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Someone once said the first year of work is the freshman year of life. For me, no truer words have been written. The year-and-a-half spent working in a small market television station four decades ago was one of the most significant periods of my life. I worked as a news reporter, met a man who taught me the game of chess along with some important principles for living, and I married the woman who has been with me ever since. Mixed in with these personal stories are the real life news and sports stories of the period of time from mid-1979 through the fall of 1980. Mount St. Helens, the Carter/Reagan presidential race, the American Hostages in Iran, the US Olympic Hockey team miracle on the ice, and many other events left an indelible mark on many of us. Come back with me to Binghamton, New York. It's 1979 and we're about to embark on a truly incredible journey.

Author/columnist Steve Newvine has selected thirty-five popular essays on a variety of topics for this compilation. This is a collection of essays that have appeared in newspapers across the country, excerpts from several of Steve's books, and new material previously unpublished. Steve grew up in Port Leyden, New York. He graduated from Herkimer County Community College and Syracuse University before embarking on a fifteen-year career in television news, followed by thirteen years as a chamber of commerce President and CEO. He lives and works in Merced, California. Included in this compilation: -tributes to Andy Rooney, Steve Jobs, Johnny Carson, and others -reflections on growing up, early jobs, and life lessons -and a look back on the American space program, broadcasting, and the holiday season

Jack Benny dominated radio in the 1930s and 1940s. He transitioned to television in the 1950s where he enjoyed success to his death in 1974. Johnny Carson struggled to find his comedy voice in television in the 1950s before finding the perfect fit as host of the Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992. Jack and Johnny became friends who endured the highs and lows of the entertainment business for twenty years. It was a friendship made for television.

For three years in the 1970's Grey worked as a radio disc jockey at a small town AM station. He met a lot of people and learned a lot about the harsh realities of the business of broadcasting. Take a step back to the decade of the seventies where you can enjoy the music, experience the fads, and return to the unique values of a typical American family and their dreams. Also, relive the night when the king of rock-and-roll made his comeback on TV and experience the heartbreak of the main character on the day legendary Elvis died. Enjoy this seventh book by the author of Growing Up, Upstate and Grown Up, Going Home. Author Steve Newvine is a reqular columnist and contributor to MercedCountyEvents.com and a former broadcaster who uses this work of fiction to illustrate a special time in our nation's history: the era of Watergate, disco music, and the closing days of AM radio as a major influence on American culture. This edition includes the essay "A Friendship Forged in Radio".

Over 40 stories of the places and people from the beaten paths and back roads of California. In this sequel to the acclaimed California Back Roads (2017 Lulu.com) Steve Newvine shares new accounts from his travels throughout the state of California. From his homebase in the Central Valley, Steve takes the reader to spots along the more than 800-mile coastline, climbs to new heights in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada, and tells the story of the bounty from the farmlands of the Central Valley. He shares of the state's entertainment history, stops in at some special dining spots, brings to life the story of a Dust Bowl transplant, indulges his passion for golf, and showcases the service-minded spirit that defines so many communities. Steve Newvine's Our Community Story column appears twice a month on MercedCountyEvents.com . He has written a dozen books centering on life in California, his upbringing in upstate New York, and the self-help guide Soft Skills for Hard Times.

When the author's uncle died 6 months after returning from Vietnam, his family did their best to deal with the grief and move on with their lives. Over 40 years later, the author embarks on a journey to learn more about his uncle. An expanded version of two chapters from two previous books, plus new material and photos that tell the story of a Vietnam veteran who is remembered by Army buddies and others who knew him from the War. Thanks to a Vietnam veterans group headed by a soldier dedicated to preserving history from that era, the author is put in touch with several people who served alongside his uncle. The multi year journey to learn more about his uncle takes him down many paths. See how losing a relative from the view of an 11 year old boy. The author tells how his family coped with the loss in the 60s and 70s. The story moves to the 1990s when a chance incident leads to a rediscovering of the man, his life, and his legacy. 2nd edition includes letters Bill wrote to his family while in Vietnam.

This book combines the previously published Growing Up, Upstate with Grown Up, Going Home. Both were filled with memories about growing up in a small town in the 1960s and 1970s. In addition, the author has included over thirty pages of new material based on his recollections from Port Leyden, New York.

The Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza is the largest state government office complex in the United States. It took over ten years to build, at a cost of over two-billion 1960s dollars. The project was conceived and started by Governor Rockefeller, with the state legislature seemingly helpless to reign in the scope and costs. Criticized by some as big government spending gone awry, it nonetheless kept thousands of union tradesmen working for well over a decade. One of those legislators concerned about the growing project pursues her own pathway to the state's highest office. Among those working on the project is a family of carpenters from northern New York who join thousands of other tradesmen from all over the state to make this big dream a reality. This is a fictionalized account of the ups and downs of a blue collar family, a Republican Governor, and a Democrat legislator on her way up. They all are dreaming big. Find out whether those dreams will come true.