Kamp

The Cyclones hope true freshman Kirby Van Der Kamp is able to come in from West Des Moines Valley High School in Iowa and earn the job.

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"The air quality in the area was horrid," says Mr. Kamp, now 62.

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But a day job wasn't enough for Mr. Kamp, who has activism in his blood.

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Having published many freelance articles about environmental science over the years, Mr. Kamp approached the newspaper group Wick Communications, based in Sierra Vista, Ariz., for a job.

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In the late 1970s, Dick Kamp was living in Bisbee Junction, Ariz., running an auto-wrecking yard, working part time at the post office, and generally living like a "quasi-hippy with a non-career."

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Without his longtime colleague, Mr. Kamp was thrown for a loop.

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Under the agreement, the park's design—led by landscape architect David Kamp, of Manhattan-firm Dirtworks—will include the erection of a fence and wall before the building to provide privacy.

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"This is my part-time nonprofit," says Mr. Kamp, who spends about 25 hours a week working on E-Tech, outside of his full-time job as a journalist.

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"Running a nonprofit is an extremely unstable way to make a living, and I knew I needed more stability in my later years for myself and my family," says Mr. Kamp, who has four daughters and now lives in Santa Fe, N.M., with his wife.

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Mr. Kamp and two colleagues run the organization in their spare time.

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