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Jim Gehrz

Photographer

Phone: 612-673-4458

E-mail: jgehrz@startribune.com

Jim Gehrz is a staff photographer for news and features and also produces multimedia for StarTribune.com.

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A story for teachers who wonder: Why am I doing this?
Lane Christianson, 44, was at his childhood elementary school in Maplewood when he saw a name on a classroom door: Mrs. Bell. He wondered, THE Mrs. Bell? He wrote an impromptu note: “I don’t know if you remember me …”
Oct 6, 2008
Project: Locked in limbo: Inside the Minnesota Sex Offender Program
Minnesota has civilly committed 554 men and one woman to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP), designed to treat paroled sex offenders until they are no longer dangerous. The 2003 killing of Dru Sjodin triggered a surge of commitments. But the system's spiraling cost and lack of measurable success are causing growing unease.
Sep 16, 2008
Friendship blossoms in a grocery store
For 3 1/2 years, Kristina has special-ordered yellow roses for Bill, who comes in and picks out his favorite to place on his late wife's grave.
Jul 5, 2008
Project: The Pursuit of Happiness
The pursuit of happiness is one of the great human pursuits. This project is not an attempt to define what happiness means. It is an exploration of the unique path each individual takes in pursuit of his or her own happiness, and the many struggles and triumphs encountered along the way.
Jun 3, 2008
Project: The family that fell: The Coulters
After the I-35W bridge crumbled beneath the Coulter family's car, the family was plucked from the wreckage and scattered, one by one. All four were hurt, with Paula Coulter one of the most critically injured of all the victims. It's been nearly five months, but for them, normalcy is still a long way off.
Jun 3, 2008
Duets: Judy and Quentin, from loss comes love
When Quentin Moore's mom died of cancer, Judy Blaseg moved into his life and the two have developed a surprising, and especially sweet bond.
May 10, 2008
Cori and Amanda: Letting go is hard to do
Yes, she is too old to have a nanny. But Amanda Ling, whose 16th birthday falls on Leap Day, isn't ready to leap into independence just yet. Neither is Cori Linehan.
Feb 29, 2008
Slide show: The Coulter family
After the I-35W bridge crumbled beneath the Coulter family's car, the family was plucked from the wreckage and scattered, one by one. All four were hurt. It's been nearly five months and normalcy is still a long way off.
Dec 21, 2007
Slide show: The wonder of flight
Brown's airport is a half-mile long grass airstrip on a farm owned by Marvin and Mary Jo Brown. There sits a vintage aluminum 1947 Cessna 140, a two-seater, near two geese, Apollo and Kennedy, and a Lincoln Town Car that is used as a prompt to encourage Apollo and Kennedy to come play "goose games."
Dec 4, 2007
The wonder of flight
At Brown's airport near Hancock, Minn. the log book of landings and takeoffs might read something like this: one tail-dragger -- regular landings and takeoffs; two geese -- touch and goes; one Lincoln Town car -- taxing only. Actually, Brown's airport is a half-mile long grass airstrip on a farm owned by Marvin and Mary Jo Brown, and it is where they host a number of fly-ins through the year. The tail-dragger is a vintage aluminum aircraft, a two-seater. The two geese are Apollo and Kennedy. And, the Lincoln Town car, well, that belongs to Marvin and Mary Jo and it is used as a prompt to encourage Apollo and Kennedy to come play "goose games."
Nov 26, 2007

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The Best of Jim Gehrz

Slide show: State of commitment

Jun 6, 2008

Sex offenders and Human Service professionals reveal the complicated issues around commitment. Hear their voices.

Slide show: Mother recalls lost daughter

Jun 6, 2008

Barbara Iversen was kidnapped and murdered in 1965 during an attempted rape. Barbara's mother, Joan Riley, recalls her daughter's disappearance. Riley died three months after this interview.

Slide show: Dennis Linehan: In the mind of a sex offender

Jun 13, 2008

Dennis Linehan calls himself the 'poster child' for MSOP. Imprisoned for killing 14-year-old Barbara Iversen in 1965 during an attempted rape, he escaped in 1975 and was caught while trying to assault another girl. He talks about his actions.

Slide show: A prayer for Father Tim

Dec 19, 2007

Two years ago, Father Tim Vakoc became the first -- and only -- miltary chaplain gravely wounded in the war in Iraq. He returned home to Minnesota with little hope. But he found a way to continue his ministry from his bedside.

Slide show: Two mothers connect

May 29, 2008

The Minnesota National Guard brought Lamyaa Kareem and her mother, Shanna Hassan, from Iraq to Minnesota for surgery to correct the teen's severely curved spine. The mother and daughter stayed with a host family, Johanna and Duncan Clyborne. In the the nine weeks that the two mothers lived under the same roof, they learned to navigate each other's culture to find common bonds.

Slide show: The Coulter family

Dec 21, 2007

After the I-35W bridge crumbled beneath the Coulter family's car, the family was plucked from the wreckage and scattered, one by one. All four were hurt. It's been nearly five months and normalcy is still a long way off.

Slide show: The wonder of flight

Dec 4, 2007

Brown's airport is a half-mile long grass airstrip on a farm owned by Marvin and Mary Jo Brown. There sits a vintage aluminum 1947 Cessna 140, a two-seater, near two geese, Apollo and Kennedy, and a Lincoln Town Car that is used as a prompt to encourage Apollo and Kennedy to come play "goose games."

Slide show: "A gift from God"

Nov 24, 2007

The hectic routine faced by Lee Cody Wilson as a single dad is increasingly becoming the story for a number of fathers. As a single dad, Wilson is part of one of the fastest-growing segments of Minnesotas population according to state projections. Wilson calls his children, and the challenge to be a good father, "a gift from God."

Slide show: Wilson Brown: The heart of a horse trainer

Aug 19, 2007

Horse trainer Wilson Brown has 20 seasons in at Canterbury Park. His keen horse sensibilities, his love of training the two-year-old colt, and his over 35 years as a trainer, have made him a sage concerning the game of horse racing. A lot pivots around the trainer, from the horse to the owner to the jockey to the groom. It's a stressful, exciting existence, and one Brown thrives on.


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