Brett Stimely

Brett Stimely attended dental school, then spent time in Europe  modeling and acting. He appeared in numerous commercials, receiving a multitude of awards. 

Brett then relocated to Los Angeles, intent on a career in movies and television.

He made regular appearances as Dr. Jay Garvin on The Bold And The Beautiful (CBS), and attorney Joshua Sloane on Sunset Beach (NBC).

Other movie and television credits include Michael Bay’s Transformers 3, President John F. Kennedy in the Warner Brothers movie Watchmen, Robert Jones on the FX Channel's The Shield, and he discovered the North Pole in the Discovery Channel's Race To The Poles as the legendary explorer Frederick Albert Cook.

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Sir Stirling Moss

Sir Stirling Moss is the celebrated Formula One racing driver from England who is hailed as one of the world's elite.

He raced cars from 1948 to 1962, winning 212 races, including 16 Formula One Grands Prix. Among the cars he raced were Lotus, Maserati, Jaguar, Ferrari, Porsche and Mercedes-Benz.

Upon retirement, he worked as color commentator on ABC's Wide World of Sports for Formula One and NASCAR races.
 
Moss was a guest challenger on the television show, What's My Line?, and appeared in the 1967 film Casino Royale playing Evelyn Tremble's (Peter Sellers) chauffeur.

In 1990, Moss was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

He was awarded the O.B.E., Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in 1959, and in March 2000, awarded Knighthood of the British Empire. 

I knew of a story about Moss aggressively driving his Mercedes-Benz away from Buckingham Palace following his knighting ceremony. He was stopped by a palace guard who asked angrily, "Who do you think you are? Stirling Moss?" I asked Sir Stirling if that story was true. He laughed and assured me it was.

Sir Stirling lives in London with his very personable wife, Lady Susie Moss.

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Army National Guard

 

Tank Commander

Training NCO

Army National Guard

 





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Ramon Powers, Author

In September 1878, an important event in American Indian history occurred. After enduring a year of disease and hunger, 350 Northern Cheyenne Indians living on Indian Territory fled Oklahoma and Kansas to return to their homelands in Wyoming and Montana. Pursuing them was the United States Army. Some of the Cheyenne were killed, some surrendered to the military and were held in army barracks in Nebraska. 

In January 1879, desperate and homesick, the Cheyenne made one last attempt at freedom. Many of the men, women and children who ran from the barracks were shot and killed. Others died over the next two weeks while again being pursued by the US Army.

In the award-winning book, The Northern Cheyenne Exodus in History and Memory (Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011), James N. Leiker and Ramon Powers explore ways that exodus has been remembered by examining recollections of Indians, settlers, and descendants.

Pictured is co-author Ramon Powers.

Please also refer to Mari Sandoz's Cheyenne Autumn (1953, reprint edition 1992).

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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback

I am preparing for a trip to Emporia, Ks., to photograph Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and key business leaders from across the state. This photograph of Governor Brownback is from a couple of years ago.
 
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