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CONTRIBUTORSOANA HARRISONBorn in the beautiful city of Braşov, Romania, in the heart of Transilvania (yes, that is the correct spelling and garlic does make her sick), Oana made the skip over the “big pond” in 1997 to attend Berea College. Soon a er joining the marketing work force in 2003, she dusted o her life-long interest in dancing and in short order became a national amateur champion. In this issue, you can nd Oana choreographing a way to keep those new year’s health resolutions.BRUCE MCCAMISHPhotography has always been a hobby for Bruce McCamish. when a social media craze boosted his hobby to a career, he took to an unconventional method of photography. If you see a guy roaming downtown Knoxville with a camera attached to the top of a 25’ pole, you’ve found him. In our Smoky Mountains feature, Bruce captures the devastation of and emotional response to the Chimneys 2 re, both during the disaster and the immediate a ermath.KAREN CLARKKaren gained her appreciation for timeless style asa buyer within the opulent walls of Brooks Brothers in New York, but today she can be found writing for Cityview about fabulous homes in Knoxville. When she isn’t covering the elegance of old-town Knoxville, she can be found at the Symphony or Orchestra.She examines a Sequoyah Hills “less is more” architectural style in this month’s Eclectic Elegance.GEORGE KORDAWhile serving in Germany with the Army, George found himself in a helicopter above the Normandy D-Day beaches. Desiring better photo opportunities, he had the crew chief attach lines to his pistol belt so he could hang out the helicopter’s back door. “In hindsight,” he says, “it would have been wise to have worn a parachute.” Currently, he co-hosts local radio and TV shows andis a regular contributor in Cityview’s Local Politics. In Conversations, he sits down with business mogul and Commissioner of Economic and Community Development Randy Boyd.28 JANUARY FEBRUARY 2017