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NL librarian produces documentary

By day, she's a librarian.

But, come the evening, she morphs into a film producer.It's quite a schedule Krystle-Dawn M. Willing-Tiedeman of Jim Thorpe has learned to juggle.A librarian at Northern Lehigh High School/Middle School, Willing-Tiedeman recently found herself all the way at the other end of the country in California.While there, she served as the producer of "30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story."Willing-Tiedeman, 28, said the documentary is directed by her husband, F. Sean Tiedeman, of K. Studios in Allentown."It's his project," Willing-Tiedeman said. "I do interviews with subjects of documentaries."The documentary is in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Topps' Garbage Pail Kids Cards, a series of trading cards.Originally released in 1985 to parody the Cabbage Patch Kid dolls, which were immensely popular at the time, each sticker card features a Garbage Pail Kid character.Written by Joe Simko, the documentary includes interviews and stories from the original creators of the popular 80s card series, Willing-Tiedeman said.Set to be released later this year, the documentary stars Tom Bunk, Brent Engstrom, David Gross, Jay Lynch, Mark Pingitore, Joe Simko, Art Spiegelman, and Jeff Zapata.For more information, visit

http://www.30yearsofgarbage.com.

Special to the TIMES NEWS Krystle-Dawn M. Willing-Tiedeman, of Jim Thorpe, has been in California to produce "30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story."