Without goals you have nothing." And goals he has. Vega rattles off a few that he's set and accomplished. "I set a goal never to get a traffic ticket," he says. "I also never wanted to take any medication or other drugs in my life." If any reader still doubts in the power of goal setting, think about…
Jerry Smith
11:27 pm on Monday, April 4, 2011
JOE VEGA IS WHAT HE SAYS HE IS AND DOES WHAT HE SAYS. I COULD NOT HAVE A BETTER FRIEND. JOE IS LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM AND IT WAS NOT HANDED TO HIM ON A SILVER TRAY..HE EARNED IT THE OLD FASIHON WAY...BY HARD AND HONEST WORK. I HAVE NEVER KNOWN JOE TO TAKE ANYTHING HE DID NOT EARN HONESTLY. HE ASKED FOR NOTHING BUT FRIENDSHIP BUT WILL HELP A FRIEND WITH ANYTHING WE ASK OF HIM. HE IS A GOOD … more ›