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As the end of the School year and fiscal year is right in front of us, its time to link The Great Filling Station Hold Up cost me two good years and just how special I think Ben Tickle is ➕ how wise I think Principal Chuck Thompson is.
Ben Tickle had an idea 💡and I love out of the Box ideas. There was going to be an opening for the Varsity Girls Soccer Coach and Adrienne Harris was still one year away from finishing her education at Emory and Henry.
Tickle possessed the foresight of seeing Harris as the long-term answer to the future of Carroll County Girls Soccer. The offer was made to Mr Thompson for Tickle to be the stop gap Coach until Harris could take over full-time.
Having a great idea is the first step 🚶♂️in any story. The second step is finding someone who is in a position to buy into said plan, enter Mr Thompson. The third part comes in someone who fancies himself creative that wants to turn the definition of unselfish into a made for TV 📺 movie 🎥.
The Battling Ben Tickles were born and somehow I found the time to announce each home match and show unconditional support for his efforts. That explains Year 1 of the 2 years invested in the project.
Year 2 has taken place this Spring as Adrienne ” The Future ” Harris hit the ground running 🏃♂️. At the same time, Ben Tickle made the decision to move to Pensacola, Florida ahead of the birth of his first grandchild being born.
Enter Brittany Kinney into the movie as this young Lady chose to be responsible for a group of Junior Varsity Soccer ⚽️ players that had never played the game together. Some of them had never played the game before at all, let alone as a team. Kinney will have to decide who she wants her to play her in the movie???
Tickle did not take his short term job lightly. No Substitute Teacher mentality last Spring as he coached Ashlyn Newman and Company. Newman left the School as the All-Time scoring record holder and fellow Senior, Sarah Alderman might have left The Hill as the most likable Female Athlete ever.
This season Tickle is still Coaching his Heart ❤ out, he’s just doing it from the Press Box next to me. That’s the reason why I wanted to give him an opportunity to add a personal note 📝 to the group of young Ladies celebrating Senior Day on Friday afternoon. The next group of Battling Ben Tickles are set to graduate 🎓.
Yesterday afternoon in the Library was just the latest time I was able to appreciate just how much Tickle means to this group and how much this group means to him
Friday night 🌙 Ben’s words will be included in the Ceremony and on Tuesday night I invite anyone who wants to share their thoughts about Dr Tickle to be read out during his going away Party to let me know.
Giving of yourself to the degree that Ben Tickle did last season was nothing short of tremendous 👏 but then again, he wasn’t Awarded the Kevin Burress Humanitarian Award for just being a swell guy.
I have often credited Jimmy Buffett with teaching me to tell a story. If you tell a story well, someone who is listening should be able to close their eyes 👀 and visually see what you’re words are describing.
Back in 1973, the far from recognizable Buffett was trying to fill an album out and I can still see that Japanese TV 📺 in the Sherrif’s hand ✋.
God Bless You 🙏, Ben Tickle and Thank You for sharing your grace with the Battling Ben Tickles, for two good years!
A.S.P.N on The Hill 