Category Archives: Editorial

World-class Jazz Musician

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Harvey

Here is Ter­rance Blan­chard, truly a world-class jazz trum­peter, as he lis­tens to his band play one of their original works.

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Gold Star Mother’s Day

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Harvey

Gold Star Ban­ners were pre­sented to 10 Illi­nois moth­ers on Sun­day whose sons died in com­bat dur­ing the pre­vi­ous year. More than 70 Illi­nois Gold Star fam­i­lies, who lost fam­ily mem­bers on active duty since Sep­tem­ber 11, 2001, attended the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Borggren New Veterans’ Affairs Director

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Harvey

  8/05/11 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) A for­mer aide to Gen. David Petraeus is being nom­i­nated to run the Illi­nois Depart­ment of Vet­er­ans’ Affairs. Erica Borggren was also vale­dic­to­rian of the 2002 class at West Point and a Rhodes Scholar. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Illinois DREAM Act Signed

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Harvey

IL Gov­er­nor Pat Quinn signed the Illi­nois DREAM Act after it won approval from both cham­bers of the Illi­nois Gen­eral Assem­bly. The Act autho­rized the Illi­nois DREAM Fund to pro­vide schol­ar­ships to stu­dents who: have at least one immi­grant par­ent; … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Merri Dee Shares Life Lessons With Students

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Harvey

Merri Dee, cur­rent State of Illi­nois AARP Pres­i­dent, recently vis­ited Harold Wash­ing­ton Ele­men­tary School on Chicago’s south side to talk with 6th, 7th, and 8th graders about her career as an exam­ple of work­ing hard and tak­ing advan­tage of oppor­tu­ni­ties … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Gov Quinn, Premier of Manitoba, Canada, Sign Agreement

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Harvey

Illi­nois Gov. Pat Quinn and the Pre­mier of Man­i­toba, Canada, Greg Selinge, signed a Mem­o­ran­dum of Under­stand­ing on Eco­nomic and Envi­ron­men­tal Co-operation in late March to work together on trade and com­merce oppor­tu­ni­ties. The sign­ing was held at the Cana­dian … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Jazz Fest Starts Tuesday, Benefits Hunger Relief

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Harvey

The 2011 Chi Town Jazz Fes­ti­val will swing into high gear from Tues­day, March 22 through March 26. It show­cases an array of out­stand­ing jazz artists in some of Chicago’s finest jazz venues. The fes­ti­val began last year and involves the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Creating The Harbor Panorama Montage

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Harvey

The chal­lenge here was to dupli­cate the tech­nique I had used in the late 80s and early 90s, before there were com­put­ers and Pho­to­shop, but this time using my com­puter. In the early days I shot color neg­a­tive film, processed … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Red Cross Promotes Awareness About House Fires

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Harvey

A house fire hap­pens every 80 sec­onds. 70,000 fam­i­lies a year face los­ing every­thing. The Red Cross responds to 10% more fires than it did six years ago. The prob­lem is spread­ing, but with your sup­port, hope can spread just … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Wedding Couples Of A Certain Age…

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Harvey

Wed­ding cou­ples of a cer­tain age (early 30s to mid-70s) are more attracted to my style of shoot­ing and the rela­tion­ship I build with them than twen­tysome­things. They often have fam­i­lies, some­times grown. They don’t want video or a team … Con­tinue read­ing →

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