Our three hour gala on Saturday evening is designed to showcase our efforts from the past year and salute a handful of people that go above and beyond.
Each one of the 13 tables has someone sitting at it with the name Table Master. Each one of them earned that honor 🎖 and then they were given the gift 🎁 of inviting seven other people to share in their moment.
We have a little something planned for all 13 people and it is designed to be both sincere and humorous at the same time.
I want to spend a few minutes tonight to expand on our partnership with Allen and his newspaper 📰. I attached the photo 📷 above as a sign of just how far our agreement has come over the years.
Every story that presents itself to me leads to an immediate question. Does this story belong to me or does it belong to Allen ?
To avoid any confusion between our efforts, we do not write the same story. If a story is big enough to be in The Carroll News as a lead story I immediately reach out to Allen and let him know what’s going on so he can hit the ground 🏃♂️ running.
I stumbled across the news that Marc Motley was stepping down from his position as Varsity Girls Basketball Coach it was an absolute no-brainer to reach out to Allen and get him up to speed.
Coach Motley deserves center stage and that’s exactly what happened with the story that Allen penned. What does Allen do in return when he posts the story on his Facebook page ? He attached our name to it so we would share in the moment, a sign of what we are working on together.
The best analogy would be that Allen Worrell is the Seattle Mariners and we are the Tacoma Rainiers, the Triple AAA ball club. We are the feeder system to his “Show”.
46 years have passed since I delivered my first newspaper and 44 years have passed since I wrote my first story for a Community newspaper. Both of those numbers are in the 20’s as far as totals now because everytime I start a new job in a new area I seek out the keeper of the local paper.
Sadly, for both Allen and David, they can’t self report on the changes that are taking place in our industry. My current contract is with the Washington Post, one of the largest newspapers 📰 in the World. Even at the size of the Post, the industry is squeezing every nickle out of every situation.
Where there was once a full staff at the Newspaper on Main Street, now there are just two remaining. Allen Worrell and Plucky continue to do their absolute best in their efforts to provide coverage for a fast moving County.
I have been amazed as to just how many different groups / organizations are out there that warrent attention. While I have no official connection to The Carroll News, I feel fortunate to get to work these two guys on a regular basis.
We trade stories about the Good Old Days of our industry everytime they let me in the office 🏢 and the visit never ends without one comic pose from those two lovable journalists.
They live here, have children that go to our schools 🏫. I can’t say we, because once again, no official capacity, so they face an uphill battle each and every time they show up for work.
Yes, we have a gift 🎁 for David and two humorous tidbits for Allen, one of which involves a gigantic prop, but the biggest thing we have for them is undying support !
Know that everytime you see one of our stories in the Carroll News its because Allen and I are a TEAM. The level of excitement we felt when Marion Harris had his first byline on a story or we got Carlie Beamer her very first published photo 📷 is through the roof.
Allen Worrell and Plucky Sidekick David are OneofUs.Care kinda folks and we will stand beside them until the leave the building. Hopefully that won’t happen anytime soon but in this industry there are no guarantees…
A.S.P.N on The Hill 