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From YouTube: City Cable Coordinator Tim Sasse retires after 36 years
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For the last 36 years, Municipal Cable Coordinator Tim Sasse has been behind the camera helping inform Bloomington residents. At the end of June, he’s putting down the camera for the final time.
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Hard
to
believe
the
myriad
of
things
that
he's
had
to
cover
and
do
video
for
I
mean
everything
from
you
know:
stadiums
being
taken
down,
I
mean
there
was
the
Met
Stadium.
There
was
the
Met
Center.
He
was
there
for
the
implosion
of
the
Med
Center
floods.
I
mean
he's
shot
footage
of
all
sorts
of
different
kinds
of
floods.
We've
had
over
the
years
he's
been
in
helicopters.
Multiple
times
he's
always
been
our
helicopter
guy
Tim.
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Remember
that
night
very,
very
well
because
it
was
packed.
They
had
a
special
event,
the
night
before
the
actual
grand
opening
to
the
general
public.
So
there
was
a
big
event:
they
have
Ray
Charles
they're
singing.
They
had
all
kinds
of
special
guests,
the
gricean
brothers
were
there
and
it
was.
It
was
quite
a
night
while.
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When
I
started,
we
were
using
I
think
it
was
either
combination
of
VHS
tape
and
three-quarter
inch
ematic.
It
was
a
very
large
large
tape.
You
would
have
to
bring
a
fair
amount
of
gear
with
you
that
was
pretty
heavy,
very
heavy.
Actually,
your
tape
recorder
would
hang
on
your
shoulder
and
the
camera
would
be
separate.
It.
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Wasn't
computerized
at
all?
If
not
at
all,
there
was
a
lot
of
manual
labor
going
on
back.
Then
it
was
standard
definition.
It
was
linear,
so
you
were
editing
in
a
linear
manner,
and
so
it
was
very,
very
different.
Now
you
got
nonlinear
you've
got
equipment,
you've
got
high-definition
equipment,
mistakes.
C
Were
bad,
making
changes
in
the
linear
world
is
tough
and
it
was
not
fun
compared
to
what
we
can
do
now
with
just
dragging
Clips
around
on
a
timeline.
It's
just
night
and
day
difference
back.
Then
it
was.
You
were
lucky
to
be
able
to
dissolve
from
video
to
video.
Basically,
it
was.
It
was
a
hard
process
to
actually
dissolve
a
shot
to
a
shot.
I
mean
now
it's
in
editing
in
editing
form.
That
was
tough
because
you
had
to
do
what's
called
a
b-roll.
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D
Helped
creating
our
city
website
back
in
the
mid
1990s,
so
he
actually
learned
code
so
that
he
could
help
with
the
logistics
of
both
getting
the
website
off
the
ground
and
then
helping
with
the
logistics
and
helping
maintain
the
website.
After
that,
we
were
one
of
the
first
in
this
in
the
state
of
Minnesota
to
actually
webcast
our
City
Council
meetings,
so
Tim
and
grant
Parker
spent
a
lot
of
time
figuring
out
the
equipment
and
the
logistics,
and
you
know
how
we
were
going
to
do
it.
E
Has
is
just
solid
as
a
rock
we
so
dependable,
and
he
stays
so
calm
under
pressure.
He
has
the
highest
of
standards
and
his
commitment
to
quality
ensures
that
we
put
out
a
variety
of
interesting
and
informative
content
that
is,
of
value
to
residents
in
this
community.
We're
gonna
miss
him,
we're
glad
that
he's
retiring
and
he'll
enjoy
the
second
phase
of
life,
but
we're
gonna
really
miss
him
here
at
the
city
for
all
of
the
things
that
he's
done.