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Extreme Makeover: Pekin/Grys Family Edition

January 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Watch the local special at 6 and the show itself at 7 on ABC tonight!

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Tags: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition · Jake Grys · Pekin · WHOI

Another WHOI Team Member Joins The Blogosphere

March 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Tim McGinnis has entered the public blogosphere at his own self-titled site, joining fellow WHOI anchor Jen Christensen, the News Anchor Mom.
Welcome to the fray, Tim!
Addendum: Sorry … I shouldn’t forget that Mark Welp and Meghan Fisher also have their own blogs.  My apologies.
Jeesh … you guys are bloggin’ fools!

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Tags: Local Bloggery · WHOI

Local Anchor Now Blogging

January 6th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Am I actually the one scooping this? WHOI anchor Jen Christensen now has her own blog … News Anchor Mom.
She’s probably really regretting it now.  She has a post about the unfounded and extremely dangerous MYTH that autism is linked to vaccination. I, of course, went on a rant.

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Tags: Autism · Blogging · Vaccines · WHOI

HOI News At Five Redux

June 11th, 2007 · 60 Comments

I want to thank the crew at WHOI for inviting me on for their “Connected” segment this evening, especially Meghan Fisher, Nishi Gupta (my first contact at the station) and Tim McGinnis. Tim did a great job of talking me through the process and set my nerves at ease.
I have to agree with Eyebrows [...]

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Tags: Local Bloggery · Pekin · Racism · WHOI

Knight in TV Land

June 11th, 2007 · 5 Comments

I’m going to be a guest on WHOI News at Five this afternoon. We’ll be talking about Jake Grys and racism in Pekin. Yeah … no controversy whatsoever. We’ll see how many death threats I get this time. Wish me luck!

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Tags: Jake Grys · Local Bloggery · Pekin · Racism · WHOI

Jake Grys On WHOI

May 27th, 2007 · No Comments

WHOI aired a segment Thursday about Jake Grys, the tiny little guy with a great big personality. Hopefully this will help Jake and his family in their campaign to get on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
If you haven’t signed the petition yet … what’s wrong with you???  Get going!

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Tags: Advocacy · Jake Grys · Neighbors · Pekin · WHOI