February 2007 Archives

By Pat Dooris
In most newsrooms, the idea of covering Valentines Day makes many eyes roll back to the dark recesses of our brains.

It happens every year and can get a bit stale.

There's the flowers and balloons---there's the florist who hired extra help---there's the ding dong (often named Dooris) ...

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by Vince Patton

If you just watched the top of the 5pm news you might wonder why the camera shot of me looked a bit odd.

You can chalk it up to traffic delays and a last minute bit of technological improvisation.

Station managers like us to report live from the scene. In this case, the video was back at the station so early we opted to edit there and then return to the Gresham Police Department to pres...

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By Pat Dooris 2/02/07

So there I was in my allergy doctor's office --- trying to explain that I could not breath at night.

Besides that, my wife was complaining I was snoring louder all the time.

The lack of breath bugged me. The snoring did not---but I love my wife enough to investigate that too....

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