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cole gerald johnson

cole gerald johnson

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3212 chowen ave n robbinsdale, mn 55422

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612-986-0972 cole.gerald.johnson@gmail.com ABOUT

EDUCATION

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I relate graphic design to the ancient art of alchemy. alchemists would try to take elements of the natural world and create something of higher form. alchemy is the pursuit of the pure, creating something better, transforming the old into new.

University of Northwestern, Saint Paul, MN Bachelor of Science- Graphic Design, 2007-2011 coursework focusing on the principles & techniques of Art & Design and also covering History, Literature, Philosophy & Theology

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES DESIGN EXPERIENCE

Adobe Creative Suite/digital & film photography/video recording & production/film developing/woodworking/bookmaking/screenprinting/hand lettering/typography/ layout/copywriting & editing/social media t-shirts & brochures for Lake Beauty Bible Camp t-shirts for the Berntsen Resource Center photographed, edited, and produced weekly videos for students to take home to remember their camp experiences at Lake Beauty Bible Camp magazine layout/design for doulos magazine wedding collateral, from save the dates through ceremony programs event fliers, postcards, and posters for Summit Boardshop catalog photo preparation, handbooks, sale signs, and handwritten chalk board signs at JM Cremp’s posters, icons, logos, business cards, and t-shirts for various personal projects for both myself and friends

WORK EXPERIENCE

JM Cremps

Target Stores

work salesfloor, maintain a clean store, organize & merchandise product, help young adventurers find the right tools to start exploring and making their own adventures

ensured shelves were stocked and store remained organized. served customers with the goal of providing a fun, fast, and friendly work & shopping environment

Adventure Team-Feb 2014-Present

Summit Boardshop

Assistant Shop Manager-Aug 2013-Feb 2014 assisted in running shop on day-to-day basis, maintained inventory instore & online, updated website, created event marketing materials, and assisted customers in finding the perfect setup for them

Carlson Family

Nanny-Aug 2012-Aug 2013 (Full time), Aug 2013-present (Part time)

provide childcare for 3 children, aging from infant through toddler. cook meals, facilitate reading & crafts

Logistics Team Member-Feb-Sep 2012

Lake Beauty Bible Camp

Video Director, Art Studio Director, Assistant Program Director, Dish Dawg-Summers 20062011 various responsibilities at camp over six summers, including video production and managing technological aspects of camp, facilitating the Art Studio and teaching art lessons, assisting the Program Director in day to day operations and overseeing the summer staff, and everyday tasks

Berntsen Library

Library Assistant/Student Worker-Sep 2007May 2011

facilitated Circulation Desk, performed various tasks including checking books in & out, assisting patrons, processing books, repairing books & running errands

references available upon request

Mr. & Mrs. James Krehbiel request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter,

Charisa Louise Krehbiel

The Confederate Home 62 Broad St. Charleston, South Carolina

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Joseph James Hanson son of

Mr. & Mrs. James Hanson

October 7th at 4:30 pm

Reception to Immediately Follow at McCrady's Gallery Room 2 Unity Alley

Please RSVP online at http://www.weddingwire.com/joeandcharisa

(Unfold your program for a map & directions to the shindig)

Katoga Hill Farm at One O’clock in the Afternoon August Seventeenth, Two Thousand Thirteen

Buffalo Wild Wings 5991 Norwich Avenue North Oak Park Heights, MN

Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter 8390 Lofton Avenue North Stillwater, MN

Smalley’s Caribbean Barbeque 432 Main Street South Stillwater, MN

The Freight House 305 Water Street South Stillwater, MN

C e r e m o n y

Acapulco 1240 West Frontage Road Stillwater, MN

E V E L R Y !

Eric Eire Elefson Katoga Hill Farm at One O’clock in the Afternoon August Seventeenth, Two Thousand Thirteen

Kayla Gabrille Eric Eire Schiltgen Elefson Of

Famous Dave’s 14200 60th Street North Stillwater, MN

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Please join us at 6:30 p.m. for Celebration, Revelry, and Dancing at the Fields of St. Croix Barn. A full meal will not be served so grab a bite before joining us for the night! Wondering where to go?

Check out some of our favorite places….

B r i d a l

CELEBRATION B r i g a d e

Officiant John Hann

Kayla Gabrille Schiltgen Prelude

Be Thou My Vision

Seating of the Family (Vocalist)

Processional Scarborough Fair

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;

Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art

Bride’s Processional Kiss at the End of the Rainbow

Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,

Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

Welcome and Prayer

(Congregation Joins)

Question to the Parents

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;

Hymn Be Thou My Vision

Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Song for The Couple Wedding Song (There is Love)

I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;

Reading and Meditation

Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;

Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;

Vows and Exchange of Rings

Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;

Washing of Feet Down to the River to Pray

Thou my soul’s Shelter, Thou my high Tower:

Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

Closing Prayer Pronouncement of Marriage

Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,

Recessional When You’re Next to Me

High King of Heaven, my victory won,

Presentation of the Newlyweds

May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heaven’s Sun! Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.

Parents of the Groom Jean and Vern Elefson

Parents of the Bride Pattee and Steve Schiltgen

Best Man Ryan Elefson

Grandmothers of the Bride Anne Zukotynski Kay Schiltgen

Groomsmen Cole Johnson Sean McDade

Maid of Honor Tory Schiltgen

Day of Coordinators Peyton McCandless Emily Tinawi

Man of Honor Garrett Schiltgen Attendant Amy Novotny

Ushers Bridget Novotny Olivia Novotny

Memorial Flower Bearer Deborah DeMarais

Musicians Peg Sutherland, Christof Krumenacker, David Nelson, Anne Walsh, Rob Sutherland, Derick Rehurek, David Svendsen

Readers Catherine Schneider Ron Schiltgen

Remembrance:

Sound Dan Bob Schlueter

In loving memory of our grandparents who have passed away flowers will be placed at the cross.

Although they are no longer with us, we know they are here with us in spirit.

In honor of role model, brother, and best friend, Jake, a white ribbon is placed at the cross. Jake reminds us each day to be fearless, be faithful, to think of others, and to live with a “thumbs-up” kind of attitude. Thank you, Jake for being such an inspirational and loving part of our lives. We miss you so much.

Thank You: We are so excited to start our new life journey together and share its beginning with you. We see our new life together as not only a promise of dedication to each other but a promise of friends and family to guide and nurture us in our faith and through the good and hard times we experience as a couple. Your presence here today shows us you believe this too. Thank you for this amazing gift. With you at our side we know that our marriage will be great. Thank you for being here today and reminding us how to love selflessly.

More wedding information may be found on the website as well.

Kindly respond by July 30, 2013 by visiting www.ericandkayla.weebly.com

RSVP

We value uninhibited partying and therefore this will be a dry celebration, except for the sweat of course!

Come prepared to dance the night away, mingle with friends, gather around bonfires, and hear great music.

Hugo, Minnesota

Ingersoll Avenue North Join us at the Fields of St. Croix Barn at 6:30 pm for the15901festivities.

Revelry

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Kindly respond by July 30, 2013 by visiting www.ericandkayla.weebly.com

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Saturday, the Seventeenth of August, Two Thousand Thirteen We see our new life together as not only a promise of dedication to each other but a promise of friends and family to guide and nurture us in our faith and through good and hard times.

Your support is meaningful to us and because of this we would love for you to share our first meal together as husband and wife.

AS THEY ARE UNITED IN MARRIAGE Dinner

Request the Honor of Your Presence TOGETHER WITH THEIR PARENTS

Eric Eire Elefson

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Kayla Gabrille Schiltgen And believing that includes each other Desiring God’s will for their lives

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dojustice doing what is fair and just for your neighbor, near or far

lovemercy

being compassionate and loyal in our love

Cole Johnson

Celeste Harlow

We’re talking about how to live out the verse of Micah 6:8 this month, a part of which tells us to “do justice.” This part of scripture is also translated as “act justly” (NIV translation), to “do what is right” (NLT), and “do what is fair and just” (the Message). We are called to ensure that others are treated as they should be, to act so that people around us receive fair treatment. In our day to day lives, we should know how to act this out so those around us are treated fairly. By making sure everyone is included. By taking care of the needs of those around us. By being polite.

Micah 6:8 tells us to love mercy, or kindness, goodness, or a combination of all three, depending on your translation. This variety doesn’t mean one is right and others are wrong- it just means translations are complicated.

What is not to love about that?

But there are also ways that you can get involved outside of your normal routine to see that people around the world are given fair and just treatment. Now, you don’t have to go all out and try to take care of people across the globe (we’ll get to that in a little bit), so we’ll start with ways you can get involved locally.

The Hebrew word (in English letters “Checed”) holds a lot of meaning and cannot be very well translated into one word for us to understand.

One way is to volunteer in your community. There are lots of places that you can get involved with, whether at your church, in your school, or with a number of other organizations that may be active in your community. Lots of schools have after school programs for elementary & preschool aged kids that would love to have you lend a hand and play with the kids involved. Your church probably also has some sort of program for younger kids, whether it’s an everyday thing or once a week. Talk to your youth pastor/director and see if you can get involved in your church’s Awana program or similar programs for kids to learn more about the Bible.

Checed is a covenant word- it refers to the way God loves those with whom He has made a promise. While at the time it referred to His promise with Israel, it can just as easily apply to us today. See, God has promised to “never leave you nor forsake you,” (Deut. 31:8) even though we certainly do not deserve it.

More ways to get involved with kids in your area is through programs like Boys & Girls Clubs, your local YMCA, or through a mentorship program, either through your church or an organization like Donald Miller’s Mentoring Project. Other places that would love to have you volunteer your time are nursing homes & hospitals, daycares, special events your church may be hosting, and last (but certainly not least) camp. Most camps (including Lake Beauty) love to have people come up and volunteer for summer camps & retreats, so if you are able to, spend a week or weekend at camp hanging out with kids and invest in their lives. (Usually you need to be 18 or have gone through a leadership program at the camp.)

Maybe you want to get more involved on a national or global scale. There are lots of options in that respect, too. The first of which is to simply donate your money. Send a check to get clean water to a village in Asia, donate to the Salvation Army (either monetary or with your old clothes), help Habitat for Humanity build homes for victims of natural disasters, buy a pair of shoes from TOMS, glasses from Warby Parker, a hat from Krochet Kids, or a Product (Red) shirt to give others necessary items such as shoes, eyecare, a livelihood knitting hats for others, or finding a cure for AIDS.

Remember “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23-26)- we are all sinners and cannot do anything near enough to earn salvation.

If you want to do a little more than give monetarily, give your time by joining the local chapter (or maybe even starting one) of your favorite organization. Help them spread the word of the wrongs they are trying to right through: freeing slaves (IJM, Not For Sale, Abolition Int’l), rescuing & rehabilitating child soldiers (Falling Whistles, Invisible Children, Project: AK-47), digging wells (Charity:Water, Blood:Water Mission, Wine to Water), ending poverty (ONE Campaign), providing a means of living (Heifer Int’l, Mercy Corp, Oxfam), or support a child’s education (World Vision, Compassion).

This is where mercy comes in.

More Resources: Reject Apathy (magazine & website providing resources for those looking to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly)

The last way to get involved is to go. Go on a missions trip. It can be local, like visiting the inner city and feeding the homeless. Or you can go global. Lots of churches and youth groups send teams all around the world. If you are graduating, look into a program like YWAM, or the ONE Campaign and their internships abroad.

826 National (mentoring programs for kids with locations around the country, fronted by souvenir shops)

It may seem daunting to get involved with one of these causes. My advice: don’t do it alone. Find a group of friends to join you. Volunteer together. Start a club for human rights in your school. Take your youth group to Feed My Starving Children. Sponsor a child with your friends. Find a way to get involved.

Lastly, pray. Pray for these organizations. Pray for the people they serve. Pray that God might use you to help someone today.

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even while we were dead in our transgressions. It is by grace you have been saved,” (Ephesians 2:4-5, emphasis added).

God always fulfills His promises but with such wayward recipients, us, He has to be merciful. What does that mean, exactly, then?

REVO (helps local organizations in your area work together)

Mercy is receiving something wonderful- even though we do not deserve it.

Stand Up For Kids (fighting homelessness amongst youth)

We are filled with sin “but because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in MERCY, made us alive in Christ

Project Seven (purchase goods like bottled water & gum to send money to organizations helping fight malaria, end hunger, and provide clean water)

I don’t think the command in Micah is for us to accept this loving kindness, this mercy- checed and to leave it at that. Loving mercy does not end at being appreciative.

To truly love something in this sense means to understand it, be thankful for it, and then want nothing more than to pass it on to others. Why would we not want others to understand this type of covenant (promise) based love?

Here we have another opportunity to be as Christ to people. We get to bless others with love, kindness, tolerance, goodness, faithfulness, and gentleness (Romans 5:22-23) even when they do not deserve it.

This means forgiving quickly, loving always, and serving those around you without ceasing. Isn’t this what we are taught throughout the New Testament? Jesus was the epitome of merciful. Therefore, to be like Christ, we must also show mercy.

So- love mercy. Be thankful for the amazing blessings you have received from God- his fulfillment of his promises, and his love. Just remember, it doesn’t stop there.

Empty Bowls (a grassroots movement to help end world hunger. start a group at your church or school)

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with ten thousands of rivers of oil?

Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,

theCONNECTION Special Relativity Zachary Schmiess

How many times has this happened to you? You’re cruising down the highway on your way to baseball practice in your red Corvette, top down in the bright summer sun. Suddenly, a pickup towing a trailer of hogs passes you from behind, blocking the rays of sun tanning your body and overloading your nostrils with the stench of manure. Your day, not to mention your tan, is ruined!

Now, as some of you readers are not licensed drivers, and even fewer of you likely own a red Corvette, chances are that you have never had this exact experience. However, almost all of you have at one point in your life ridden in a motor vehicle, Corvette or otherwise. By doing so you experienced what in physics is known as relative motion; that is to say, your position changed with respect to another object.

To better understand relative motion, let us return to the Corvettepickup scenario. Just for kicks we will add a highway patrolman to the story. This patrolman is in his squad car, which is parked on the side of the road, and is not moving with respect to the earth. As you in your Corvette approach the position of the officer, he measures your speed to be 50mph. He also measures the speed of the pickup passing you to be 70mph. In this case, the patrolman (as well as the earth, which the patrolman is not moving relative to) is the “frame of reference.” A frame of reference is a viewpoint from which the motions of all other objects in the universe are observed. From the viewpoint of the patrolman, your Corvette is moving towards him at 50mph, and the pickup towards him at 70mph. We can accept this as fact, no problem.

Now let us take the same scenario and observe it from your point of view. This time, you and your Corvette are taken as the frame of reference. This means that all objects in the universe are considered to be in motion relative to you. From your standpoint, the passing pickup is now moving at 20mph, not 70. But this only makes sense, right? If the patrolman saw your Corvette traveling at 50mph and the pickup at 70mph, that means that the pickup was passing you at 20mph, which is the difference between 70 and 50. So the pickup is now considered to be traveling 20mph away from you. Also, from your frame of reference, the patrolman is no longer stationary; he is now moving towards you at 50mph. In addition, everything that was stationary relative to the patrol-

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man is also moving towards you at 50mph, including the squad car, the highway, even the earth. So from your frame of reference, the entire planet is passing beneath your tires at the speed of 50mph!

It should be stated here that the term “uniform motion” refers to the motion of an object whose velocity is constant, that is, the object is neither accelerating nor decelerating. Simply put, constant velocity is equivalent to using cruise control. While on cruise control, your car’s speedometer will read the same speed. Acceleration, on the other hand, is equivalent to pressing down on your accelerator when a traffic light turns from red to green, and the needle on your speedometer moves up from zero. In this entire article, all velocities are assumed to be constant. In fact, Einstein’s Special Theory made no new claims about accelerated motion, only uniform motion.

Back to our story. Let’s say that in your frustration at having your day ruined by a trailer of pigs, you decide to take one of your baseballs that

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world nutella day

black hiv/aids awareness day

give peanut butters tasty cousin a try today

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13 clean out your computer day

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chocolate mint day

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pancake day

ash wednesday (1st day of lent)

make breakfast for your family today

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what are you fasting from that will bring god glory?

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leap day! it only happens once every four years, take advantage of today

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anybody wanna watch E.T.?

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innovation day what are you going to innovate today?

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To sum it all up: Einstein was a genius, his Special Theory of Relativity is funky, and it drastically changed the world of science. God is just, His gift of salvation is simple, and it can radically change human lives.

Make the connection, then make the difference!

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extraterrestrial visitor day

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national gumdrop day

clear up some memory

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Right about now some of you may be getting frustrated. “Wait a minute!” you say, “You just got done telling me that motion is relative, but now you’re saying that light travels at the same speed, even when observed from two completely different frames of reference?! What gives, man?” What gives is that the second fundamental postulate made

by Einstein in his Theory of Relativity is this: light will always travel

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Now there’s much to be learned from Einstein’s theories in the way of science, but we can try to draw a few spiritual lessons from his findings as well. For example, just as the motions of objects are relative to the frame of reference from which they are viewed, we humans may sometimes try to compare our sins to the sins of others. Thoughts like “I lie, but at least I don’t steal,” or “I’m not as bad as that person,” might give us the feeling that we are good enough, that we are “righteous” on our own. But just as the speed of light is unobtainable by any object with mass, so we humans are unable to obtain the righteousness of God on account of our own goodness. Romans 3 tells us in verse 10, “There is no one righteous, not even one,” and later in verse 23 “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” It doesn’t matter if from our own point of view we are “better” than anyone else; no one can measure up to a perfect God. Thankfully, Romans 3 continues in verse 24 by saying that we “are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus,” and later in verse 25, “He did this to demonstrate His justice.” Often when we think of God as just, we think of Him punishing the wicked or condemning sinners. But according to Romans 3, God’s free gift of salvation to those who believe in His Son, His pardoning of sinners, is in itself a demonstration of justice! I think that’s kind of crazy if you think about it.

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through empty space at the same, constant velocity, regardless of the speed of the light’s source. This fact has been verified by many experiments performed over the past century-and-a-half. And if you have a hard time believing the consistency of light’s speed, get a load of this: the mathematics of Einstein’s theory show that if an object with mass was to somehow obtain the speed of light (which, according to relativity, could never happen), that object would appear to have no length and infinite mass! In fact, the Special Theory of Relativity reveals that not only motion, but also length, mass, and even time itself are all relative when viewed from different frames of reference!

Okay, let’s change things up a bit. Let’s say that, rather than throwing a baseball, you instead take out your rage on this pickup driver by flashing him with your headlights (again, very rude, shame on you!).

Light travels at approximately 186,000 miles per second, or 671 million miles per hour. Had you the necessary measuring equipment, this is the velocity at which you would observe the light to travel as it left your Corvette’s headlights. And according to what we know about relative motion, the highway patrolman should measure the light to be traveling 50mph faster than this, due to the fact that the light is being projected from your Corvette, which is traveling at 50mph relative to the patrolman’s frame of reference. So we would predict that the officer would measure the speed of the light to be somewhere around 671 million + 50 miles per hour: a very small difference compared to the speed of light observed from the Corvette’s frame of reference, but a measurable difference nonetheless. Well, here’s the kicker when it comes to relativity: the patrolman would observe the light to be traveling at exactly the same speed that you did. There would be no difference in the velocity of the light as seen by you and the velocity of the light as seen by the patrolman, you would both measure the speed of light to be a constant 186,000 miles per second.

In 1905, Albert Einstein published what is know as his Special Theory of Relativity in which he made what he called two “fundamental postulates”. The first of these is the principle of relativity, an idea that had been similarly explored by Galileo over 250 years earlier. Basically, this principle states that there is no absolute frame of reference that can be used to determine if an object is at rest or in uniform motion. The laws of physics hold true for all frames of reference, and no frame of reference can be considered “right” or “wrong”. The hog-hauling pickup can be said to be traveling at 70mph when viewed from the patrolman’s frame of reference, but the statement that the pickup is traveling at 20mph according to the Corvette’s frame of reference is just as true.

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you have in the car with you and, while continuing to drive, throw it forward at the pickup (which, I should mention, is very rude behavior, but necessary to the explanation of Special Relativity). You are, in fact, a very good baseball player, and can throw a 90mph speedball. How fast does the ball travel? Well, from your frame of reference, the answer is 90mph. That is how fast the ball is leaving your hand, and that is the velocity you will observe the ball to have traveling away from you. The patrolman, however, will observe the ball’s motion from his frame of reference. He will see the ball moving at 140mph, which is the speed of you in your Corvette (50mph) added to the speed of the ball when leaving your hand (90mph). This all should make sense with what we’ve learned so far.

At this point some of you may say, “Bogus! The earth doesn’t move every time I take my car out for a spin! That’s ridiculous!” Granted, it does seem a bit silly that by taking yourself as a frame of reference, you can claim that the entire globe is moving. However, is it any less silly to assume that the earth itself is a nonmoving, absolute, fixed frame of reference? The earth both rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun.

Our solar system is located in a spinning arm of the Milky Way. Even our galaxy is in motion relative to other galaxies! Is there any fixed frame of reference from which everything in the universe can be said to be in absolute motion to? The answer, according to Einstein, is No.

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international sword swallowing day (don’t try it at home!)

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St. Croix River Inn (Photography & Layout) The Earth Is Yours (Photography & Layout) pgs. 6 & 7 Posters Scars-Chris Johanson quote (Photography & Layout) Love/Fear-Carl Boenish quote/Felix Baumgartner Space Jump (Layout & Image Manipulation)

Great Adventure-Peter Pan (Illustration) Samwise-Fellowship of the Ring (Illustration) pgs. 8 & 9 Sale/Event Fliers Summit BoardshopSmall Business Saturday Cyber Monday Heroes Night Out (Photography & Layout)

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