Retired longtime anchor for WCCO-TV and KARE 11, Pat Miles, needs no introduction, so this'll be brief.
Miles was always special as a woman with the bearing to anchor alongside the late Dave Moore, Don Shelby and Paul Magers.
She now splits her time between Minnesota and Arizona with her husband, attorney Bucky Zimmerman, who teaches at the University of Minnesota and has law firms in both states.
An AVID golfer, Miles just wrapped another role that she thoroughly enjoyed: MOB. That's the wedding planner acronym for mother of the bride. Her eldest daughter, Kate Cowley, married Tom Dolan in a gathering fit for its august locale, the Minikahda Club. Kate's sister, Betsy Cowley, was maid of honor.
If Kate had married Tom long ago, it might have helped Miles secure one of the interviews she desperately wanted when she was doing the Barbara Walters-inspired productions for KARE 11 that were "A Pat Miles Special." That was back when TV stations had money.
We talked about TV news, that big family event, and other stuff in my startribune.com/video interview, which took place at Hazel's Northeast, whose co-owner Adam Sieve earns my special thanks for being enormously helpful.
Miles was not quite as tough an interview to book as a certain famously shy Minnesotan was for her, but she stressed: "I don't do interviews anymore. This is just because it's you." I appreciate that.
Q: Who is the best anchor in the Twin Cities now that Paul Magers is gone to LA? I know that Don Shelby puts himself in the conversation, but that retired anchor just officiated your daughter's wedding, so I'm bouncing him from consideration.