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Call To Serve is an effort by a group of volunteers,
enthusiasts and veterans eager to record the oral histories of Methuen veterans. There are presently 90
interviews "in the can" and they keep on coming. A part of the
Library of Congress Veterans History Project, Call To Serve is produced in the studios of Methuen
Community Television - MCTV.
MCTV Call To Serve Program wins
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Congratulations to the Host and Crew of "CALL TO SERVE" for their victory in the NATIONAL HOMETOWN AWARDS. Given by the Alliance for Community Media, these awards recognize excellence in programming that is made and shown in facilities like Methuen Community Television(MCTV) all around our country.
Beginning in spring 2003, "CALL TO SERVE" has been sharing the personal histories of veterans from World War II to the present. The winning episode, featuring local US Navy veteran Joseph "Buzz" Sawyer, won for Best Program for Seniors in the Non-professional catagory. For the veterans who have had the chance to tell their stories on this show, "CALL TO SERVE" has filled an important need in our community to honor those who served and to preserve history that would be otherwise lost.
Please join us to congratulate host Kathleen Corey Rahme, Producers Al Grant and Corinne LaCharite, Director Paul Clover and crew members Leo Roy, Tom & Fran Gradzewicz, Mike Beshara and many others who have worked on the show over the last 8 years.
The Hometown Award will be given out in Tuscon, AZ on July 29. MCTV will replay the winning episode on August 3 & 4, 2011. The Joseph Sawyer interview is on our
Facebook
page also.
"CALL TO SERVE" is only the second MCTV Member program to win a national award. "Arts & Crafts: Food for the Soul" produced by Tom Gradzewicz won in 2008. Methuen Now! and SNAFU earned Honorable Mentions in 2007.
Members of the MCTV staff and Call To Serve crew are in Tucson, Arizona today to celebrate and receive the award.
If you are a veteran with a story to tell and would like to be interviewed on Call To Serve,
please contact one of the following members and leave a message:
- Kathleen Corey Rahme, Call To Serve Host - 978-686-0008
Email: kcoreyrahme@comcast.net - Albert Grant, Co-Producer - 978-609-7464
Email: albert.grant39@verizon.net - Corinne LaCharite, Co-Producer - 978-983-8825
Email: cclacharite@ci.methuen.ma.us
Check out our Call To Serve Facebook page(s)
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Now on our FaceBook page! The OldPilots & Bold Pilots Series |
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Other videos & links of interest:
This tribute to the Gray Eagles (WWII pilots) was in conjunction with an Air show in Ohio called 'The Final Roundup.' It was the last large gathering Of the remaining P-51 Mustang fighters used during WWII. There were About 120 of the fighters there...all of them in flying condition, of course. The flyover seen at the end of the video is composed entirely of P-51s Spelling out the number 51. It was an event that may never be seen again.
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