“The Pennsylvania Outdoor Life Team - Biographies - WNEP-TV 16” plus 4 more

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• The Pennsylvania Outdoor Life Team - Biographies - WNEP-TV 16
• A reminder of what's at stake - Post-Star
• Ashton Kutcher  - Variety
• Marketing/Creative Writer - Mediabistro.com
• Box full of history - Kerrville Daily Times

The Pennsylvania Outdoor Life Team - Biographies - WNEP-TV 16 Posted: 18 Sep 2009 04:59 PM PDT Don Jacobs Pennsylvania Outdoor Life co-host Don Jacobs (Jake) joined the WNEP-TV team in 1982 right after college graduation. He graduated from East Stroudsburg University with a degree in Speech Communication and Theater. While in college, Jake started an internship at WNEP-TV in the summer if 1982. Throughout his internship, he learned to appreciate and love television and news. He responded, "I guess you could call it being in the right place at the right time. I graduated from college on a Friday. The same day my internship ended, a full time position opened up. I started my television career the next Monday afternoon." Jake spent eight years in charge of the Assignment Desk in the newsroom. Much to his surprise, he was approached one day by WNEP-TV's General Manager and offered the position of Producer for Pennsylvania Outdoor Life. Being an avid outdoorsman, he took the job without hesitation. After three years of producing the only local outdoor show in the area, he was asked to co-host Pennsylvania Outdoor Life. Today he is a recognized as a popular on air personality for WNEP-TV. He also write stories for WNEP-TVs Home & Backyard, he Emcees the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon , the St. Joseph's Telethon and he sits on numerous boards in the community. When Jake is not at work or out in the community representing WNEP-TV, he is busy spending time with his wife and two daughters. Besides hunting and fishing, his other hobbies include cooking, wine making, canning, mushroom picking and nature walks. Jake was born in West Pittston, Luzerne County and graduated from Wyoming Area High School. He has lived in northeastern Pennsylvania all his life. Brian Hollingshead Pennsylvania Outdoor Life producer Brian Hollingshead joined the WNEP-TV family in 2000 right after graduation from college. He graduated from Kutztown University with a bachelor's degree in telecommunications. While at Kutztown, Brian interned with WNEP and was assigned to work with Pennsylvania Outdoor Life. He immediately fell in love with the show and, through his appreciation of the outdoors, decided that working on the show is what he wanted to do. Brian spent two years in the news department as a photographer until the fall of 2002 when the position he dreamed for opened. Since then Brian has been the guy behind the camera on everything from deer hunts, bass fishing trips, along with a variety of other outdoor activities. When Brian is not enjoying the outdoors while on the clock, you can pretty much bet that he'll be enjoying them with his friends and family. He is and avid hunter and fisherman to which he thanks his grandfather and father for instilling in him. He is a member of the Trevorton East End Rod and Gun Club located in Weikert, Pennsylvania. Brian was raised in Shamokin, Northumberland County and graduated from Shamokin Area High School. He now resides in the Wyoming Valley. Dave Aucker Dave Wayne Aucker is a member of the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association (MLNRA), The National Rifle Association (NRA), and the Pennsylvania Federation of Black Powder Shooters. Dave and his wife Mary Lou are also 18th Century reinactors. They are partial to the French and Indian War time period and are members of the 3rd Pa. Battalion, Augusta Regiment, which was the provincial regiment funded by the Pennsylvania Government. Dave simply enjoys hunting with black powder firearms. "I love to hunt for anything with a flintlock firearm. It can be squirrels with a 40 caliber or deer with a big bore, wing shooting for pheasants to cottontail rabbits in the snow. I love it all. A flintlock or shotgun can add a whole new dimension to your hunting experience." Dave's bow of choice is the longbow and he would pick fly-fishing as his favorite angling sport. Dave and his wife, Mary Lou, live in Laurelton, Pennsylvania. They have two daughters and a grandson. E-mail Dave at: flintlockfanatic2003@yahoo.com Dale Butler Dale Butler is the President of the Red Rock Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), a member of the National Rifle Association (NRA), A Life Member of the North American Hunting Club and a member of the Pennsylvania Deer Association. He also belongs to the Bowman Creek Watershed Association and is a Charter member of the Sunrise Farm Rod & Gun Club in New York.

A reminder of what's at stake - Post-Star Posted: 25 Sep 2009 10:34 PM PDT There's a Web site that most of us probably don't know about, but probably should. It's www.freedomremembered.com, and it's put together by a handful of dedicated individuals who don't want the nation to forget the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform. The site lists the biographies of hundreds of soldiers killed during recent U.S. military actions. The biographies are categorized by the individual's military branch of service, the military action the soldier was killed in, soldiers killed stateside, and recent casualties. Click on a category and you can read a little bit about each soldier through obituaries or contributions by families and local veterans associations. The category of recent casualties is at the top of the screen. The names of two soldiers killed in the same explosion on Sept. 20 are listed first. The name of Pfc. Jeremiah J. Monroe is the third one down. Pfc. Jeremiah Monroe, a 31-year-old Brant Lake native, is being laid to rest Saturday in a small Adirondack cemetery, nine days after he was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. His biography on the site is brief and straightforward. There's no flowery language, no fancy tribute. It's comprised strictly of factual information — a provided photo accompanied by a list of his many military honors, details about his unit, some personal information such as the names of his parents, and his date of birth and death. There aren't even any details about how he died, other than to say he was killed in action while serving in Afghanistan. But as many people will likely learn today at his funeral service in Chestertown, Pfc. Jeremiah Monroe was more than any biography could do justice. Friends and family today will share what he was really like. How funny he was. How he liked to draw cars. How he loved to build things. What he was like as a kid growing up. They'll tell stories of the bond with his brother, Robert, and his daughter, Delilah. They might recall the time they learned he was planning to enlist in the Army. They might talk about the tragic death of his father, who died of brain cancer only a few months ago. Today, we are reminded about what's truly at stake in Afghanistan and Iraq and other places. We are reminded that the people who give their lives in military service are more than just names on a memorial or biographies on a Web site. Today, we are reminded about the true meaning of "sacrifice" and "honor" through Pfc. Jeremiah Monroe, who gave his life living up to those words. Local editorials represent the opinion of The Post-Star editorial board, which consists of Publisher Rick Emanuel, Editor Ken Tingley, Editorial Page Editor Mark Mahoney and citizen representative Robert Sellar.

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Box full of history - Kerrville Daily Times Posted: 25 Sep 2009 10:41 PM PDT A kind reader, Dr. Bill Hoegemeyer, the veterinarian whose offices are on Sidney Baker Street, brought by a box of historical items this week that really delighted this old collectors heart. As you probably know, I collect items related to Kerr Countys history. Hopefully, I will get it organized in such a way so the collection can be displayed, and eventually made available to the public. Until then, I continue to build a collection of items that have one thread in common: They relate to the story of this place. In the box were three books and a towel. Two of the books were Encyclopedias of Texas, a collection of biographies of people important in the state. Theyre beautifully bound, with rich detail on the covers; inside are short biographies, usually accompanied with a photo, of various personalities from around the state. Its a fascinating addition to my collection, and Im sure it will be handy as I continue researching the history of our community. There also was a little book printed in Kerr County in late 1955. This book made an interesting journey. Its a small engagement book, with pages of weekly calendars, meant to be used to record the activities in ones life in 1956. That year, you might remember, was a big year in the history of Kerr County: It was the countys centennial. Though the Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce recently organized a very successful 150th birthday celebration for our county, and though that celebration included four days of events, from a memorial service to a fireworks display, the 150th birthday celebration was tiny in comparison to the events organized to celebrate the communitys 100th birthday. The Centennial celebration was a very, very big deal. Huge. Ive collected items prepared for the centennial here, from old newspapers to china plates, from buttons to copies of sheet music written especially for the event. But in all my collecting, Id never seen this particular item, the weekly planner brought to me by Dr. Hoegemeyer. Its about 5 1/2 inches by 8 1/2 inches, printed in black ink on simple paper, and contains not only the calendars, but also photographs and pages of description. The photos were taken by A.C. Jorn, whose images I also collect. Its very interesting, and I learned some things I never knew about our community during my first reading of the little book. For example, the Charles Schreiner mansion recently accepted by Schreiner University, the house on Earl Garrett Street which was the home of Captain Schreiner, was once the Kerrville Public Library. In fact, the little engagement book was published, I think, as a fundraiser for the library. In it, I learned the library, as of 1955, boasted 15,000 volumes, all housed in the bottom floor of the old mansion. The mansion was then owned by the Kerrville Masonic Lodge; I believe they held their lodge meetings on the second floor. But theres a personal side to the story of the little book, too. The book was printed by the Paul MacDonald Company, which happened to have its plant in the very same building where I work every day. MacDonalds offices were housed in the building we now use for the printing office of our plant. I was quite pleased the little book had made its 54-year journey from the little office on Water Street, to a drawer in someones home, to Dr. Hoegemeyer, then back to the little office on Water Street where it had first been created. In addition to the books, Dr. Hoegemeyer brought by two towels. One was for a hotel of which Id never heard the LaSalle Hotel, with no town named. But the other, a white bath towel with a blue stripe down its length, simply reads Blue Bonnet Hotel Kerrville Texas. What a great gift. Until next week, all the best.

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