I was born on 6 August 1956 in San Francisco, California to Janet and (the late) Richard Hovis.
I grew up in Santa Monica, California where I attended elementary, junior high school, and high school (graduating in 1974), in addition to involvement in sports and recreation (Little League +, the Boy’s Club ++). Further, it was in elementary school – St. Augustine’s By-the -Sea Parish School that I found, and made the choice to truly journey with God.
I attended Arizona State University from 1974 to 1977 – seeking to become an architect, however, I was not accepted, and, as such, I graduated with a Liberal Arts degree.
Upon graduation from Arizona State University, I attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and studied City and Regional Planning at the Master’s level. I successfully completed one (1) year in a two (2) year program – I did not complete the Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning – due to personal reasons.
I returned to Santa Monica where I started (October 1979) my career as graphic designer with Exxon Company, USA. I spent five years with Exxon Company, USA.
While working with Exxon Company, USA I was accepted into architectural school – Sci-Arc in Southern California, however, I did not attend preferring to stay with Exxon..
In 1982 I married Laura Flosi and in April 1983 we had our one and only child – Lauren Alain Hovis – a gift from God.
We moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1984 from Los Angeles, where I went to work as a graphic designer with Kitchell CEM (from 1985 -1987).
From 1987 – 1995 I was an independent contractor, and a registered representative in mortgage finance, financial management, graphic design, and drafting.
Further, I attended the University of Phoenix and successfully obtained a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in 1982.
I was also a member of the Scottsdale Jaycees, where I became very involved in community events and projects.
In 1994, I accepted a cartography position with the Defense Mapping Agency in Reston, Virginia. As such, I relocated from Phoenix to Reston.
In 1998, I was accepted and worked as a Visual Information Officer with the Central Intelligence Agency. In 2002, I worked as a Support Officer until my retirement (due to a need for shoulder surgery) in September 2018.
Away from my Federal Government service, I have been involved in various organizations and activities in Northern Virginia.
In November of 2011, I married Rebecca Ouellette in Santa Monica, California. I reside in San Tan Valley, AZ with my two hamster - Jess and Timothy, our fish, our lizard - RJ Lizard., and our cats - Pearl and Grey.
As to hobbies, I enjoy playing sports, attending sporting events, mentoring individuals from financial management to hamsters, building models, photography, travel, multimedia design, managing partner for RJ Hamster, and jazz – smooth jazz to a samba or a bossa nova.
Love and God Bless,
Peter – aka RJ Hamster Jo hi
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CompanyShare PriceAmount / PeriodYieldPrevious AmountPayout RatioPayable DateCCKCrown$100.03$0.35 quarterly1.42%$0.3522.3%5/28/26 DALDelta Air Lines$70.48$0.19 quarterly1.10%$0.1910.9%6/4/26 EXEExpand Energy$95.68$0.58 quarterly2.37%$0.5817.2%6/4/26 FANGDiamondback Energy$197.90$1.10 quarterly2.06%$1.05488.4%5/21/26 HTGCHercules Capital$15.86$0.07 quarterly1.74%$0.0790.4%5/21/26 IRIngersoll Rand$72.94$0.02 quarterly0.09%$0.025.4%6/4/26 LPXLouisiana-Pacific$72.02$0.30 quarterly1.68%$0.3094.9%5/28/26 NMRKNewmark Group$16.21$0.06 quarterly1.50%$0.0314.8%5/29/26 OLNOlin$27.65$0.20 quarterly2.79%$0.20-71.4%6/12/26 PBFPBF Energy$43.16$0.28 quarterly2.53%$0.2829.6%5/29/26 POOLPool$184.77$1.30 quarterly2.48%$1.2546.0%5/28/26 RMDResMed$203.56$0.60 quarterly1.12%$0.6023.1%6/18/26 SEMSelect Medical$16.44$0.06 quarterly1.52%$0.0623.6%5/28/26 SFDSmithfield Foods$25.49$0.31 quarterly4.76%$0.3148.8%5/28/26 STBAS&T Bancorp$43.77$0.37 quarterly3.38%$0.3640.3%5/28/26 TJXTJX Companies$150.04$0.48 quarterly1.23%$0.4334.8%6/4/26 TTEKTetra Tech$29.06$0.07 quarterly0.90%$0.0715.6%6/2/26 TXTernium$45.12$0.904.13%- 61.9%5/20/26 VNOMViper Energy$47.77$0.38 quarterly2.98%$0.38-475.0%5/21/26 WALWestern Alliance Bancorporation$76.78$0.42 quarterly2.05%$0.4219.6%5/29/26 WECWEC Energy Group$112.45$0.95 quarterly3.27%$0.9576.0%6/1/26 ZIONZions Bancorporation, N.A.$60.58$0.45 quarterly2.85%$0.4528.0%5/21/26 Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment.NOT buy any SpaceX IPO shares until you read THIS (ad)
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Dueling knuckleballers, pitchers gone wild (literally) and no-nos for the losing team are just a few of the wild and wacky events to transpire on a Minor League Baseball field in the past month.
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Later this week, people in Israel will celebrate Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, to remember the reunification of the Holy City in 1967. This year’s celebration will take place under a cloud of threat and imminent danger because of the certain knowledge that missiles could again start raining down at any moment. The Jewish people are suffering right now and dealing with so much, and they urgently need our help. We have received a generous matching gift challenge that will double your gift to help twice as many people—so please be as generous as you can when you send your gift today.
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