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James Peluffo

2008-11-19T09:37:00.001-08:00

James Peluffo is a reporter with KDVA Telemundo in San Antonio, Texas.

Tim Hedgepeth

2008-11-19T09:36:00.001-08:00

Tim Hedgepeth is a free-lance theatre director in San Antonio, Texas. He also teaches at Trinity University in SA.

Susan Reed

2008-10-22T10:56:00.001-07:00

Susan Reed is the District Attorney for Bexar County, Texas, which includes San Antonio.

Chuck Bilsche

2008-10-22T10:53:00.001-07:00

Chuck Bilsche is Executive Director of the Fiesta San Antonio Commission.

Becky Bridges

2008-10-22T08:35:00.001-07:00

Becky Bridges is Vice President for Image and Communications with the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce.

Stephanie Kreuger

2008-07-07T12:19:00.000-07:00

Stephanie Kreuger is Programs Director for Centro San Antonio.

Bernie Cantu

2008-07-07T12:17:00.001-07:00

Bernie Cantu is District Operations Manager with Centro San Antonio, our city's downtown improvement district. Bernie manages the Amigos program. When you are in downtown San Antonio, you will notice individuals in teal blue shirts. They are the Amigos and they can answer any question you have. Tell them you said Hello to Bernie.

JoAnn Boone

2008-07-07T11:32:00.000-07:00

JoAnn Boone is the owner of Rio San Antonio Cruises. She knows everyone in town and is a really exceptional person. When in San Antonio, you have to take the river tour. Heck, even if you're from San Antonio, take an afternoon off and take the river tour and enjoy your city.

Ron Himstreet

2008-07-07T11:29:00.000-07:00

Ron Himstreet is the Director of Marketing with Rio San Antonio Cruises. He's really quite an exceptional individual and helped me out a great deal with contacts here in San Antonio after I first arrived. Also, when in San Antonio, you have to do their river tour.

Steve Dolge

2008-06-24T14:37:00.001-07:00

Steve Dolge is the Director of Sales with the Emily Morgan Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. The Emily Morgan is really a beautiful building. Originally constructed in the 1920s as a medical arts center, the outside has amazing stonework and the interior renovations are quite stunning. It has a 4 Diamond ranking from the AAA and is across the street from the Alamo.

Bruce Winders

2008-06-24T14:23:00.001-07:00

Dr. Bruce Winders is the Curator of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. He is in charge of all site interpretation, exhibitions, and the content of the on-site tours. You'll see him walking around the site when you visit. Be sure and say Hello.

Scott White

2008-06-23T11:05:00.000-07:00

Scott White is the Director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau for the City of San Antonio, Texas. He doing a great job and is a great person to know. Tell him Hello when you're in San Antonio.

Bill Brendel

2008-06-23T11:03:00.001-07:00

Bill Brendel is the General Manager of the historic Crocket Hotel in downtown San Antonio. The property, on the National Registry for Historic Places, has rooms that overlook the Alamo campus. Consider the Crocket Hotel when you visit San Antonio. Bill will take good care of you.

Mark Nauschutz

2008-06-23T11:00:00.001-07:00

Mark Nauschutz is the Horticulturist at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. When you visit the Alamo, the first thing you notice, besides the historic structures, is the beautifully landscaped grounds. You have Mark and his staff to thank for that.

Peter Yarrow

2008-06-03T09:18:00.001-07:00

Peter Yarrow is a member of the folk music group Peter, Paul and Mary and is the author of the song "Puff the Magic Dragon." He has created a children' s book of the same title he was promoting during his visit to San Antonio. If it's of any consequence, my kids love the book! My daughter kept saying, "I can't get this song out of my head!"

Elaine Davis

2008-06-03T09:15:00.001-07:00

Elaine Davis has served as staff and Director of the DRT Library for over 10 years. She has been an extraordinary co-worker and is well respected in her field.

Janet Holiday

2008-05-29T12:14:00.001-07:00

Janet Holiday is the President & CEO of The CE Group in San Antonio, Texas. The CE Group does excellent event production and has offices in San Antonio, Austin, and Houston, Texas. Give Janet a call when planning your next event.

Dan Skinner

2008-05-29T12:12:00.000-07:00

Dan Skinner is the President & General Manager of Texas Public Radio in San Antonio. He moved to San Antonio from Indiana to take this position. Your membership contributes to their success, so be sure and visit here.

Janet Grojean

2008-05-29T12:10:00.001-07:00

Janet Grojean is the Director of Corporate Support & Community Outreach with Texas Public Radio in San Antonio. San Antonio born and raised, Janet knows everyone in town. I'm lucky to have met her.

Haley Scarnato

2008-04-18T08:43:00.001-07:00

Haley Scarneto was a finalist on Season Six of American Idol.

Stephen Walker

2008-04-18T08:40:00.001-07:00

Stephen Walker runs the San Antonio political blog The Walker Report. If you want to know what' s going on in San Antonio, Texas, be sure and check it out.

Kellyn Peel

2008-04-18T08:37:00.000-07:00

Kellyn Peel is a reporter with KTSA radio in San Antonio, Texas

Alamo Ranger Ramirez

2008-04-16T10:55:00.001-07:00

Alamo Ranger Ramirez is one of my co-workers here at the Alamo. Be sure and tell him Hello when you visit.

Rebecca Hall

2008-04-03T10:32:00.001-07:00

Rebecca Hall is a News Reporter for ABC 11 in Raleigh, North Carolina. She's in town to cover fans of the University of North Carolina during the Final Four Tournament here in San Antonio.

Newt Gingrich

2008-04-02T07:38:00.000-07:00

Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Newt Gingrich stopped by the Alamo. He was speaking at a conference in San Antonio and wanted to see the Alamo before returning home.

Dave McLemore

2008-02-27T14:28:00.001-08:00

Dave McLemore is the San Antonio Bureau Chief for the Dallas Morning News. He stopped by the Alamo today to talk with us about our new Capital Campaign.

Jenny Stone

2008-02-27T14:20:00.000-08:00

Jenny Stone just moved from the DRT Library to the Dallas Museum of Art where she will work in their archives. It's a good move for her, seeing how she has a degree in Art History from the Art Institute of Chicago.

José Luis García

2008-01-18T11:16:00.000-08:00

José Luis García is the Aviation Marketing Manager with the City of San Antonio Aviation Department. Through his work, he is initiating a San Antonio-Mexico Strategic Plan with a broad coalition of businesses and public entities to address San Antonio's relationship to the Mexican market. Plus, he's an all-around great guy.

Warren Stricker

2008-01-18T11:13:00.001-08:00

Warren Stricker is the Director of the Research Center at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas. Warren and I met during his tenure as the Head Archivist at the DRT Library, which is located on the campus of the Alamo in San Antonio, TX.

Eric Moreno

2007-12-12T10:18:00.001-08:00

Eric Moreno is a freelance journalist based in San Antonio, Texas. He also works with Texas Tejano, a non-profit organization dedicated to the Tejano story in Texas history.

Alfred Rodriguez

2007-12-06T14:55:00.001-08:00

Alfred Rodriguez is the archivist for the Spanish Archives Collection with Bexar County, Texas. The Spanish Archives include documents from the time at which Bexar County and Texas was under Spanish colonial rule.

Jim Guimarin

2007-12-06T10:11:00.001-08:00

Jim Guimarin is the proprietor of The History Shop in San Antonio, Texas. Jim is known as an expert in the restoration of old documents and manuscripts. No one was hurt in the making of this image. The knife is a recent purchase and was supposedly recovered after the Battle of San Jacinto during the Texas revolution.

Tracey Bennett

2007-12-06T08:48:00.001-08:00

Tracey Bennett is the Executive Director of the San Antonio Public Library Foundation, a group that helps with programming and fundraising in support of the public library system in San Antonio.

David Stewart

2007-11-13T13:55:00.001-08:00

David Stewart is the Director of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. He manages a staff of 85 individuals. The Alamo is the most visited site in Texas, with 2.5 million visitors per year.

Alex Baez

2007-11-13T13:51:00.001-08:00

Alex Baez works at South Carolina Educational Television, where he recently directed and produced a documentary on first generation Hispanic kids in SC titled, "Nuestro Futuro / Our Future." Alex is originally from Guadalajara, Mexico.

Alma Puente

2007-11-13T13:49:00.001-08:00

Alma Puente is a social worker with the Richland County School District One in Columbia, SC. She is originally from Morelia, Mexico.

Lionel Sosa

2007-10-31T12:04:00.001-07:00

Lionel Sosa is considered by Time Magazine as one of the top 25 most influential Hispanics in the United States. He is the author of The Americano Dream and Think and Grow Rich: A Latino Choice. Mr. Sosa resides in San Antonio, Texas and is all around great guy.

Red McCombs

2007-10-31T12:01:00.001-07:00

Red McCombs is a businessman and well known philanthropist in San Antonio, TX

Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez

2007-10-31T11:59:00.001-07:00

Ricardo Sanchez is a retired Lieutenant General of the United States Army. He now resides in San Antonio, Texas.

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)

2007-10-31T11:56:00.000-07:00

John Cornyn is a United States Senator from the State of Texas.

Rudi Rodriguez

2007-10-31T11:52:00.001-07:00

Rudi Rodriguez of San Antonio is founder and Executive Director of Texas Tejano.

Marcia Purday

2007-04-03T12:18:00.000-07:00

Marcia Purday is Vice President of Communications and Public Relations with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. She and I met during our time with the Leadership South Carolina program. Marcia is a great friend and does an excellent job for the Chamber.

Joy Young

2007-03-21T12:23:00.000-07:00

Joy Young is a good friend of mine from the South Carolina Arts Commission. She came to the Commission a couple of years ago after working with the South Carolina Association of Non-Profit Organziations. If you want to get you non-profit running or on track, Joy is your go to person.

Susan DuPlessis

2007-03-21T12:19:00.000-07:00

Susan DuPlessis is an Arts Coordinator with the South Carolina Arts Commission. She was one of my colleagues during my work there and she does and excellent job.

Ken May

2007-03-21T12:18:00.000-07:00

Ken May is the Deputy Director of the South Carolina Arts Commission. I worked at the Commission from 1999 to the end of last year. It's a great place that does some amazing work with non-profit museums and arts organizations across the state of South Carolina.

Kristine Hartvigsen

2007-03-13T15:42:00.000-07:00

Kristine Hartvigsen is Communications Manager with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. Among other things, the is the editor of the monthly magazine "South Carolina Business" where I write a column titled "Palmetto Salsa." She's one of the best editors I've ever encountered and a great individual.

Saddler Taylor

2007-03-12T06:36:00.001-07:00

Saddler Taylor is the Curator for Folklife for McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina. He also serves in the South Carolina National Guard.

Bob Couch

2007-03-12T06:35:00.000-07:00

Bob Couch is a member of the Business & Professional Toastmasters of San Antonio, TX. He is a professional speaker and a members of the National Speakers Association. Bob is serving as my mentor with Toastmasters (Club #: 2207, Dist #: 55, Est: 12/01/1956).

Marion Oettinger

2007-03-12T06:34:00.002-07:00

Marion Oettinger is the Director of the San Antonio Museum of Art, which has an excellent collection of Latin American art.

Mel Mountjoy

2007-03-12T06:34:00.001-07:00

Mel Mountjoy is a speaker and humorist from San Antonio, TX. His persona, the "Texas Old Timer," is enjoyed by many visitors to San Antonio.

Ruth Medellin

2007-03-12T06:32:00.000-07:00

Ruth Medellin is the former Executive Director of the Alameda National Center for Latino Arts and Culture in San Antonio, TX. Be sure and visit when in San Antonio.

Richard Kurin

2007-03-12T06:31:00.000-07:00

Richard Kurin is the Director of the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution. He is the author of the recently published book titled, "Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem."

Pat Jasper

2007-03-12T06:30:00.000-07:00

Pat Jasper is the founder and director of the International Accordion Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He we stand in front of The Alamo in downtown San Antonio.

Ronnie Bernal

2007-03-12T06:28:00.000-07:00

Ronnie Bernal is General Manager of Red McCombs Toyota in San Antonio, Texas. He is a member of Team Preguntale al Gringo where he serves as an expert on auto sales and financing.

Patrick Simon

2007-02-04T09:01:00.000-08:00

Patrick Simon is the Sales Manager with Volvo Center of San Antonio, Texas. If you are in South Texas and thinking about a new Volvo, get in touch with Patrick. He'll help you out.

Norma Cantú

2007-02-01T17:56:00.000-08:00

Norma Cantú is a Professor of English at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She is originally from South Texas and is editor of the book series, Rio Grande/Rio Bravo: Borderlands Culture and Tradition.

Chuck D

2007-02-01T17:55:00.000-08:00

Chuck D is with the classic hip hop group Public Enemy. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Archbishop José Gomez

2007-02-01T17:54:00.000-08:00

Archbishop José Gomez is the man in charge of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas.

T. Scott Gross

2007-02-01T17:53:00.000-08:00

T. Scott Gross is a speaker and author of Positively Outrageous Service. He lives in Kerrville, Texas where he serves on the City Council. He keeps in touch with constituents through his City Biz Blog, applying issues of customer service to local government.

Felix Padrón

2007-02-01T17:51:00.000-08:00

Felix Padrón is the Executive Director of the Office of Cultural Affairs for the City of San Antonio, Texas. Felix comes to San Antonio from California, New York, and his birthplace of Cuba. His office works with other city agencies to address one of the top economic engines of the city - tourism.

Bill Pinkney

2007-02-01T17:50:00.000-08:00

Bill Pinkney is the last remaining member of the famous beach music group The Drifters. He resides in Sumter, South Carolina and, at over 80 years of age, is still touring strong with his band, the Original Drifters. Bill Pinkney is a member of the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame.

Additional Note: Mr. Bill Pinkney passed away on July 4, 2007.

Debbie Smith

2007-02-01T17:49:00.000-08:00

Debbie Smith is the Director of the Newberry Opera House in Newberry, South Carolina. The venue was built in the late 1800's for vaudeville acts and early cinema. It was restored in the early 1990's and is an excellent venue. Newberry is located 30 minutes west of Columbia, SC.

Harry Turner

2007-02-01T17:47:00.000-08:00

Harry Turner of Myrtle Beach, SC is President of Beach Music Association International, which is dedicated to the promotion of Carolina-style beach music.

Frank Villani

2007-02-01T17:46:00.000-08:00

Frank Villani is the President of ARTS San Antonio, a non-profit group that brings performing arts to the city of San Antonio, Texas.

Tomas Ybarra Frausto

2007-02-01T17:43:00.000-08:00

Tomas Ybarra Frausto was a tenured professor at Stanford University and recently retired as Associate Director of Creativity and Culture at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York. Dr. Ybarra Frausto is a native of San Antonio, Texas

Doc Watson

2007-01-19T06:01:00.000-08:00

Appalachan flat pick guitar legend Doc Watson. This was a real treat, as I've been a fan of Doc Watson since I was about 17 years old. I have a good deal of his albums, many of which are LPs. At 84, Mr. Watson is still going strong.

Pat Ahrens

2007-01-08T08:55:00.000-08:00

Pat Ahrens is on the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Bluegrass & Traditional Music Association. She is currently finishing a book titled, "The Legacy of Two Legends, 'Snuffy Jenkins' and 'Pappy' Sherrill."

Ralph Stanley

2007-01-08T08:36:00.000-08:00

Ralph Stanley is the king of bluegrass. He gained a great deal of fame when the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" had him perform a version of "Oh, Death" that sends chills down your spine.

Senator John Edwards

2007-01-08T08:34:00.000-08:00

Senator John Edwards came through town the other day after announcing his 2008 bid for the Presidency.

Mark Stinson

2007-01-08T08:33:00.000-08:00

Mark Stinson is my younger brother. We get along a lot better now than we did when we were kids. Here we are at the Johnny Mercer Pier at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.

Gladys Malpass

2007-01-08T08:32:00.000-08:00

Gladys Malpass is my grandmother on my mother's side. She lives in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Dottie Stinson

2007-01-08T08:31:00.000-08:00

Dottie Stinson is my mom. You should taste her pecan pie!

James Stinson

2007-01-08T08:29:00.000-08:00

James Stinson is my dad. Thanks to him and my mom for putting up with me for all those years. I don't know how they did it.

Paul Montelongo

2006-12-05T13:41:00.000-08:00

Paul Montelongo of San Antonio is a motivational sales speaker and trainer for the residential building contractor industry. Be sure and visit Paul's website and sign up for his weekly e-zine on sales and motivation. Paul is a member of the National Speakers Association.

Jan Davis

2006-12-05T13:37:00.000-08:00

Jan Davis of San Antonio, Texas is a member of the National Speakers Association and of Toastmasters District 55, which serves Central and South Texas. Jan speaks on issues of spirituality with churches around the United States.

James Taylor

2006-11-17T13:13:00.000-08:00

James Taylor is a singer/songwriter from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He's got some classic works such as "Carolina on my Mind," "You've Got a Friend," and "How Sweet it is to be Loved by You." Makes you want to start singing when you hear the titles.

Skipp Pearson

2006-11-17T13:10:00.000-08:00

Skipp Pearson of Columbia, South Carolina is the founder of The Skipp Pearson Foundation. The mission of the Pearson Foundation is the preservation of jazz music in South Carolina. Catch Skipp and his band each Thursday evening at the Hunter-Gatherer in downtown Columbia.

Micaela Montes

2006-11-14T08:45:00.000-08:00

Micaela Montes is the paralegal with the Office of Immigration Services with Catholic Charities of the Midlands (SC), which is under the auspicies of the Diocese of Charleston. She is from Mexico. Prior to moving to South Carolina, she worked on the tour management team for Caifanes (now Jaguares) and Juanes.

Karina Martinez

2006-11-14T08:43:00.000-08:00

Karina Martinez is a good friend from Columbia, South Carolina. She works with Columbia Farms, which is one of the largest employers in the Midlands of South Carolina.

Drink Small

2006-11-14T08:38:00.000-08:00

Drink Small is known across the South as "The Blues Doctor." The guy can play any types of blues you can imagine. He's also one of the very few individuals left who perform Carolina Piedmont Blues. Be sure to check him out when he's in your town.

Molly Harts

2006-11-06T07:40:00.000-08:00

Molly Harts is a good friend of mine from my days with the SC Arts Commission. Molly lives in Ninty Six, SC and works a great deal with cultural tourism in the rural area, in particular with African American historical sites.

Kristen Harkey

2006-11-06T07:37:00.000-08:00

Kristen Harkey is the grants manager with the South Carolina Humanities Council. She does a great job. If you are in South Carolina, give her a call and ask about the SCHC programs, including the upcoming Smithsonian exhibition on food traditions.

Sara June Goldstein

2006-10-31T06:38:00.000-08:00

Sara June Goldstein is the Director of the Literary Arts program at the South Carolina Arts Commission. Besides being a good friend, she was a great co-worker during my time with the SCAC. Sara June is in charge of the SC Fiction Project and works with the SC Book Festival.

Allen Coleman

2006-10-31T06:22:00.000-08:00

Allen Coleman is Director of the Pickens County Museum of Art and History in Pickens, SC. They do great work, including a monthly folklife festival that draws artists, locals, and tourist to this beautiful little town in the Upstate South Carolina.

Jeffrey Gitomer

2006-10-07T09:54:00.000-07:00

Jeffrey Gitomer is a best selling author on sales, customer loyalty, and networking. His books include Customer Service is Worthless, Customer Loyalty is Priceless, The Sales Bible, and The Little Red Book of Selling. I would highly recommend his weekly e-zine titled "Sales Caffine." Jeffrey lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Walter Edgar

2006-10-04T09:09:00.000-07:00

Walter Edgar of Columbia, SC is Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. He is known as the author of "South Carolina: A History" and editor of the "Encylopeadia of South Carolina," both published by the U of South Carolina Press.

Vennie Deas Moore

2006-10-04T09:05:00.000-07:00

Vennie Deas Moore is a good friend of mine from Columbia, SC. She has done extensive research with Gullah communities along the South Carolina coast and is the author of "Home: Portraits from the Carolina Coast".

Stephen Criswell

2006-10-04T08:57:00.000-07:00

Stephen Criswell is a Professor of English at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster. He's one of those educators students will remember for the rest of their lives because of his ability to engage the students with both insight and humor. He is currently editing a book on SC folklife for USC Press titled "South Carolina Welcomes Y'all."

Roberto Ruiz

2006-09-25T16:49:00.000-07:00

Roberto Ruiz is a civil engineer and partner with Wilbur Smith Associates where he designs the infrastructure of our highways and water systems. Roberto also makes excellent empanadas, Argentina-style.

Bill Wells

2006-09-15T11:50:00.000-07:00

Bill Wells is the owner of Bill's Music Shop & Pickin' Parlor in West Columbia, SC. If you are in Columbia on a Friday night and want to hear some great bluegrass, stop by Bill's, where he has an open jam session. It attracts all of the bluegrass greats in the Midlands of South Carolina.

Also, be sure and catch Bill's band: Bill Wells and the Blue Ridge Mountain Grass, when they come to your town.

Special thanks to my son, Daniel, for taking this image. He would like to be a movie director when he grows up (he's currently 10), so this is good practice for him.

Bryan Flanagan

2006-09-14T07:19:00.000-07:00

Bryan Flanagan is a sales trainer who works with Zig Ziglar. I met him at an event in Greenville, SC where I was trying to get to meet Mr. Ziglar. I have to give a big thanks to Bryan, as he was instrumental in letting me meet Mr. Ziglar. Also, he's a great speaker. Check out his website.

Congressman Joe Wilson

2006-09-14T07:09:00.000-07:00

Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) was in West Columbia a couple of weeks ago holding a town hall meeting. Butch Wallace, his local director for SC District 2, asked me to email a copy of the image, which I gladly did. About a week later, I received a print of the image with Joe's signature thanking me for coming to the event. What a great guy. That's real class.

Senator John Kerry

2006-09-14T06:55:00.000-07:00

Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts was in West Columbia, South Carolina recently at the Woodsman of the World hall off Highway 1. This was taken by a good friend, Edgar Medina.

Governor Richard "Dick" Riley

2006-09-14T06:51:00.000-07:00

I met Governor Richard "Dick" Riley at an event in Greenville, SC. He's really one of the nicest, most unassuming individuals you'd ever like to meet. He currently serves with Nelson Mullins Law Firm and is based in Greenville, SC.

Juan Williams

2006-09-14T06:50:00.001-07:00

Juan Williams is a journalist and correspondent with National Public Radio and Fox News. He is a great writer and author of "Eyes on the Price" which chronicled the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. and a recent biography of Thurgood Marshall.

Sherman Alexie

2006-09-14T06:50:00.000-07:00

Sherman Alexie is one of the most prominant Native American writers living today. He's from Washington state and has written some incredible fiction and poetry, including "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven," which was translated into a screenplay and a movie titled "Smoke Signals."

Chief Harold "Buster" Hatcher

2006-09-14T06:49:00.000-07:00

Harold "Buster" Hatcher is currently Chief of the Waccamaw Indian People of South Carolina. He's done excellent work to get official state recognition for native groups in South Carolina. There are a lot of native Indian groups in the state, but all but one do not have Federal recognition. Buster worked to alleviate the issue at the state level.

Zig Ziglar

2006-09-14T06:48:00.000-07:00

So I was reading "Secrets of the Sale" by Zig Ziglar and he kept mentioning living in Columbia and naming small towns around the state. It was at the same time that I learned he was to make a presentation at an event in Greenville, SC. I wrote his office and said if he could give me the address of the house where he lived, I'd take a picture of it an bring it to the event. I received a nice message back from his assistant stating that Mr. Ziglar didn't remember his address, but thanks for the thought.

So I went to the SC State Library and asked for the phonebooks from 1965-1975. Sure enough, he was in there. And, sure enough, the house is still where it was in the late 1960s. I took a picture of the home to the event in Greenville.

After his talk, I got in line where he was signing autographs. I was with a friend of mine named Saddler who works at McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina. We were joking about how long it was taking and that wouldn't it be a shame if they cut us off. Well, sure enough, Bryan Flanagan, who works with Mr. Ziglar, went down the line and said after the kids who were in front of us, Mr. Ziglar had to go. Well, lucky I had that picture with me and I explained to Mr. Flanagan about my correspondence with Mr. Ziglar and all and he said, "Well, isn't that the nicest thing. Go stand over there and we'll walk with Mr. Zigler on his way out."

We got pushed around as Mr. Ziglar made his way out of the area to an elevator. Mr. Flanagan told Mr. Ziglar that I had something for him. I pushed in and said, "Mr. Ziglar, my name is Craig and I'm taken a picture of your home in Columbia." Mr. Ziglar said, "Oh, so you're the guy!"