Category: Jobs
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Pigs Made Famous
One spring Diane Kroeker made the pigs of Deerbank Farm famous by getting their picture onto ABC’s Good Morning America show. She…
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Odd Jobs
I have done a number of odd things between serious jobs, some of them close to home, others in distant lands. I…
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Pizza Cook
I financed my way through college working as a pizza cook at Del Monico’s in San Jose, California. The restaurant was popular…
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Brandon Sun
Being a reporter for the Brandon Sun was my first real newspaper job. I had been a night police reporter at the…
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Rupert’s Land News
On the job I rubbed shoulders with smart clergymen. I have often mused that evangelical preachers find satisfaction in giving people their…
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Music Festival
I’m a better writer than musician, but I got the job as Executive Director of the Winnipeg Music Festival. The president called…
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Whiteshell Echo
I was editor of The Whiteshell Echo four years. During that time I had the privilege of driving often through the PreCambrian…
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Farm Vacations
I was visiting my friend Marguerite Manning in her Assiniboine Avenue office. She was telling me about a good time on one…
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Nebraskaland
Nebraskaland Magazine was published by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. I was appointed its editor after working for several years on…
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Manitoba Moods
My singularly favourite professional project that I am most proud of is Manitoba Moods Magazine. It was published for three years under…
