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when clowns show upYoung and old enjoy delightful guests at the annual Burleson Spring Meet.

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The Ennis Lionettes celebrate 25 years of commitment to school

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L’chayim: To Life!

Tour de Force

Tanning, Your Way

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Always Amazing

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Music to Live By

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In the Kitchen With Neil Sparkman

Sergeant Jim Harrell leads Mansfield’s highly motivated

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After years in the military, Robert Cato

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Child’s Play

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Inside Her Closet

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Founder of a model airplane

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Belting out a country western song in his usual nightclub, everything felt familiar and routine. Corby LaCroix did not know that by the end of his song nothing would feel familiar or routine. As a young musician, this was what he wanted to do, what he was trained to do, and country music was his pleasure. “I was right in the middle of a song, and all of a sudden, I knew that I was done with that,” he said. “Every fiber of my being hated what I was doing, where I was, what I was singing and the place I was singing in. It was like God got inside and flipped a switch. I told the club owner that I was not going to be coming back.”

The roots of Corby’s dilemma began long ago. Playing the piano as a young boy seemed to be the outlet for his musical talent. However, the piano did not appeal to him as much as the guitar. He remembered the first time he picked up the guitar, at age 10. “At my grandmother’s house, I was messing around with a guitar and managed to eke out a song, playing by ear.” By trial and error, he discovered that he could indeed play a song on the guitar just by listening to the tune and figuring out where the notes were on the guitar. His playing by ear style extended to piano playing and caused his teacher some consternation. “I would frustrate my piano teachers. They would put the music in front of me, and I would act like I was reading it because I knew where to turn the page, but I was playing by ear. My teachers were fooled for a while, but then they caught on,” he admitted smiling.

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“It was like God got inside and flipped a switch.”

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The young woman fled so quickly along the meadow path that when she tripped, she fell down hard. Her pursuer was upon her before she could get up. He pinned the struggling woman down with one knee, raising a brutal machete in his right hand. An evil grin spread across his face.

“Cut!” Jess Krodel yelled. “The sun’s going down — we have to move again.”

The killer lowered his machete, stood and offered his victim a hand up. She brushed some loose grass off her clothing. The filming crew jogged several yards farther west, reassembling on a low rise where a few rays of sunlight still fell. Victim and killer followed, got into place and resumed their life-and-death struggle as the camera rolled.

They were shooting God’s Country, a short film written by James Crawford. Jess recalled the complexity and relentless pace of filming even a 30-minute project. “It takes a village,” he emphasized. “A still photographer can work alone with just a camera. But to create cinema, you need actors, sound, cameras, lighting. ...” A 2008 graduate from University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Arts in Radio, Television and Film, Jess’ precise nature and creative vision make him ideally suited to film directing.

Jason Hatch, Jess’ longtime friend, is currently studying filmmaking. He began working with Jess a few years ago. As producer, he manages each project, from acquiring equipment and auditioning actors to planning and implementing a scene-by-scene shooting schedule. And the crew stays on that schedule, thanks to Jason’s ability to keep both the “big picture” and important details in mind. “Like food,” Jason said. “It’s amazing how Lunchables can turn cranky actors into ‘good-mood’ actors!”

In 2008, James had never once thought of being a screenwriter. But then the Texas Tech pre-law student discovered a passion for filmmaking, ignited by the behind-the-scenes “bonus features” of movies. He shifted his education goals and began to write screenplays. “I didn’t even like writing in high school,” he said. God’s Country was his first script, inspired by a chance remark years earlier. While driving down a deserted country road, a friend had commented, “This would be a great place for a horror movie.”

Once he had the screenplay complete, James looked for others who were interested in making movies. Someone told him about Jess and Jason and gave him an e-mail address, so he sent them the script. They had received project ideas before that had not panned out, so they felt skeptical at first. After all, producing a film takes much more than a mere script.

Jason took up the story. “But James started putting things together: prospective actors, a place for auditions. He was taking it seriously, so I started taking it seriously — and told Jess to take it seriously.”

Each member of the trio respects the others’ very different strengths and skills. For instance, Jess happily leaves the writing

Cody Richeson, assistant director;James Crawford, screenwriter;

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Jess Krodel, director.

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