Joe McGuinness

Joe McGuinness
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Joe McGuinnessis a stock character and shows up in many stories. He is married to Nancy and wears several hats. His main job is as an accountant in Spearfish Lake, but he is also a volunteer firefighter and an EMT. He was a Marine. He also enjoys the outdoors, especially Kayaks, and has been known to surf.

Joe was injured in the Warsaw fire in 1981.^SX19

In 1995, he is in his 50's, graying, slightly larger and more solid than Randy Clark. He keeps Gil's books for Spearfish Lake Appliance and when Josh and Tiffany Archer open their outdoor supply store adjacent to his business, he adds another customer, plus helps out in the store occasionally, especially when the pair are off racing their sled dogs.

By 2000 he allows John Archer to buy into his McGuinness Accounting business, which allows him more time with his hobbies (they rename it McGuinness-Archer Accounting). The agreement is that John will purchase the entire business from Joe over ten years.

In the late 1990s he became Spearfish Lake Fire Chief, following Harry Masterfield, for a decade. In August 2010 he still hung around the fire station and manned the radio.^BHF2

When the wind changed and the Birdwatcher Hill Fire was moving towards the railgrade he thought of taking equipment on a train to fight the fire from the tracks.^BHF23