To obtain a position where my skills, work experience, and educational training will make
me a valuable addition to a team-oriented staff.
EDUCATION
1997 - 1999
MESABI RANGE COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE
9th Avenue & West Chestnut Street, Virginia, MN 55792 Associate Degree In Carpentry
1995 - 1997
BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY
1500 Birchmont Drive NE, Bemidji, MN 56601-2699 Bachelor of Science Degree in Mass Communication - 3.4 GPA
1993 - 1995
MESABI COMMUNITY COLLEGE
9th Avenue & West Chestnut Street, Virginia, MN 55792 Associate of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts - 3.5 GPA
AREAS OF SKILLS
Carpentry
Assisted in the construction of a student-built sauna, a gazebo, a garage, and a house, utilizing all
areas of construction (blueprint reading, foundations (treated wood and concrete block), concrete
slabs, framing, roofing (asphalt shingles and wood shakes), window & door installations,
insulating, sheet rock, painting, and finish carpentry, etc.)
Radio Broadcasting
Radio DJ: KDRS-FM (1995-1996); KBSB 89.7 FM (1995-1997).
Broadcast Audio Production: Wrote and produced a broadcast quality radio production (Waking
Up the Neighbors); created radio news stories and commercials utilizing SoundEdit 16.
Television Broadcasting
Television Control Room Operator: While at Bemidji State University, I worked in the control
room for three campus news programs (The Mix; News, Reviews, & Menus; KBSU Live at Five)
where I learned such operations as Chyron, VTR, teleprompter, audio control, video switcher, and
camera operation. My main duty was as the audio engineer, which involved the coordination of
microphones with the on-air talent, and switching mics on and off on cue.
News Anchor: Served as co-entertainment anchor/entertainment director for KBSU-17
(1995-1997; The Mix; News, Reviews, & Menus; KBSU Live at Five). This involved viewing
movies, writing reviews, typing reviews into the teleprompter, and serving as anchorperson.
Scriptwriting: Learned various methods of scriptwriting, including the two column method used
for producing news stories; the teleprompter method; and screenwriting - wrote one award-winning
short film script (In the Eyes of Marion Crane) and two feature length film scripts (Moosebirds;
Hat Trick Avenue).
Directing: Produced and directed a short student film (The Confession).
Video Editing: Wrote, directed, produced, and edited (using a non-linear video editing system)
numerous television broadcast quality news stories.
Newspaper Production
The Star of the North (Virginia High School Student Newspaper, 1987-1993): served six years as
the newspaper’s resident film reviewer and occasional writer of short fiction.
Ad Sales: (1995 – 1996) Served as an ad sales representative for the Bemidji State University
student newspaper.
Computers
‘The Internet’s Effects On College Students’ (1997; Senior Thesis, Bemidji State University)
Windows 95: operation of all programs & functions Internet: search engines & basic Internet webpage design
Written Works:
Mockingbird Heights (1988; Novella) Bad Moon Rising (1989; Novella) Fear the Reaper (1990; Novella) Half Moon Junction: The Escape From Camp Deadly (1991; Novella) The Clown Chronicles: The Ship in the Bottle (1993; Short Fiction) - Award Winner (First
Place - Mesabi Community College Student Writing Contest, Winter Quarter,
1993-1994) The Clown Chronicles: The Corpse Still Has the Floor (1993; Short Fiction) Cougher House (1993; Short Fiction) National Neanderthal’s ‘The Forum’: The Pink Bunny Slippers Caper! (1994; Short Fiction) National Neanderthal’s ‘The Forum’: Read This Story, or We’ll Kill This Dog! (1994; Short
Fiction) Waking Up the Neighbors (1994; Short Fiction) - Award Winner (Third Place - Mesabi
Community College Student Writing Contest, Spring Quarter, 1993-1994) The Orb Legacy (1994; Novel) In the Eyes of Marion Crane (1996; Short Screenplay) - Award Winner (Best Plot - Bemidji
State University Scriptwriting Contest, Spring Quarter, 1995-1996) Moosebirds (1998; Screenplay) Hat Trick Avenue (2000; Screenplay) MacGuffin (2002; Screenplay) Two Floors Are Better Than One (2002; Screenplay) Primetime (2007; TV Series Pilot Script; With Douglas Texter & Roy C. Booth) -- Consultant The Dregs (2008; Short Screenplay -- Consultant) The Day Lufberry Won It All (2010; Short Screenplay: With Roy C. Booth; Produced)) X-Equals (2010; Short Screenplay -- Consultant; Produced) MacGuffin (2011; Novel; With Roy C. Booth; Published, Lady Luck Publishing)
FILM WORK
"NORTH COUNTRY" -- 2005; Warner Brothers; Extra
"THE DAY LUFBERRY WON IT ALL" -- 2010; Frosty Moon Omnimedia; Extra/Co-Screenwriter
WORK HISTORY
Virginia Regional Medical Center
901 9th Street North
Virginia, Mn 55792
Employed: February 2000-Present
Certified: Certified Registed Central Sterile Reprocessing Technician
Family Video
1202 8th St. S
Virginia, MN 55792
(218) 741-7831
Owner - Ronald (Winnie) Lackner
Employed: (1) January 1994 - July 1995; (2) May 1996 - August 1996; (3)
September 1997 - May 1998; (4) July 1998 - Present.
I began my career at Family Video in January 1994. I worked for Ron and Winnie Lackner, who
own a number of video rental stores in northern Minnesota. My responsibilities included managing
the store, tending to customer’s questions and requests, providing useful information about movies,
alphabetizing the video titles, maintaining the upcoming new releases schedule, calling late renters,
filling out slips, and cleaning.
US Steel/USX Minntac
Mountain Iron, MN
Supervisor: Gary Herberg
Employed: (1) July 1995 - September 1995; (2) June 1998 - July 1998.
I was employed at US Steel in July 1995, as part of a special 12-week summer employment
program. If you were attending college and had a relative working at US Steel, you had the
opportunity of working in the mines to earn money for college and gain experience. In 1995, I
worked for ten weeks in the Fines Crusher. My responsibilities included picking metal from
conveyor belts, keeping an eye on the crushers, and cleaning.
In 1998, I worked for eight weeks in the Fines Crusher, as part of a special 8-week summer employment program. My responsibilities
included sweeping the floors around the plant, shoveling rock from under numerous conveyor belts,
emptying oil barrels, and hosing the floors.
McDonald's Restaurant
Highway 53 and 12th Avenue South
Virginia, MN 55792
(218) 749-4720
Owner - Charles Klinefelter
Employed: May 1992 - December 1992
I began my career at McDonald's in May 1992. I worked for Charles Klinefelter, who owns a
number of stores in northern Minnesota, and is a very caring and generous man who has won
numerous awards for the quality, service, and cleanliness of his stores. My responsibilities
included preparing and serving the best quality food, and cleaning.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
I volunteered at the Virginia Regional Medical Center and the Virginia Convalescent Center when I
was in elementary school and junior high. I often worked in the hospital gift shop or served coffee
to the nursing home residents.
During my freshman and sophomore years in high school (1991-1993), I volunteered as part of the
Virginia High School Key Club, doing such community services as Adopt-A-Highway, clean-up of
a lakeside park, and as parking lot attendant during the 1992 Land of the Loon Festival. I also
attended two midwest Key Club conventions as a representative of my high school.
