Continue reading »]]> I can’t believe I placed in the top ten in the 32nd Annual Reedy River Run.  I can’t believe it because it isn’t true.  We Wallers stayed near the back of the pack.

The.  Whole.  Time.

Nostrils flared, Waller moves into 4000th place.

This was my first sojourn into the organized world of fitness.  It was my wife’s second time out.   This year we entered as a family of four.  That’s me, my wife and two teenage daughters.

Iva Waller leads the pack.

Chelsea, age 17 going on 30, kicks it up a notch.

Claudia, age 14, in no mood to be photographed.

It was a great time out for the entire family, and gave us all a much-needed workout.   Who knew I’d run into one of my co-workers here?   Below is Janice Limon, executive producer at WYFF-TV, and her husband Tony.

L to R: Janice Limon, Tony Limon, yours truly.

For those who spent the day under a rock, Saturday’s weather was perfect!   High temps were in the low to mid-70s.   Not bad for a March morning, and not bad considering it snowed here just a week ago.

The finish line.

4000th place?  Hey, at least we finished.

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Here are some great shots of the race from Greenville Daily Photo, and more great shots from Greenville Online.

Continue reading »]]> If the TV thing doesn’t work out, I may have a future in food services. Recently, my wife and I volunteered our “talents” at Wade Hampton High School’s spaghetti dinner fundraiser. This and other events helped raise $150,082.36 for Camp Spearhead in Upstate, South Carolina.

The only thing that isn’t clear is how we got stuck with garbage duty!

Continue reading »]]> Over the summer, I received a flurry of emails at work from viewers who wondered if “that was Tim Waller they saw” on Dr. Charles Stanley’s Sunday morning TV broadcast. “If that wasn’t Tim, it sure looked like him,” said one. “I’m pretty sure I saw Tim and his wife on In Touch,” said another.

Yes, folks. That was us you saw.

My wife and I were in Atlanta the weekend of June 20-21. I was up for an Emmy award for a story I did last year on failures within the 9.1.1. system. (Yes, I won!) But equal to the excitement of winning my first Emmy was getting up the next morning and driving to First Baptist Church of Atlanta and getting to see Dr. Stanley in person.

What we didn’t count on in a church that large was showing up in one of the cutaway shots! In fact, we had no idea we were on until a week or two after the broadcast when emails from News 4 viewers starting pouring in. My first thought was (and this is funny coming from a TV guy), did I look okay? Was I scratching my nose when they took the shot?

The sermon in which my wife and I appear is Countdown to Judgment, Part 4, Our Eternal Rewards. You can watch the entire sermon here. We pop up for a brief moment about three-fourths of the way into the sermon. Plus, watching will explain why my wife and I appear to be laughing. Dr. Stanley had just said something funny, though I can’t remember what.

And for the record, you may see us again on In Touch. We’re heading to Atlanta to see friends this weekend, and guess what we’re doing Sunday morning?

Iva Waller talking to Dr. Stanley