Another episode of Discover Janesville with Yuri Rashkin is edited and ready for broadcast! It features interviews with:
Ed Martinez
Jim Lyke
Madge Murphy
and
Geoff Parker
The interviews have been posted on YouTube and the entire program will be broadcast on JATV next week.
Our first interview with Ed Martinez is underwritten by the Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board.
Ed Martinez is Employment Training Specialist at Rock County Job Center. Ed has a long history helping workers in Janesville and in Rock County through his many years of working at GM and being active in the community. In the interview, Ed discussed various programs available for displaced workers looking to retrain, but he also shared with us his personal journey, going from working at GM to helping others make the transition.
Jim Lyke is a writer, actor and a man about town. He's also a great guy who knows a lot about Janesville's history. We talked about his play "Janesville in Stages", documentary "Janesville in Reel Life", which featured footage shot in Janesville by a traveling film company in 1940.
Madge Murphy is the executive director of the Rock County Historical Society. We talked about the Parker exhibit, as well as about some of the upcoming events at the RCHS, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.
Geoffrey Parker, author, historian, manager of the Parker Family Archives. Grandson of George S. Parker who started the Parker Pen Company in Janesville, Mr. Geoffrey Parker was in town for just a couple of days to help promote the Rock County Historical Society's Parker Pen exhibit. We were able to sit down for a conversation that was both entertaining and educational. For instance, did you know that George S. Parker and Frank Lloyd Wright were involved in a correspondence?
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