Filmmaker takes on poverty right at his level
Published 10:54 pm Monday, July 13, 2009
Jennifer Clements “discovered” a homeless filmmaker in Seattle.
They met on Craigslist, fell in love, and now she lives with Eric “Protein” Moseley in Snohomish.
She embraces the man, and his talent. The filmmaker made two documentaries while homeless, “Skid Row Journey” and “Down But Not Out.”
His latest work is “A Cry Out to Obama.”
Some of his work has been shown on Scan TV on the Internet.
His latest film is about giving economic stimulus money to poverty-stricken areas of the West Coast.
Clips of the Obama film may be seen at www.myspace.com/proteinrecords.
Moseley will let us know if his message makes it to President Barack Obama.
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Rusty and Tamma Hicks took their daughter, Allene, 12, to a Challenge Air for Kids and Friends event a year ago.
“Our friends suggested that if we weren’t able to participate we should at least go to observe and hang out and get Allene accustomed to a big event as there would be lots of things to do and see,” Tamma Hicks says. “Fortunately, Allene was a participant last July and our friends were right about the event.”
They found new activities and resources at Fly Day for ill and disabled children ages 7 to 17.
“Allene has always shied away from activities, mostly because she is skittish, doesn’t speak very clearly, and thinks she can’t do what ‘other’ kids can,” Hicks says, “But that day she tried many new things and we were so excited.”
Allene had her face painted, met Newton the Skunk, played with remote-controlled cars, touched a snake and flew in an airplane with a volunteer pilot.
Her father, a musician, was pleased his daughter also played tambourine with a band.
“She grew up so much that day both emotionally and mentally and above all she felt like she belonged — not an outsider and not different,” Rusty Hicks said.
Another Fly Day is planned for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Castle &Cooke Aviation at Paine Field, 9724 32nd Place W., Building C84, in Everett. For more information, visit www.challengeair.org.
Challenge Air is a nonprofit group built on the notion that every disabled person should see the world from a different view — out of wheelchairs and off crutches — and from the sky.
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Barbecued rib and chili chefs are invited to serve their dishes Saturday in Snohomish.
The fourth-annual Snohomish Invitational Chili Cook-Off is expanding this year with a contest for the best barbecued ribs, either pork or beef. Both events, part of Snohomish’s Kla Ha Ya Days, will be at TOP Food &Drug, 1301 Ave. D.
And there are no entry fees. Organizer Jim McAllister said they didn’t want hard economic times to keep anyone for participating.
The public will determine the winner of the chili cook-off. Tasting kits, which include a ballot, will be available for $5 apiece. Tasting will start at 11 a.m. and votes must be submitted by 1:30 p.m. Entrants are asked to make at least two gallons of chili for tasting.
A panel of judges will meet at 3 p.m., with plenty of napkins, to sample the ribs.
Winners of both contests will be announced at 4 p.m.
Participants may prepare their ribs and chili at home or at the store. However, they must comply with Snohomish Health District regulations and keep their food temperature no lower than 140 degrees. Take your own propane stove.
Proceeds go to three charities.
Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451, oharran@heraldnet.com.
