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Monthly Archive: August 2010

Aug 26 2010

Day 4: Lost Camera Mystery

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August 26, 2010

I consider myself a lucky reporter when I get to do light feature stories. I’m usually assigned to murder, mayhem, scams or schemes. It’s always been that way. But not today. My story was entitled, Lost Camera Mystery, and it took me to the home of Larry and Jane Conklin of Travelers Rest.

Larry and Jane Conklin examine the camera found in their luggage

I’ll save the nuts & bolts of this story for WYFF4.com. In short, the Conklins found a mystery camera in their luggage after returning from a trip. After excellent sleuth work, they traced it to a man in Winston-Salem, North Carolina who is none other than former USC basketball star Danny Traylor.

Conklin found Traylor with help from a television station in Winston-Salem that agreed to broadcast his picture. A local viewer identified the “7 foot tall” man as his daughter’s school teacher.

News 4 Chief Photographer Don Jackson gets the shot

I’d love to do more stories just like this one.

Larry & Jane Conklin and Tim Waller

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Aug 24 2010

Day 2: The Egg Lady

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TV stuff

by Tim

August 24, 2010

Today’s assignment took us to Honea Path where Donna Putney raises “free range” chickens. The question before us was, are local egg producers seeing an increase in sales because of the nationwide egg recall?

Yes. No. Maybe. Hard to say. You see, demand for Putney’s locally-produced eggs is already high. Just ask Whole Foods Market on Woodruff Road, where Putney’s eggs are proudly sold.

Donna Putney of Honea Path

The fun part was watching News 4 photojournalist Johnny Bates trying to get shots of hens sitting on their eggs. “The girls,” as Putney calls them, were quite nervous. I guess they don’t like having their pictures taken.

JB zooms in for the shot!

We left Putney’s home with a new appreciation for her “free range” chickens that produce eggs of different colors. She even gave us an awesome new coffee mug that says, Upstate Locally Grown Market.

Thanks Donna!