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Rick Parent's Life Experiences Include Iconic Moments Of JFK, Beatles

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Rick Parent with his pet wolf, Hunter, whom he wrote about in "The Hunter Chronicles"

Rick Parent, Commerce-area resident, author and accomplished photographer, visits with the Blacklands Cafe on his wide-ranging life experiences, which include being present at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy and at the Beatles legendary 1965 concert at Shea Stadium in New York. Rick is the author of "The Hunter Chronicles," a book about his experiences with a pet wolf, Hunter.

John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.