Gannon Hanevold
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Published in the Quad-City Times on Nov. 13, 2024 I don’t know much. But I know one thing for certain. The streets look different when you see them for the first time. I’ve spent the first half of my twenties jittery. There’s a magnet in me that yearns for change. I can’t depolarize it. It
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Excerpts published as part of staff coverage of Innings Festival in Phoenix New Times on Mar. 1, 2023 The 2023 Innings Festival brought two days of music and baseball to Tempe Beach Park. Some big names were on this year’s bill, including Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, Southern rock/blues legends The Black Crowes, and nerd
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Excerpts from staff coverage of M3F published in Phoenix New Times on Mar. 23, 2023 For a staggering 19th year, M3F Festival emanated earlier this month from Margaret T. Hance Park. Over two days (March 3-4), a multifaceted lineup brought the vibes — and then some — including standout performances from Maggie Rogers, Toro Y Moi,
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Chronological excerpts published in the Quad-City Times on Nov. 5, 2024, co-written with reporter Tom Loewy, as part of a 2024 Election live blog Early birds vote in Rock Island County 5:15 a.m., Rock Island: At 5:15 a.m., the sun hadn’t risen yet at the Rock Island County Building. It was a breezy 64 degrees, with
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Published in the Quad-City Times on Nov. 7, 2024 About 15 years ago, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods found themselves in the living room of an elderly couple in rural Iowa. At the time, the Bettendorf-raised filmmakers were knocking door-to-door, scouting locations for an apocalyptic movie. This room, in particular, felt like the typical “grandparents
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Published in the Quad-City Times on Oct. 30, 2024 (co-byline with Anthony Watt) Carl Petrick is a sky-watcher. The East Moline resident and Moline native is a retired longtime zookeeper at Niabi Zoo. He studies his surroundings with scientific attention. Science is his religion, Petrick said. The 66-year-old just wants to figure it all out.
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Self-published in Dec. 2020 The flood was coming, and Steve Leuder could feel it. He looked behind and saw the waves eager to swallow him whole. Leuder called above, raising his concern to the powers that be. They assured him that it was time to pack up his equipment, two-by-two, and head for safety. On
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Self-published on July 25, 2023 I can still smell Ryan Foster’s breakfast sandwich. I was 13 years old then, nestled into the backseat of a Chrysler, or an Acura, or a Ford pickup truck, whatever chrome-colored commuter my Dad was driving that year. He changes cars often, in search of a better bargain. Now retired,
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Published in Cronkite News/Arizona PBS on Nov. 30, 2022 In 2007, the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl’s first year in Glendale, the college football universe watched in shock and fever as a piece of college sports history unfolded. Trailing the No. 9 Oklahoma Sooners 42-41 in overtime, Boise State coach Chris Petersen called for his quarterback to
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Published in Cronkite News/Arizona PBS on Sep. 23, 2022 Shaun Aguano has attended the annual Arizona football coaches conference for 15 years. The first year, Aguano sat about 40 rows from the stage, listening to speeches from successful high school and college coaches. He went home inspired by what he heard. “I think I can
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