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The Romance Theater Book

THE INTRODUCTION:

Starting out, I struggled to find the best way to show the need for continued support of the Romance.

I thought that I should find and photograph every flaw, every chipped wall, every broken fixture and appeal to viewers with guilt. This would not have been the best approach.

Although I did not try to aggrandize the theater by avoiding every flaw, my thought was to show the greatness of its history, the progress of its present and the hope for its future.

The Romance, although not in its prime, still means something and has great importance for the city and the people of Rexburg.

Its beauty has captivated the hearts of young and old. I wanted to convey that by telling some of those stories with this book.

Although I only focus on a few, I know you are reading this book because the theater has touched you in some way and you have a story of your own.

Yes, it is expensive to sustain a 100 year-old building like the Romance, but these buildings and their stories are important for the future, our future.

I hope that in some way this book helps you to see that this theater has come a long way after being saved, and yet, it still has a long way to go.

With your support by donations of money and service, the Romance Theater will once again be the jewel of Rexburg.

To Purchase This Book Visit THIS LINK

Day 46, last day at the Press

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It felt a little surreal today, it was my last day at the Press today and I wanted to say goodbye to Coeur d’Alene. It was a beautiful sunny, hot day and so I went outside and walked around, taking photos as I went. I also took a photo of the CDA Press building for memories sake. When I got back from my romp around the town, Mike, the head editor, called everybody’s attention over to my cubicle and he gave me a going away speech. I was touched and it made me feel appreciated for my work. He then presented me with a check as a thank you and sent everyone back to work. When I was recovering from the surprise, Shawn asked me to go to Super 1 Foods and take a photo of someone buying groceries to use as art for a story on the grocery tax going away in Idaho… This would be my last photo submitted to the press.

I’ve been so grateful for my experience with the newspaper. It has taught me so much and it has given me the desire to become better every day and go after what I want. What’s the next step? Publications for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints here I come!

Day 45

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Today I had another fun assignment, there were some high-schoolers from an AP environmental stewardship class working together with the BLM to plant a native plants garden at the BLM’s Blackwell Island recreation area. This was just a stand alone set.

Day 44

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Due to Shawn training the new press photog, there has been fewer assignments for me to do, and so today was a one assignment day again. It was okay though because it was a fun assignment; I went to a reverse job fair. Students from Post Falls High School made a booth for their career interest and different professionals came around to the different students and interviewed them.

Day 43

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Today was short but sweet, it was time for another in person portrait. This is Jim Brannon, and he is the Kootenai County Clerk.

Day 42

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This morning I went on a little bit of a trek up to Spirit Lake to photograph the workers at the sewage lagoon and what they do. Apparently Spirit Lake uses 100% of their waste water for the betterment of the community; when it has gone through a series of tests and purifying stages it is used in pivot sprinklers to water fields of alfalfa. One of the reporters was doing a story on that. When I got back to the Press, Shawn needed me to get a photo of the allium sculpture downtown and also some wild flowers. The allium sculpture photo was because of an accident in shipping which caused parts of the sculpture to fall off during a windstorm and the wildflowers because its spring time now!

Day 41

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Today, the excitement started when I took a photo of the construction next door to the Press. They are making a lot of headway, however when the day went on I tried to add the photos that I shot to the usual CDA construction folder on the server and it was gone… nowhere to be found. Not in any other folders, not hidden, nothing… and so for hours Shawn and I looked for it. So about 300 photos and 5 videos disappeared from the server. Shawn wasn’t happy.

Day 40

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Today was a pretty slow day. I went out and took some stand alone photos that we didn’t really need but I had to do something. And then at 4pm there was an appointment at the senior center in Post Falls where a little girl wanted to give back to the community. She got her whole class to color pictures of flowers and spring things to bring spring inside for the seniors and they were giving them out at that time. That was pretty much it for today.

Day 39

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It was a lazy day today, there wasn’t too much scheduled so I had some time to archive my photos from February. I’m going to be finishing up this internship at the first of the month and so I have some archiving to do for the Press. Thinking about my experience so far I’m so grateful. Not everybody gets a chance like this to get hands on work training in the job field and take that knowledge back to school and into a future career; it really is a blessing. I’ve also been pleased to see myself improve, I’m definitely not where I want to be quite yet, I know I have a long way to go…but I have noticed an improvement from where I started to where I am now. I just need to keep things going! I’m excited to put my new experience toward the Save the Romance project that I will have a chance to work on again starting in April. Okay, I’m off my soap box and there will be plenty of time for that later.

After archiving for awhile I got another one of my photos from the Silverwood project ready for print because there was going to be an update running tomorrow. Then I went to a pottery painting studio which is participating in a fundraiser for the Post Falls food bank called Empty Bowls. There will be a dinner with gourmet soups and it costs $15 to get an artisan bowl and a soup. When I got there I ran into a situation that happens sometimes; the people being photographed are nervous and so they really don’t know what to do, they think they need to set up for the photos… yada yada, nope, I just want you to pretend that I’m not here and just go on doing what you’re doing… oh well. It was fun to talk pottery though.

Day 38

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It was a lazy Saturday, at least the start of it. There was a fun event to end the basketball season. It was an event at NIC for high school seniors called the All Star North vs. South game. There was a fans free throw contest, a players 3 point contest, and a slam dunk contest as well as a girls and boys game. I could only stay for about 10 minutes of the boys game though because I needed to hurry back down town and catch the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. That was really fun! I got a mini Irish flag.

Day 36

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So it was my first time back in a few days… and I’ve been loving the little break. My day started out with a stand alone nightmare! I went to a middle school activity where I took photo of a 3D printer demonstration. The nightmare was that in checking the names to see who could be published, almost none of them were able to be published! That was a new experience. Next I went to a staff vs. staff basketball game from a couple of the local middle schools; it was so funny.

Day 35

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Usually I start my day at 10am but today there was a feature story going on in Moscow at the University of Idaho campus so it was an early day, 8:15… oi. The story was about a fair going on at U of I called Invent Idaho. There were elementary, middle, and high school kids from all over the state competing against each other with their inventions, practical and not but all very very creative! That was pretty much all we had for the day, but later on I was asked to take a photo of a different hotel for that same NIBJ story because the reporter was only able to contact this particular hotel. And now, for an extended weekend!

Day 34

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There was another long drive first thing this morning, out to a place called Careywood. Careywood is in danger of loosing their Post Office because it is such a tiny town. We were doing a feature story on that. Then, on the way back we went into Hayden and took a photo for a NIBJ story about a man who went from being a volunteer employee at a boat dealer to being their business manager.

Then there was a stand alone opportunity with a non-profit called Wings of Rescue where animal shelter dogs are flown here from California to be cared for by other non-profits, however after being there for about 15 minutes still waiting for the plane to get there I was called out to a 50 acre grass fire in Athol and that took first priority. It was also pretty fun being with the fire fighters, they were all cool with me being there. That was today, pretty exciting!

Day 33

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This morning I had a long drive ahead of me for a fun photo opp at a Rathdrum elementary school. Mr. X a math magician did an assembly for students to bring the wonder back to math. Next there was a chance to go out and photograph a couple hotels in the area that have recently changed hands for a NIBJ story. Then, later on in the evening, Jeff, the reporter that was working on the fireplace regulations story, set up a tour for me to go to a wood stove manufacturer so I could get a better photo than just the wood pile! Thank goodness.

Day 32

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Today was a busy day, it started with a trip to Post Falls High School regarding the Post Falls school levy that will be voted on soon. My assignment was to take a photo of the gym being used because one of the plans if the levy is passed is to build PFHS an auxiliary gym because of overcrowding.

Next, there were a few “just get them done” assignments. One was to find people enjoying the sun, another was for a story on the rising gas prices, and another was for a new wood stove regulation. I needed to get these all done by around 4:30 because I had an appointment with a place called Summit Cider to photograph the preparations for the grand opening this weekend. I also got a stand alone of some city workers trimming the trees near McEuen Park.