robert godfrey:  

I began my career as a news and sports photographer in 1958 at KGLO-TV in Mason City, then went to Forest City at the Summit. In 1962 I started with the Spectator in Joliet, a weekly news and sports magazine where I photographed such teams as the Chicago Bears, White Sox, Cubs, Northwestern and U. of Illinois. In 1964 I started at the Janesville Wisconsin Gazette where I photographed the Packers, Milwaukee Bucks and the U. of Wisconsin among other news stuff. Then in 1970 I returned to Mason City and ran my own portrait studio for a while before going back to KIMT-TV where I stayed until 1980 when I went on the road for Olan Mills as a portrait photographer. In 1982 my wife contracted Cancer and I came off the road to care for her and started two bars in the Waterloo area. After she finished her chemo, we moved to Clear Lake and I began working as a bartender and chef at several establishments until she died. During that time we went to Alaska where I worked as a chef at the Portage Glacier Lodge for 2 years. After my wife's death I cooked at the Nora Springs Inn for 2 years, finally moving back to Clear Lake and cooking at several ...Expand for more