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december13
2011
New TV Show Films in Portland
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Local Actor Lands Role in Upcoming Episode
“Remember the fairy tales your parents used
to tell you before bedtime? Well, those weren’t stories,
they were warnings.”
That’s how NBC’s website describes their new
television series Grimm, which airs on Friday nights at
9:00 PM. The drama series is a mix of fantasy/mystery/
crime that has been described as “a cop drama—with
a twist... a dark and fantastical project about a world in
which characters inspired by Grimms’ Fairy Tales ex-
ist.”
The series takes place in Portland and has
been filmed in and around the city. An upcoming epi-
sode, entitled Last Grimm Standing, was filmed on the
outskirts of North Plains and features Vernonian Ron
Wright as one of the characters—Clement, a Dark Rid-
er. Wright, who appears in full make-up in the episode,
has a prominent role and a few speaking lines and was
on set for six days of filming.
Wright grew up in Vernonia, studied acting in
New York and has worked off-an-on as an actor and
model for over thirty years. He is a member of the
Screen Actors Guild and landed this one--episode role
this fall with the help of his agent. Wright was also re-
cently seen in a General Electric television commer-
cial.
The Grimm episode starring
Wright is #12 in the season and has
not yet been scheduled to be aired,
although Wright expects it to be tele-
vised in late December or early Janu-
ary 2012.
Having a television series
filmed in Portland has created jobs
and work for actors and crew. Locals
have been hired to provide costumes,
makeup, art, sound, special effects,
camera and electrical, visual effects,
stunts, casting, construction, trans-
portation and more.
“The impact this has on the
local economy is huge,” says Wright.
“It has put a lot of people to work.”
Wright says another television show,
Vernonian Ron Wright will appear in an upcoming episode of Grimm.
Leverage, starring Timothy Hutton
and broadcast on the TNT network is
Gus Van Sant’s Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. He cur-
also regularly filming in Portland.
rently lives in Vernonia with his wife Rebecca Jensen
Wright has previously appeared in several tele- Wright and their family—sons Jensen, 5, Xavier, 2 and
vision commercials and had small parts in films like daughter Zoe four months.
Vernonia Vet Welcomes New Tech—Kimberly Ragsdale
Vernonia Veterinary Clinic is
proud to welcome a new member to their
staff.
Kimberly Ragsdale, a long time
Vernonia resident, has joined Vernonia
Vet and will be working as a Room
Technician.
“I’m kind of like the nurse in
a medical clinic that greets you, takes
you back to the exam room, takes your
temperature, finds out what’s going on
and then passes you on to the doctor,”
Mackenzie Carr Wins
Miss Rodeo America Title
continued from front page
the week won a $750 Scholarship for her Scrap Book.
As Miss Rodeo America, Carr will travel the U.S.
as an official spokesperson for the sport of professional
rodeo, appearing at approximately 100 rodeo events, as
well as schools, civic groups and other special events
during the year of her reign.
Carr is a 2008 graduate of Vernonia High School
and is the daughter of Barbara and Alan Carr of Vernonia.
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job.
Ragsdale has a long connection
to Vernonia. She is married to Kennedy
Ragsdale and has two sons Austin and
Justin. She moved to Vernonia in 1989
when she was Kimberly Hess. She
graduated from Vernonia High School—
so did her mother Debbie Hess, and
grandmother Dorothy Hass. Her parents
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