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December 2008
The New Seabees Documentary Film
December 30, 2008
The NEW Seabees Documentary Film Award-winning director RJ McHatton was going to make a movie about his sister Patty and her experience serving her nation as a Navy Seabee in Iraq. Then the word got out and RJ started getting calls from Seabees from World War II, Korea, Vietnam and... Read more
 
Congratulations to Dion McIntosh
December 24, 2008
Congratulations to DION McINTOSH, who was on the new ABC Television show "Rediscovered" last night.  Dion won $50,000 and will be heading to Las Vegas to open for Donny and Marie Osmand.   Last year RJ and the Inventive Productions crew of Charles McHatton and Tyler... Read more
 
Emily Howell Warner
December 24, 2008
Emily Howell Warner with her husband Julius RJ McHatton with Legend of Aviation Emily Howell Hanrahan Warner December 13, 2008 I flew on Frontier Airlines that day to Denver to go interview an American hero, Emily Howell Warner.  I only got two hours to sleep when my... Read more
 
Clay Lacy
December 24, 2008
          Clay Lacy My day started great when the hotel lady said "You have a great smile!"  Clay Lacy.  I arrived at Clay Lacy Aviation about fifteen minutes early.  I had woken up at 8am, thought it was enough time... Read more
 
Jim Christison
December 24, 2008
Jim was a great guy.  He always said that it was easy to remember his name because the spelling of his last name was Christ is son.   Jim always made it a choice to be happy everyday and to try to help others, including me.  Whenever I might get down, I would go see Jim and... Read more
 
Thanksgiving Family Reunion
December 4, 2008
                  My Dad, Bob McHatton, stationed in                   Germany in the US Air Force in the... Read more
 
Legends of Aviation video biographies
December 4, 2008
Legends of Aviation.   Here is a list of the other Legends of Aviation that are being recognized at the "Academy Awards of Aviation."  We are creating video biographies for Airport Journals, sponsor of... Read more
 
Entirenet - SBS & EBS labcasts for Microsoft
December 4, 2008
Entirenet Shoot SBS & EBS--We had a great time shooting and editing together the new labcasts for Microsoft's new Small Business Server 2008 and Microsoft's new Enhanced Business Server 2008.  Using our in-house green studio, we were able to create a top-notch training series that will... Read more
 
Charles Glenn Marker
December 4, 2008
       Charles Glenn Marker   While on our visit to Leo and Amy Hymas' home, I was able to interview Charles Marker for the Veterans History Project.  Charles is 90 years old.  He was born in Salt Lake City in 1918.  He was drafterd into the Army Air... Read more
 
Wayne Small
December 4, 2008
                  Wayne Small   Recently I interviewed Wayne over at Leo and Amy Hymas' home as part of our committment to the Veterans History Project.  Wayne was there that day with Harold and Charles.  It was a great... Read more
 
Harold Robinett
December 4, 2008
              Harold Robinett Harold served in the US Navy for over thirty years, and then he became a fireman.  When I interviewed Harold for the Veterans History Project, I could not believe that he was over 90 years old.  He said the... Read more
 
Ruby Grace Hutchinson
December 4, 2008
             Ruby Grace Hutchinson Ruby was a fantastic person.  I worked with her for a time down on the Oregon Coast.  She always went out of her way to help others.  We were asked by her family to create a photo montage for her Memorial... Read more
 
Pat Murphy
December 4, 2008
 It was about a year ago that I first met Pat Murphy.  I had flown to Buffalo, New York on a project to interview him for his Video Biography, sponsored by his daughter Christine and her husband Roger, who live in California.  Pat was a great guy.  He had a very... Read more
 
great quotation
December 4, 2008
"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance."                                       George Bernard Shaw  Read more
 
Article in Wall Street Journal
December 4, 2008
Article in Wall Street Journal--Last week the Wall Street Journal had an awesome article about the emerging trends toward video biographies.  You can read the article by CLICKING HERE.  Read more
 
Bob Bertheau photo montage project
December 4, 2008
 Bob Bertheau photo montage project--We are creating a really neat video photo montage dedicated to the 50th Wedding Anniversary of his parents Rene & Sunny Bertheau.  Rene was #56 football player for University of Washington in 1956-1957. Read more
 
Story Corps -- National Day of Listening
December 4, 2008
 Story Corps--National Day of Listening--Last week was the first annual National Day of Listening, a day dedicated to listening to stories from your loved ones.  You can learn more about this new holiday at http://www.nationaldayoflistening.org/ Read more
 
Visit with Kurt & Liz Micka
December 4, 2008
 Visit with Kurt & Liz Micka--While in Salt Lake City I took time to visit with my old college roommate, Kurt Micka, and his lovely wife Liz.  Kurt and I were roomates back in the 1970s and 1980s at Fresno State.  It was a lot of fun reminiscing about those good old... Read more
 
General Bill Anders -- Astronaut, aviator, Ambassador
December 4, 2008
Earthrise   This photo was taken by American astronaut Bill Anders during his Apollo 8 mission around the moon.  I was fortunate to meet and interview Bill Anders last month.  Bill Anders is a true hero to me.  He really loves aviation.  I interviewed Bill for a... Read more