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Imagine a small town in western Nebraska where everyone knows your name. Main Street is the place to be… unless there’s a football game at the high school. The hardware store is locally owned and so is the coffee shop down the street. You can walk there and wave to your neighbors on the way. The sad part of the story is that this way of life may soon be nothing but a memory. Young people are leaving western Nebraska and most will not return. Now imagine a place where people of all ages are working together to shape the future of their community. Imagine a Panhandle P-16 Project.

Insight Creative Independent Productions
827 West 25th Street
Scottsbluff, NE 69361
308-641-0010
www.BytesCameraAction.com
email: becky@icindie.com

Biography: Becky McMillen – Executive Producer/Director

Becky McMillen was born in Gillette, Wyoming. She is the daughter of Udell and Thelma Hughes of Scottsbluff. She attended schools at Palisade, Milford and Scottsbluff, Nebraska where she graduated with an Associate of Arts degree with a major in art from Western Nebraska Community College.

Becky worked as a graphic artist and video producer for Charter Media for 9 years. In 2001 she established Insight Creative and emerged as an independent video and film artist. She writes, shoots and edits video, television and film projects from her studio in Scottsbluff. Her work has been seen on major networks including Nebraska Educational Television and Discovery Channel. Her television ad campaigns have appeared on regional networks spanning the Midwest.

Becky McMillen has been involved in the production of major, independent and documentary film. She is a 7-time recipient of industry awards such as the Telly and Accolade. Her documentary work has been seen at film festivals across the country and in 2008 she won the “Best Short Documentary” award at Moondance International Film Festival in Boulder, Colorado. She and her husband Bill live in western Nebraska which Becky describes as the most beautiful place on the planet.

Biography: Udell L. Hughes, Ed.D. – Associate Producer/Researcher

Udell L. Hughes is a native Nebraskan, born in Crawford in 1926. A World War II Navy veteran, he saw action at Iwo Jima, Okinawa and other battles. He received his B.S. and M.S in Education with a major in Educational Administration from Chadron State College. He went on to receive an Educational Specialist degree at the University of Wyoming where faculty urged him to enter the Doctorate program. In 1977 he received an Ed.D. in Educational Administration with emphasis in research design, statistics and computer science.

Dr. Hughes spent 27 years in education as a teacher, school superintendent and as the first director of Educational Service Unit 13 in Scottsbluff. He was the driving force behind the implementation of many of the educational services that are currently available to schools and handicapped residents in western Nebraska. Dr. Hughes has consulted in both formative and summative design and evaluation of educational projects for the Nebraska Department of Education and the Wyoming Education Department.

After his retirement from ESU 13, Dr. Hughes designed systems and computer programs that were used by area businesses. He also created a collection and analysis program for tourist attractions in the panhandle. As entrepreneurs, he and his wife Thelma have owned and operated several small businesses in the region. They have 3 children, 7 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren and are guardians of 3 lively feline adoptees. They continue, after more than 40 years to reside in Scottsbluff.