Last November, Eddie Szewczyk of Belleville wrote a Harry Potter movie review for Young Saint Louis.com. We like to keep track of kids who have been featured on this website.

Early this year, Eddie (his last name is pronounced 'cev-check') narrowly missed winning election to the board of directors for the St. Louis chapter of AFTRA. The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists represents actors in the entertainment industry.

Last year, we asked Eddie to write a special review of the blockbuster kids movie, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." He was doing movie reviews and other reporting for the local Radio Disney radio station.

But, Eddie also has appeared in plays by The Muny and starred in an independent movie, "Dad's Day." As a part of his acting, he became a member of AFTRA.

His activities attracted enough notice to earn a nomination in the recent local AFTRA board of directors election. Although he's only 13, Eddie came within four votes of winning against other adult candidates.

Jackie Dietrich is executive director of the St. Louis office of AFTRA. She said she's been involved in AFTRA since the 1960s.

She said, "If Eddie had won a board seat, he would have been the youngest board member that I'm aware of."

Meanwhile, Eddie's "Dad's Day" is getting some play this spring in a California family film festival. The film was picked for showing in the Santa Clarita Valley Family Filmfest. This year's film festival is a "salute to Roy Disney" and Eddie's movie fits that theme.