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The 2017 Komen Columbus Race for the Cure

The 2017 Komen Columbus Race for the Cure captured Saturday, May 20, 2017 in downtown Columbus, Ohio.

The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® Series is the world’s largest, most successful fundraising and education event for breast cancer.
The race series includes more than 140 events on four continents, with over one million participants coming together every year to take part in the fight against breast cancer.
This important annual event raises significant funds for the breast cancer movement, thanks to supporters and survivors around the world who step up and take action by fundraising for the cause.

This was the 25th running of the Columbus Race.

Photos and video production by James D. DeCamp
Additional photos by Tom Dunkes (mtdunkes.com)
& Joshua Farr (farrbetterphoto.wixsite.com/gallery)

May 20, 2017/0 Comments/by James

The Jefferson Series – Petraeus

Events, Images, People, Political

General David Petraeus (ret.) photographed Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts as part of ‘The Jefferson Series‘ presented by The New Albany Community Foundation.

David Howell Petraeus is a retired United States Army General officer and public official. He served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 6, 2011, until his resignation on November 9, 2012. Prior to his assuming the directorship of the CIA, Petraeus served 37 years in the United States Army. His last assignments in the Army were as commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A) from July 4, 2010, to July 18, 2011. His other four-star assignments include serving as the 10th Commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) from October 13, 2008, to June 30, 2010, and as Commanding General, Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I) from February 10, 2007, to September 16, 2008. As commander of MNF-I, Petraeus oversaw all coalition forces in Iraq.

Petraeus has a B.S. degree from the United States Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1974 as a distinguished cadet (top 5% of his class). In his class were three other future four-star generals, Martin Dempsey, Walter L. Sharp and Keith B. Alexander. He was the General George C. Marshall Award winner as the top graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College class of 1983. He subsequently earned an M.P.A. in 1985 and a Ph.D. degree in international relationsin 1987 from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He later served as Assistant Professor of International Relations at the United States Military Academy and also completed a fellowship at Georgetown University.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., a New York investment firm, hired Petraeus as chairman of the firm’s newly created KKR Global Institute in May 2013. Petraeus will support its investment teams and portfolio companies when studying new investments, especially in new locations. In December 2014, Petraeus was named a partner at KKR and remains Chairman of the KKR Global Institute. Petraeus joined the board of advisers of Team Rubicon on June 18, 2013.

The New Albany Community Foundation established the Jefferson Series, inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s appreciation for lifelong learning and encouraged by the success of its Remarkable Evening lectures, a collection of stimulating forums featuring some of the world’s most compelling and esteemed thinkers of our time.

April 26, 2017/0 Comments/by James

2017 Komen Columbus Keeping the Promise Luncheon

Events, Images

The 2017 Komen Columbus Keeping the Promise Luncheon photographed Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at The Vault.

Susan G. Komen Columbus® began in 1993 by a group of motivated and hardworking volunteers. That same passion, carried on throughout the years by thousands of volunteers and dedicated board and staff members, has sustained Komen Columbus and enabled us to raise more than $27 million; $16 million of that has been granted to support local programs, $280,000 in targeted small grants, and $5 million has supported global research.

Through events like the Komen Columbus Race for the Cure®, Komen Columbus invests 75 percent of its net income to support vital local breast health services in our 30-county service area, and dedicates the remaining net income – 25 percent – to national research to find the cures.

During the 2013-2014 fiscal year, Komen Columbus was recognized as Affiliate of the Year by our global organization.

Below is a 360 view of how Komen Columbus meets the need in our community with your donations and the support of our corporate sponsors. Download a PDF version of this flier.

March 15, 2017/0 Comments/by James

Cub Scout Pack 966

Events, Images, People

Cub Scout Pack 966 Awards Banquet formal photos photographed Saturday, March 11, 2017 at the Medallion Club.

March 11, 2017/0 Comments/by James

Glass Axis Glassierade

Events, Images, People

The Glass Axis Glassierade photographed Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Glass Axis in Columbus, Ohio. The groups 30th anniversary annual fund raiser was themed “Back to the 80’s” and featured glass blowing demonstrations, a raffle of goodies, the Melty Crue food truck, custom drinks from Karate Cowboy and The Reaganomics playing live.

March 4, 2017/0 Comments/by James

After-School All-Stars Ohio Arnold Experience

Events, Images, People

The 2017 After-School All-Stars Ohio Arnold Experience photographed Friday, March 3, 2017 at the Wolfe Circus House with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Apolo Ono, John Kasich, Lou Ferrigno.

The 2017 After-School All-Stars Ohio Arnold Experience photographed Friday, March 3, 2017 at the Wolfe Circus House with Arnold Schwarzenegger. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com & http://www.BlueSkiesHD.com | 614-367-6366) #Schwarzenegger #ASF2017 #JDeCampPhoto #BlueShiesHD #ArnoldSportsFestival #ArnoldClassic #ASASOhio #Kasich #614 #AsSeenInColumbus #ApoloOhno

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American actor, producer, businessman, investor, author, philanthropist, activist, politician, and former professional bodybuilder who holds both Austrian and American citizenship. He served two terms as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 to 2011.

Schwarzenegger began weight training at the age of 15. He won the Mr. Universe title at age 20 and went on to win the Mr. Olympia contest seven times, remaining a prominent presence in bodybuilding and writing many books and articles on the sport. He is widely considered to be among the greatest bodybuilders of all time as well as bodybuilding’s biggest icon. Schwarzenegger gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action film icon. His breakthrough film was the sword-and-sorcery epic Conan the Barbarian in 1982, a box office hit that resulted in a sequel.

In 1984, Schwarzenegger appeared in James Cameron‘s science-fiction thriller film The Terminator, a critical and commercial success. Schwarzenegger subsequently reprised the Terminatorcharacter in the franchise‘s later installments: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), and Terminator Genisys (2015).^[2]^[3]^[4] He has appeared in a number of successful films, such as Commando (1985), The Running Man (1987), Predator (1987), Twins(1988), Total Recall (1990), Kindergarten Cop (1990), and True Lies (1994). In 2015, it was announced that Schwarzenegger would replace Donald Trump as the host of The Celebrity Apprentice, though he left after one season due to conflicts caused by Trump’s remarks. Schwarzenegger was nicknamed “the Austrian Oak” in his bodybuilding days, “Arnie” during his acting career, and “The Governator” (a portmanteau of “Governor” and “The Terminator“) during his political career.

As a Republican, Schwarzenegger was first elected on October 7, 2003, in a special recall electionto replace then-Governor Gray Davis. He was sworn in on November 17, to serve the remainder of Davis’ term. He was then re-elected in the 2006 California gubernatorial election, to serve a full term as governor. In 2011, he completed his second term as governor and returned to acting.

Louis Jude “Lou” Ferrigno is an American actor, fitness trainer, fitness consultant and retired professional bodybuilder. As a bodybuilder, Ferrigno won an IFBB Mr. America title and two consecutive IFBB Mr. Universe titles, and appeared in the bodybuilding documentary Pumping Iron. As an actor, he is best known for his title role in the CBStelevision series The Incredible Hulk and vocally reprising the role in subsequent animated and computer-generated incarnations. He has also appeared in European-produced fantasy-adventures such as Sinbad of the Seven Seas and Hercules, and as himself in the sitcom The King of Queensand the 2009 comedy I Love You, Man.

Other celebrities included:

WWE Superstar The Big Show

Lou Ferrigno

Chris Kirkpatrick

Johnny Bench

Royce Gracie

Rich Franklin

Rick Flair

Cynthia Rothrock

Bill Kazmier

Ronnie Coleman

WWE Superstar Mark Henry

Apolo Ohno

Randy Couture

Evander Holyfield

WWE Superstar Triple H

AnnMaria De Mars

Dan Gable

Herschel Walker

March 3, 2017/0 Comments/by James

Spare Nothing for the Cure

Events, Images, Personal

Komen Columbus Spare Nothing for the Cure photographed Sunday, February 26, 2017 at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace.

Spare Nothing for the Cure photographed Sunday, February 26, 2017 at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

Why do we fundraise for breast cancer cures?

Because 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.
Because every 19 seconds, somewhere in the world, a case of breast cancer is diagnosed in a woman.
Because every 60 seconds, somewhere in the world, someone dies from breast cancer; every 13 minutes, one woman in the U.S. will lose her life to breast cancer.
Because breast cancer knows no boundaries. It affects people of every age, gender, socio-economic status and location.
Because at the current rate, 13 million breast cancer deaths will occur around the world in the next 25 years.
Because it’s time to go beyond breast cancer awareness. It’s time to take action!

Take Action

We can fight these statistics together. Join the breast cancer movement by fundraising for Race for the Cure®.

Your fundraising has the power to make a true impact. Just consider how far we have come, thanks in part to supporters like you:

Race for the Cure® has raised more than $2 billion to help fund research, education, screening and treatment.
In 1980, the 5-year relative survival rate for women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer was about 74 percent. Today, that number is 99 percent.
Since our founding in 1982, Susan G. Komen’s national research program has invested in cutting-edge research that has helped make major breakthroughs possible.
Funding for discoveries in genetics and biology has led to personalized, less-invasive breast cancer treatments to replace the less-effective “one-treatment-fits-all” approach.

Race for the Cure® is your opportunity to turn your support for the breast cancer movement into action. Prove that you are More Than Pink™, and help us end breast cancer forever.

Register or log in to fundraise today!

February 26, 2017/0 Comments/by James

John Glenn Funeral

Events, Images, News

I first met John Glenn when I was 9 years old and had the honor of meeting (and photographing him) dozens of times over the years. He was a truly unique person, being whole heartedly genuine and pure spirited. Each and every time I saw him the one constant was his childhood sweetheart Annie by his side – I never saw them separated. I can’t imagine her sorrow.

We’ve lost a true American hero and just a nice guy. He was Captain America, Steve Canyon and Mr. Rogers all rolled into one and always accompanied by his Wonder Woman Annie.

My sympathy goes out to Annie, Lynn and David.

The United States Marines carry the casket of Astronaut, United States Senator, and US Marine Colonel John Glenn photographed Saturday, December 17, 2016 at the Ohio State House. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

Annie Glenn watches from her funeral limo as the United States Marines carry the casket of Astronaut, United States Senator, and US Marine Colonel John Glenn and load him into the hearse before the funeral processional photographed Saturday, December 17, 2016 at the Ohio State House. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

John Herschel Glenn Jr. was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio. In 1962, he became the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times.

Before joining NASA, Glenn was a distinguished fighter pilot in World War II, China and Korea. He shot down three MiG-15 aircraft, and was awarded six Distinguished Flying Crosses and eighteen Air Medals. In 1957, he made the first supersonic transcontinental flight across the United States. His on-board camera took the first continuous, panoramic photograph of the United States.

He was one of the Mercury Seven, military test pilots selected in 1959 by NASA as the United States’ first astronauts. On February 20, 1962, Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission, becoming the first American to orbit the Earth, and the fifth person and third American in space. He received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1962 and the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1990, and was the last surviving member of the Mercury Seven.

Glenn resigned from NASA in January 1964. He planned to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Ohio, but an injury in February 1964 forced his withdrawal. He retired from the Marine Corps the following year. He lost a close primary election in 1970. A member of the Democratic Party, Glenn first won election to the Senate in 1974 and served for 24 years until January 1999.

In 1998, while still a sitting senator, Glenn became the oldest person to fly in space as a crew member of the Discovery space shuttle and the only person to fly in both the Mercury and Space Shuttle programs. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.

December 17, 2016/0 Comments/by James

State Auto Insurance Christmas Corner

Images, Places, Scenics, Things, Travel

State Auto Insurance Christmas Corner photographed Friday, December 16, 2016.

In the middle of the Great Depression, Robert Pein, founder of State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co., gave Columbus a gigantic Christmas present – one that decades later still brings joy to the city each yuletide.

In 1931, as the nation struggled thru the great depression and unemployment was rampant, Pein had the State Auto Insurance’s building on E. Broad Street decorated with more than 1,000 blinking lights, Christmas trees on the roof and an electric sign proclaiming “Christmas Greetings.”

Pein, who grew up the third of seven children in an impoverished Cincinnati household, was intent on his spectacular Christmas decorations because he recalled that although his family had been poor, “Christmas was somehow Christmas.”

Pein, who died just before Christmas in 1956, called the display a “Christmas card to the community.”

No photos survive of the original display, but The Columbus Citizen newspaper noted on Dec. 25, 1931: “Trinity Episcopal Church boys sang Christmas carols in front of the State Automobile Insurance Co. building on Christmas Eve in the city’s only outdoor public observance.”

On Christmas Day that depression year, the display gave cheer to passers-by on their way to church, friends’ homes and family gatherings.

The next year, the display was back — with 1,000 more lights, four crosses, a star and 853 Christmas trees. “Eight electricians worked around the clock for a week to complete the spectacle,” the company reported.

The display disappeared during World War II years and was downsized during the postwar years while the company’s headquarters were remodeled and rebuilt.

The company’s entire E. Broad St. building, which was now five stories tall, was decked out for the 1954 display. In 1962, the display’s signature life-size Nativity figures were added.

For 50 years, Mary, Joseph and a changing array of Nativity figures have drawn crowds each Christmas season.

In 2009, the display was moved from a raised area in front of the building to a small park to the east, where families can walk among the statues as they follow the story of the birth of Jesus.

State Auto Insurance Christmas Corner photographed Friday, December 16, 2016. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)

December 16, 2016/0 Comments/by James

Charity Newsies Clothe-A-Child Gala & Auction

Events, Features, Images, News

The 2016 Charity Newsies Clothe-A-Child Gala & Auction photographed Friday, December 2, 2016 at the Bluestone in downtown Columbus.

The 2016 Charity Newsies Clothe-A-Child Gala & Auction photographed Friday, December 2, 2016 at the Bluestone in downtown Columbus. (© James D. DeCamp | http://JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366)