Category: News
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Goodbye Mr. Zee, Hello New Helen Plum Library
The Helen Plum Library in Lombard, Illinois (my home town) has asked me to tell stories during construction of their new library. Yesterday they began demolition of the vacant Mr. Zee grocery store. It’s hard for the town because the family owned grocery was an important part of the fabric of Lombard. The Library Board…
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Here is a new video I produced for Lombard’s Helen Plum Library. The new, planned library location at 411 S. Main Street, Lombard (get it, 411… information… library) will be built on the site of the former Mr. Z’s Grocery story. The Helen Plum Library worked out an agreement with the Lombard Fire Department and…
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2018 Year in Review
Whew! 2018 was a busy year. Here’s a grateful rundown. The year started off working with Chris Meyer from Orange Flux to produce a series of stories for Lutheran Child and Family Services. Jim Parks and I continued to work with Northwestern Medicine producing a video on NM Supportive Communications at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital. Lutheran…
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Frederick Douglass Doing a Great Job
Here is a silver lining. On February 1, 2017, President Donald Trump praised 19th century abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895) at a Black History Month White House event as someone “who’s done an amazing job that is being recognized more and more.” On August 9, 2018, I interviewed Kenneth B. Morris, the great-great-great grandson…
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A Response to Trump Pakistan Tweet
On January 1, 2018 US President Donald Trump published a Twitter message stating, “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists…
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Tell Congress: Don’t let FCC end Net Neutrality!
Go here to sign the petition. Hi all, This is a political topic that hits close to home for me as an independent content producer. Since the internet began (for me at least) in the 1990’s, access to streaming content has been an amazingly level playing field. If I produce great content, I’ve got just…
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How’s this for a selfie?
How’s this for a selfie? Working on a documentary on the history of WCFC TV38, I unearthed these vintage 1980’s stand-up’s featuring your’s truly as a cub reporter on the weekly news magazine, Page Two. We covered all kinds of stories, often with a conservative bent that makes me cringe these days. Thanks to Wade…
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Paillard Bolex H16 F25, 16mm Movie Camera
Kind of went nuts today a bought a vintage, Swiss made Paillard Bolex H16 F25, 16mm Movie Camera with crank handle, three lenses and a cool leather carrying case. The Bolex company was founded by Jacques Bogopolsky in 1927. Bolex cameras were particularly important for early television news, nature films, and documentaries and are still…
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Around the World in 80 Days
2015 was a busy travel year with 80 days on the road including Scandinavia, Germany, Honduras, Puerto Rico and Haiti. 2016 also started on the road in Ireland on family holiday, followed by Israel/Palestine with Pastor Eric C. Shafer, recording our Stations of the Cross project. Plus stories for the Lutheran World Federation and the…