Mustard Girl
Monday, January 11 2010
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Mustard Seed Dreams
Jennifer Connor
What's
life like for an entrepreneur in today's economy? Dick Gordon speaks to
a businesswoman known as "The Mustard Girl". Jennifer Connor paid her
way through the University of Wisconsin, but not working at the school
cafeteria. She sold cowbells with the school mascot, Bucky the Badger,
at football and hockey games, and made a bundle. Then she hit on
something even bigger.
Like many students in Madison, she
loved the hamburgers at a local joint called Stillwaters, but she liked
the old-fashioned mustard on the tables even more. Rendell's Mustard
was made in small batches in David Rendall's Wisconsin cellar. When
Jennifer heard that Mr. Rendell was ready to retire and wanted to sell
his recipes, the art history major tracked him down and begged him to
let her take over. Jennifer tells Dick Gordon about her bumpy ride from
college kid to entrepreneur - and the divine sign she received just
when she needed it.
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Finding Photos
Dennis Reed
Dennis
Reed was an amateur photographer in Los Angeles 30 years ago, when he
stumbled on the work of a group of Japanese art photographers from the
1920's and 30's. At the time their work was widely published, but when
World War II broke out, the men were sent to internment camps and had
to leave their photographs behind - stored, hidden or abandoned.Â
With the instincts and determination of a private investigator, Dennis located a handful of survivors, and the families of others. He's now mounted an exhibition of their work.
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