The Columbia Star ° SC N~ MARCH 27. 2009 -- 3
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Contributed by
Robert Galloway
When South Caroli-
na Director of Photogra-
phy Lee Dashiell received
a phone call from CBS's 60
Minutes a week ago, he
was told to pack up his
crane and HD camera and
head 1-95 North to the
nation's capitol. He soon
found that he was stand-
ing in one of the most
powerful institutions in
America, the United States
Federal Reserve. Even
more intriguing was
preparing to filrn an inter-
view with U. S. Federal
Reserve Chairman Ben
Bernanke, the first inter-
view by a sitting Fed chair-
man in 20 years.
Millions watched
this past Sunday night's
double segment with
Bernanke who tried to
shed some optimism on
the current economic cri-
sis. While the newspapers
and bloggers have spent
the week critiquing
Bernanke's interview with
CBS reporter, Scott Pelley,
Dashiell is back at his
home near Columbia
answering emails from
colleagues in the television
business.
"I've had friends
compliment me on the
crane moves during the
interview, and some want-
ing to know if I got the
inside scoop on the econ-
omy forecast," remarked
Dashiell, owner of Osprey
HD Production & Post, a
television production
company located in
Mount Pleasant and
Columbia.
"I think that it's an
honor to be in the group
that 60 Minutes counts on
for such an important
piece. They had told me
that they were impressed
with work we did during
the U.S. Airways crew
interview with Katie
Couric several weeks ago
in Charlotte, N.C. and
wanted me on the job for
this rare interview."
60 Minutes utilized
Osprey HD's CamMate
camera crane to cover the
massive board room
inside the Federal Reserve,
as well as the the exteriors
and the walking interviews
with Pelley and Bernanke.
"When you're inside
the Federal Reserve board
room swinging around a
20'camera crane there's
not a lot of room for
error!" says Dashiell as he
found his camera floating
between a magnificent
chandelier and the large
oak boardroom table, the
same one used for plan-
ning sessions duringW0rld
War II.
"Being inside the
Reserve preparing for this
interview was very surreal.
I realized how important
and significant this piece
was, not only for 60 Min-
utes but for the country,
and we are proud to be a
part of it."
Dashiell and his
assistant, Greenville
native, Eric Carlson, were
not the only South Car-
olinians in the room.
Bernanke himself is from
Dillon, South Carolina. "I
came from Main Street,
not Wall Street," Bernanke
told correspondent Scott
Pelley, while sitting on a
bench in downtown Dil-
Columbia native Lee DashieU films an interview with Federal Reserve
Chairman Ben Bernanke of Dillon, S.C. on 60 Minutes in the U.S.
Federal Reserve.
Ion, S.C., where Bernanke
grew up and his father
owned a drugstore. "This
is my background."
"when I met Chair-
man Bernanke and
learned more about his
past and South Carolina
roots, I was certainly
proud to tell him we too
were from the Palmetto
State. I guess really the
most important lesson I
got out of the interview
though was a feeling that
there is a light at the end
of the dark economic tun-
nel."
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The Salvation Army serves an average of
54,228 meals per year, but the organization
needs donations from the community to do
the most good.
Contributed by The
Salvation Army
While the City of
Columbia's winter shelter
will be closing at the end
of March, the areas home-
less population can
depend on The Salvation
Army to provide a hot
Contributed by Sexual
Trauma Services of the
Midlands
Since 2001, the month of
April has been nationally
observedas Sexual Assault
Awareness Month (SAAM) to
raise public awareness about
sexual violence and to educate
~the community and individuals
on how to prevent sexual vio-
nutritious meal six days a
week at the organization's
2025 Main Street location.
On average, The Sal-
vation Army serves 4,519
meals per month. That is
54,228 meals per year.
"The Salvation Army
of the Midlands staff takes~,
great satisfaction in con-
sistently providing nour-
ishing meals to those in
$100
"Where honesty and quality matter."
General Repairs
Brake Service
Domestic ~. Foreign Cars
Computer Diagnostics
30, 60, 90K Scheduled Maintenance
need," said Major Richard I "1 "
L. JoneS, area coordinator O1 and Falter Change - $38.74
at The Salvation Army in ! Free Multi-Point Maintenance Inspection• includes
Columbia. "But we need Belts, Hoses, Fuilds, Battery Connection, Tire Pressure
the community's financial ($54 value)
help so that we can con- Synthetic Oil Additional Cost
tinue to do the most
good."
Donations to sup-
port The Salvation Army's "
meals for the homeless
program may be mailed to
P.O. Drawer 2786, Colum-
bia, SC 29202.
For more informa-
tion regarding meals for
the homeless or other Sal-
vation Army programs,
please contact Seth Taylor,
public relations/volunteer
Coordinator at 667-4943
or Seth.Taylor@uss.salva-
tionarmy.org.
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