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My subjects are newsmakers: Actors who have starred in Academy Award-winning movies, Olympic gold medalists, book authors, runway fashion models, titans of business, U.S. Surgeon General, and two astronauts. I am an active member of the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television & Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).
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Kansas City Fashion Week.
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This is Shane performing with Quixotic.
He also performs with Ekho Duo, and Ziggy and the Neptunes.
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The gentleman standing behind me in line wore a cap bearing the words, "Vietnam Veteran".
Showing respect for his military service, I suggested he take my place in line, and I would go behind him.
He eventually agreed, and we talked.
He lost his community-college student deferment in 1968, and was drafted into the Army. He served in Vietnam in 1969 and 1970.
It was an interesting and pleasant interaction, and a good way to start my day.
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Homegrown, relatable, passionate country music.
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Designer Laura Citron (l), and social-media fashion maven Brittany @Wheatnsea.
Kansas City Fashion Week.
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By the end of his presidency, Andrew Jackson had signed into law nearly 70 Indian-removal treaties.
Approximately 50,000 indigenous people in the Southeast were moved to Indian Territory, the dry plains west of the Mississippi River, but excluding Missouri, Iowa, and The Territory of Arkansas.
Thousands died en route.
This purge opened millions of acres of fertile land east of the Mississippi to white settlers.
Indian Territory was vast, however the government intended the Native Americans' destination to be a more confined area - what would become eastern Oklahoma.
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"From a poor child in the 1920's South, to a successful aviator and Senator, Ulysses Lee "Rip" Gooch's story in one of struggle and triumph."
Senator Gooch passed November 24, 2021, at the age of 98.
He was the subject of my 88-minute video project.
Please visit From the Bottom on Facebook for a 3-minute preview. The video quality is inferior on Facebook.
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It was Lucy Wells Coulson and I in a quiet ballroom, prior to the Kansas City Ballet Nutcracker Ball in 2014.
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There were 19 of these wilted plants at Walmart this morning.
I picked up a one-gallon jug of water from a different department, watered the plants, paid for my empty jug at the self-checkout, and left.
You're welcome, Walmart.
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In the 1960's, Cliff Illig was a teenager working part-time loading punch cards into computers at this father's company.
When his Prairie Village, Kansas, high school began offering computer classes, Cliff took one of the first classes offered.
After earning a university degree in accounting and business administration, he worked for Arthur Andersen & Co., the accounting firm.
In 1979, he and two co-workers met at a park, where they developed and wrote a business plan for their vision of a new healthcare software company.
That company would become Cerner Corporation.
Later in 1979, the three left Arthur Andersen & Co., and acquired an Oklahoma hospital as their first client in 1980.
Cerner software technology automates clinical information, and digitizes medical records to support and connect healthcare providers with patient information.
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1946 Ford Panel Van, with historic bullet holes.
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Today, the United States Department of Justice closed the Emmett Till murder case.
This case was originally closed years ago. The late Alvin Sykes, pictured, engineered the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act, creating a cold-case component within the United States Justice Department. Crimes committed in the pre-civil rights era were able to be reopened.
Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African American in 1955, when he was murdered for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi.
His tortured body was recovered from a river. His mother made a significant decision: The casket was open at the funeral, which was attended by thousands of people.
An all-white jury found two white men not guilty. Later, with double-jeopardy protection, the men admitted murdering Emmett.
Emmett's death is credited for initiating the civil rights movement in the United States.
Mr. Sykes dropped out of high school in the tenth grade. He used the public library to educate himself, and he began sitting in on courtroom trials to learn the law.
He had been active for decades, helping solve racially-motivated murders.
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KC Wolf is a tireless, entertaining asset to The Kansas City Chiefs.
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Pre-performance stretching.
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When I wear these shoes, the Kansas City Chiefs prevail on game day.
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Kansas City Fashion Week, 2021.
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At Quality Hill Playhouse's "Encore!" extravaganza, Michael McQuary entertained guests by quickly, and expertly, sketching their portrait.
Michael surprised me with this.
He did an exceptional job capturing me as I worked.
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