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West Herr helps USS The Sullivans with needed emergency repairs USS The Sullivans is in danger of sinking unless costly emergency repairs are made. West Herr stepped up with a challenge to help the national historic landmark. Author: Claudine Ewing Updated: 11:27 PM EST February 28, 2021 BUFFALO, N.Y. USS The Sullivans is an old ship, and the weather hasn t helped her. The ship was taking in water more than the pumps can keep up with, so she s starting to list and we needed to raise some immediate funds to take care of some emergency repairs, said Dan Mecca, a volunteer with The Buffalo and Erie County Naval Military Park.
Must-See Shorts from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival Snowy After providing coverage on nearly every feature film premiering at Sundance Film Festival this year, today we turn the spotlight on our favorite shorts. With 50 short films accepted from nearly 10,000 submissions, check out our thoughts on a handful of the premiere below, courtesy of Dan Mecca and Shayna Warner. BJ’s Mobile Gift Shop (Jason Park) Heartwarming, clever, and well-paced, filmmaker Jason Park builds a fully-realized, hyper-real Chicago in which BJ (Johnnyboy Tellem) is a hustler on the streets with a traveling bag of problem-solving gifts for his many clients around town. He’s strategic in his timing, catching any and every manner of city-dweller at the moment they need a quick snack, a phone charger, a new shirt-and-tie, or something of the sort. Bookended by a precarious skyscraper interview for a “real’ job, Park captures the spirit of his lead nicely. The entire narrative is lifted by a pitch-perfect final scene that gets to the heart of the matter. –