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Award of Excellence
Ramin Rahimian Freelance
"Boomtown"
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"Saying Goodbye" Jim Hughes, 49, of Oklahoma is the brother-in-law of
Dennis Brehm. Jim lives with his dog, Blackjack, in a small and modest
trailer in a trailer community in town. He lives off of 650 dollars a month
from Social Security. In the late 90s, when he was hopping trains through
Arizona, he was badly beaten, almost to death, by a gang of criminals. He had
to have life-saving brain surgery. Now, as both Jim and his sister, Karla,
say, he's "not stupid, just slow." He is a very giving man who
feels like sometimes people tend to take advantage of him. He has two
daughters whom he tries to visit whenever he can. He does a lot of freelance
highway accident towing and odd jobs around town to get by. He feels like
something has been robbed from his life because of his injury but he refuses
to give up. He spends most of his time with Blackjack and his best friend,
one of the few people he can fully trust, Jason Kirk, right.
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