Odd Jobs
Below is a collection of current and past American Profile articles. Don't forget you can also submit your own story and read others submitted by the American Profile community.
Watching for Wildfires
Billy Ellis trains his binoculars on the rugged, forested terrain surrounding his 9,748-foot mountain-top lookout in Colorado's Pike National Forest
first appeared: 6/29/2008
Making Monkeys & Merriment
In her studio in Stone Lake, Wis., Dee Lindner cuts a stack of red-heeled work socks...
first appeared: 2/10/2008
Delivering Books and Goodwill
Within minutes of parking in the mountain village of Hurley, N.M. (pop. 1,464), Fred Barraza opens the bookmobile door and welcomes one eager patron after another.
first appeared: 11/4/2007
Jousting for a Living
Armed with a metal shield and a 10-foot-long lance, Kent Shelton gallops into the arena at the Lawton Renaissance Festival in Lawton, Okla., atop a mighty steed.
first appeared: 7/22/2007
Teaching Top Gun
Lt. Guy Snodgrass, 30, streaks across the desert sky in an F/A-18 Hornet at supersonic speeds, performing a heart-stopping aerial maneuver...
first appeared: 5/28/2007
Doctoring Beloved Dolls
Mary Ann Pizzolato peers into the dull blue eyes of Baby Coos, a 60-year-old doll whose plastic peepers have been clouded by a fungus—and time. Next, she flexes the doll’s vinyl legs, which are ripped and ready to fall off.
first appeared: 5/13/2007
Plowing Mountain Passes
Ray Mumford’s snowplow twists around hairpin curves on its way up U.S. Highway 6 over Loveland Pass in the Colorado Rockies, one of the nation’s highest passes kept open to traffic year-round.
first appeared: 2/4/2007
Prospecting for Space Rocks.
Steve Arnold, 40, drives across a farm field near Haviland, Kan. (pop. 612), listening intently to the hum from the home-built metal detector pulled behind his all-terrain vehicle.
first appeared: 1/28/2007
Carving Time In Stone
John Carmichael Jr. lifts his safety glasses to study a cut he’s made in a sandstone disc.
first appeared: 1/14/2007
Having a Blast
Dave “Cannonball” Smith, 63, kneels at the opening of his 33-foot-long, star-spangled cannon.
first appeared: 10/29/2006
Curator of Rock 'n' Roll
Today, Henke is just as meticulous in his work as the curator for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland.
first appeared: 10/22/2006
Devouring the West's Weeds
Lani Malmberg wanders the meadows, hillsides and waterways of the West, hooked staff in hand, pitting 1,500 cashmere goats against pockets of unwanted weeds that infest the landscape.
first appeared: 10/1/2006
Brett Bodine Sets the NASCAR Pace
After 18 years as a NASCAR Cup series driver, Brett Bodine hung up his race suit in 2003 and now serves as the official pace car driver for the NEXTEL Cup series.
first appeared: 8/20/2006
Smoke Jumpers
Smokejumpers are tougher than granite. They jog with their boots on. They risk their lives on a daily basis to fight wildfires.
first appeared: 7/25/2004
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