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One Thousand Tents For Haiti

One Thousand Tents For Haiti

The Goal of One Thousand Tents for Haiti is to give tent shelter to the now 1,000s of Haitian people who have none.  Families, Children, Men and Women, the sick, wounded and injured, are sleeping in open air environments making them extremely vulnerable to the elements, disease and predators. This long-term program is being run [...]

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Janae Ran The Torch Through My Hometown: Vancouver Olympics 2010

Janae Ran The Torch Through My Hometown: Vancouver Olympics 2010

On my first day home for the Holidays, Janae Vlaar-Philbrick became a part of Canadian history, carrying a 2010 Olympic torch through my hometown of Pelham, Ontario!  A fun crowd of fellow Canadians gathered to witness the passing of the torch relay, which ends in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics!  It was great to [...]

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Help Haiti

Help Haiti

It doesn’t take a second to realize the gift of each new day in which you don’t have to face a natural disaster.  Haiti is in dire need of assistance.  Here are some quick links to sites that can help: Clinton Bush Haiti Fund CNN Impact Your World MAP International

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Non-Fiction | Crazy Flight

Non-Fiction | Crazy Flight

Wednesday evening.  LaGuardia airport.  By 6pm I had checked in for my 8pm flight and headed to the FOX Sports bar. In the bar I see three people, mid-20′s, having an alcohol-infused argument: 2 guys, a girl. The one guy’s big, 6 foot, ox-on-hind-legs, jar-head haircut.  The other two are brother-sister.  Jarhead’s the girl’s boyfriend.  [...]

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Danica Patrick

Danica Patrick

Looking at the force of the waves crashing against the Malibu shore I think of Danica Patrick (one of my heroes) and her IndyCar Race crash in the 2009 Grand Prix when the rookie driver Raphael Matos tried to pass her (both cars crashed).  I’m sure the experience made both him and Danica better drivers [...]

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Jay Dooley Passed Away Today

Jay Dooley Passed Away Today

I think sometimes life is pretty funny.  It’s a barrel of monkeys.  Like tonight when I got a call to tell me that a family friend, my buddy Jay, died at home.  There are a lot of emotions to take at once and my thoughts and prayers go out to his family.  Jerry his father.  [...]

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Sugar Seminars Day 2

Sugar Seminars Day 2

Photographs by Trevor Jenkins for 98 Productions, LLC. & Minette Rushing Custom Cakes Inc. Our coverage of Minette Rushing’s Sugar Seminars continued today!  The students applied Minette’s techniques and began to build their cakes!  We’re awaiting the results.  For more information on the ongoing sugar seminar classes at Minette Rushing’s studio please visit : http://www.savannahcustomcakes.com

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Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July Everyone!!!  Today I am thankful to be celebrating my first 4th of July as an American Citizen!!!  Last summer in Atlanta I took part in the swearing in ceremony with at least 200 other persons from around the world.  The ceremony opened with the Director of the southeast immigration calling each [...]

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Happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day!

Summer is here!!! Happy Canada Day everyone!!  Great country!  Great people (so I’m a little biased)!  These photos are the Fonthill, Ontario country roads by my house I grew up running on!

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BOOM BOOM POW!

BOOM BOOM POW!

It was a bittersweet day at the 98 Studio, as we said farewell (for the moment) to one of our Editors Lindsey Woo (AKA Woobear)!  Lindsey and her husband Jake who serves in the United States Army are being transferred to…Hawaii!!!!   So we thought we would give her the 98 send-off with a photo [...]

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