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As of [[February 25]], [[2008]], he is also a novelist with the publishing of [[Special:Booksources/9781604744781|''Blood Harvest'']]. <ref name="The Northwest Voice"> [http://www.northwestvoice.com/home/ViewPost/51362 The Northwest Voice]</ref>

==Career==

Rusty Shoop joined the [[United States Air Force]], ending up in Northern California after his four year tour of duty. At [[Humboldt State University]] he became the weatherman at [[KIEM-TV]] in [[Eureka, California]], where his brother, Larry, was the anchorman.<ref name="KERO-TV"> [http://www.turnto23.com/newsteam/17815349/detail.html KERO web site]</ref>

Rusty came to [[Bakersfield, California]] in [[1984]]. He became weatherman and worked with anchorman Burleigh Smith on [[KERO-TV]].<ref name="KERO-TV"> [http://www.turnto23.com/newsteam/17815349/detail.html KERO web site]</ref>

In addition to television, Rusty has worked as a truck driver, a small business owner, and an insurance company executive. <ref name="KERO-TV"> [http://www.turnto23.com/newsteam/17815349/detail.htmlKERO web site]</ref>

On [[January 5]] of [[2007]], Rusty suffered a brain [[aneurysm]]. <ref name="Bakersfield.com"> [http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/48259 Bakersfield.com]</ref> He put his television career on hold while recovering. During this time he polished a novel he had written 9 years prior, and published it [[February 25]], [[2008]]. [[Special:Booksources/9781604744781|''Blood Harvest'']] is about a fictitious news anchorman who investigates a murder. <ref name="The Northwest Voice"> [http://www.northwestvoice.com/home/ViewPost/51362 The Northwest Voice]</ref>

==[[Aneurysm]]<ref name="Bakersfield.com"> [http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/48259 Bakersfield.com]</ref>==

After suffering an intense headache for two days, Rusty’s wife insisted he see a doctor. Dr. Luis Cousin sent him to the hospital immediately. Testing revealed that an artery in his brain had ruptured. Neuro-surgeon Dr. Mahmoud Rashidi performed surgery within a few hours of Rusty’s arrival at the hospital.