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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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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
Slide show: "A gift from God"
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."
Nov 23, 2007
Slide show: Nostalgic mission
Ray Elias, an Army-Air Force veteran of World War II, flew over the north metro area Thursday in an old, familiar aircraft a B-17, known as the workhorse of American bombing missions. The plane is part of a national tour to showcase the B-17 and will be at the Anoka County-Blaine Airport through Sunday.
Jul 6, 2007
Slide show: Carew's coronation
Thirty years ago, in the summer of 1977, Minnesota Twins superstar Rod Carew flirted with hitting .400 before finishing with a batting average of .388 for the season. The excitement of that remarkable season gained him national attention. He was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991.
Jul 6, 2007
Slide show: More than a game
As a child, Ron Rabinovitz became a pen pal and close friend with Jackie Robinson. In 1947 Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Today, Rabinovitz shares his story and the many letters, pictures and memorabilia he accumulated from that friendship with school children.
Mar 30, 2007
About the Tiger Jack photographs
I spent a great deal of time with Tiger Jack Rosenbloom in the summer and fall of 1984, while freelancing as a photojournalist. I didn't have enough experience at the time to be offered a full-time position at a daily newspaper in the Twin Cities, so I worked freelancing for community newspapers for six years after college.
Jul 14, 2004
Slide show: Remembering Tiger Jack
For more than fifty years, Tiger Jack's distinctive, stove-heated wooden shack stood at the corner of Dale St. and St. Anthony Ave. in St. Paul. Inside, the colorful entrepreneur, who died in 2001, sold hickory chips, kerosene, shoe shines, vegetables, candy and more.
Jul 14, 2004

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

Jun 26, 2009

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 28, 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 23, 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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