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Christopher
Nance, the tall, dapper and slender weathercaster for NBC-TV's "Today
in L.A.", exhorts us to take a morning jog around the Southland
each day at 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 11:00 and 11:30 a.m. newscasts. He
also does the live local and West Coast weather cut-ins during the NBC
national morning "Today Show". Previously, Nance had been a
weathercaster for the weekend editions of "Channel 4 News". He
joined NBC-4 in 1985.
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From
1987 to 1989, Nance hosted NBC-4's weekly public affairs series,
"Silver Linings", that showcased the entertaining inspirational and
off-beat side of Southern California. In 1986, Nance then hosted "Kudos
California", a five-part NBC-4 series highlighting local residents who
made outstanding contributions to their communities.
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California
State Assembly Minority Leader, Patrick Nolan of the 41st District
presented a resolution on the floor of the State Assembly in June
1988 honoring Nance for his community service and his "Lets' Talk
Weather" school program, which he has presented to more than 5000,000
students. A frequent visitor at local elementary and high schools, Nance
designed a program to motivate and educate young people about science
and weather, as well as to warn them of the harm of drugs and gangs. In
1990, the Los Angeles City Council declared June 16 Christopher Nance
Day in honor of his services to young people.
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Nance
joined "Channel 4 News" from a position as a weekend weathercaster
and weekday reporter for KPIX-TV in San Francisco. Prior to
joining KPIX-TV, he worked as a weathercaster and senior news reporter
from 1979 to 1983 for KMST-TV in Monterey. At KMST-TV, Nance
fulfilled a number of responsibilities; including weathercasting,
reporting, co-anchoring and sports coverage, as well as writing and
editing his own film and tape for the weekday newscasts.
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His
love for writing led Nance to author the first children's book in 1995,
"Muhammad and the Marathon", which was inspired by Muhammad Ali.
In 1996, he wrote, "Before There Were People", which was featured on
the PBS show "Reading Rainbow". He penned the highly acclaimed
children's book, "The Weatherman is Coming to My School Today", and
the fun-filled weather and science workbook, "The Weather Person's
Handbook", in 1997. In 1998, Nance debuted, "If not for Weather We
Would All Be Naked", featuring this new character, Wahbah - the
"Cat in the Hat" of the new millennium.
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Nance
earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of Santa
Clara, and studied at Pennsylvania State University to become an associate
member of the American Meteorological Society. In 1997 he received an
honorary doctorate in law from Pepperdine University.
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Nance,
who never seems to tire from his exhausting schedule, has been diagnosed
as having sickle cell anemia. He is an avid music enthusiast and
plays both the piano and drums. Aside from children's books, he also
enjoys writing concepts for screenplays and television. Christopher was
born in Fort Dix, New Jersey and grew up in Pacific Grove, California, a
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community
located on the Monterey Peninsula. He is married and resides
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in
Los Angeles.
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Should
you need to invite Christopher Nance to do a book signing, speaking
engagement or promote your event, please call his Executive Director
a t NBC, Mr. Paul P. Villar at (818)840-6508.
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What
is Sickle cell disease?
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It
is an inherited blood disease, which can cause bouts of pain, damage to
vital organs, and for some, and death in childhood or early adulthood.
Sickle cell disease affects a protein inside the red cells called hemoglobin.
Hemoglobin in the red blood cells carries oxygen from the lungs and takes
it to every part of the body. A change in the oxygen carrying hemoglobin
inside red blood causes the symptoms of sickle cell disease.
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