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2009 marked the 30th Anniversary milestone for me at
KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California...
but now, it's time to create new memories!
These are just some of the highlights from 1979 to 2009:
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3 Time EMMY® Award Nominee
- Have met every US President from Ford to George W. Bush! (Hope to meet President Obama!)
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Been to the White House & Inside the Oval Office
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Covered Pope John Paul on his California visit in 1988
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Covered the Queen of England's Sacramento visit in 1984
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Flown on "Air Force One" with President Clinton in 1993
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Covered the 1988 Space Shuttle "Discovery" Launch & Landing
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Flown aboard the Good Year Blimp
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Covered a Super Bowl & World Series
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Appeared on "Oprah" in March 1997
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Appeared in "People Magazine", "Readers Digest" & other forms of National Media in 1997
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Covered US Military action in Haiti in 1994
Met some of the biggest "Icons" of our time:
Bob Hope, George Burns, Danny Thomas, Bill Cosby
and Tony Bennett!
Historical Figures like:
Rosa Parks, Cesar Chavez, John Glenn and more!!!
It is very hard to sum up a 30 year TV News career, but this is just a sample of some of the highlights...
What will the future hold?
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| Ron & George W. Bush |
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| President Bill Clinton & Ron |
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| President George H.W. Bush & Ron |
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| Ron in Oval Office w/ Ronald Reagan Autograph |
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| Ron & Air Force One |
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| Air Force One |
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| Ron aboard Good Year Blimp |
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| Ron & Good Year Blimp |
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| Jay Leno & Ron |
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| Conan O'Brien & Ron |
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| Human Flag @ Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA photograph by Ron Middlekauff--- September 29, 2001 |
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After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, all aircraft were grounded. The first day TV News Helicopters were allowed to fly was September 29, 2001. That was the day a "Human Flag" was formed at the state fairgrounds at Cal Expo, here in Sacramento. Participants were given a red, white or blue T-Shirt and told where to stand. I was photographing it "live" on TV, and had taken my personal camera with me because my wife Lisa and son Hunter were down in the crowd to participate. I simply wanted to snap a photo to show them what it looked like from above.
The next morning, I had brought in an 8x10 photo to show my co-workers. It was casually held up on TV by one of the news anchors and then my phone started ringing...
KFBK Radio had planned for a photograph of the event to be made into a poster for charity. They used their traffic airplane and a photographer to capture the moment. None of them turned out! Suddenly, they wanted my photo and needed it to go to the printer right away! Not being legally savvy, I drew up my own contract and all parties signed off on it. I wanted ---zero--- profit to be made on this by anyone. All proceeds went to the NY Police & Firefighters' Widows & Orphans Fund. All I wanted in return was a photo credit... and I got it. Thousands of posters were sold... with my byline on every copy. Sure glad I had my own camera with me!
Link to poster sales: CLICK HERE
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| Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (I am still waiting for my own photo op with him!) |
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| Former CA Gov. Gray Davis & Ron |
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| Former CA Governor Pete Wilson & Ron |
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| Ron & Former CA Gov. George Deukmejian |
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| Ron & Former CA Governor Jerry Brown |
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| Bob Hope |
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| Football Great Joe Montana & Ron |
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| Ron & Bill Cosby |
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| Ron & Apollo 8 and 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell |
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| Ron & Astronaut Steve Robinson |
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| Aviation Hero Col. Chuck Yeager & Ron |
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| Garth Brooks & Ron |
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| Lance Armstrong & Ron |
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| Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton & Ron |
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| Gilligan's Island's (Mary Ann) Dawn Wells & Ron |
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| Ron & Rush Limbaugh |
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