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| Congratulations! |
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Mike with his mother, Myrna, and his brother, A.J., who had just won the Best Picture Award at the 2006 Zaki Gordon Film Festival
in Sedona, Arizona.
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| The Big Moment! |
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and the winner is... A.J. Aurit for the short independent film, "Television Static"! Here is A.J. at his big moment
as he accepts the Best Picture Award!
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| Duffers! |
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Here Mike and A.J. battle it out in the annual family Putt-Putt championship. This past year, Mike swept the course while
A.J. withdrew with an unspecified "injury".
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| Brothers! |
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The brothers at A.J.'s graduation from film school. Mike was very proud of his older brother and looked forward to having
him move to LA to pursue his new career.
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| At the Pit! |
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Mike with his dad, Bob, at the famous Charcoal Pit in Wilmington, DE during the 2005 holiday season. The restaurant is known
for its burgers and an ice cream concoction known as "The Kitchen Sink."
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| Mom & the boys! |
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Mom hanging with her "little" boys as we await our meals at the Charcoal Pit restaurant. For once, the boys were
talked out of yet another futile attempt to finish off a "Kitchen Sink"!
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| Fooling around! |
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Mike goofing around with his cousins, Michael (left) and Caroline (below), at the family Christmas held at Grandma Mary's
house in Delaware back in 2005.
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| Mike and A.J. on the slopes! |
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Mike with brother A.J. on a skiing outing to Camelback Mountain in Pennsylvania during Christmas of 2005. Mike's dad, who
took this picture, had an unspecified "injury."
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| At James Dean's grave... |
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Mike & his mom at James Dean's gravesite down the road from Dean's boyhood home in Fairmount, IN. James Dean remains
one of Mike's favorite actors.
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| James Dean's boyhood home... |
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This is James Dean's boyhood home. It has changed little in the sixty years since he left home to pursue acting. It is still
owned by his relatives.
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| The Bridges of Parke County... |
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Mike and Myrna at one of the 30 covered bridges in Parke County, IN - the "Covered Bridge Capital of the World"
- during the 2005 Covered Bridge Festival.
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| At the Brickyard! |
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Here is Mike on the winner's podium at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Indy 500. This was taken during our autumn
vacation in Indiana back in 2005.
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| Nashville! |
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Mike and his mother stroll down one of the lush streets in the quaint and historic small town of Nashville, IN. It is described
as "The Artist Colony of the Midwest."
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| Our Brown County Cabin! |
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This is the vacation cabin we stayed at in the heart of hills within beautiful Brown County, Indiana, during the fall of 2005.
The fall colors were spectacular!
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