Welcome, Elma
We welcomed Elma Sabo to our Editorial Board meeting today -- a great moment for Allen, Ken and myself as we've unfortunately been an all-guy's club since Tracie Fellers left to pursue her career as a fiction writer and teacher a couple of months ago.
Elma was helpful right away in bringing a mom's perspective to the toy recall issue, which she'll be writing about.
Elma has written editorials for the N&R before -- and she's an excellent writer -- but in recent years she's been our Sunday Ideas editor. She'll continue in that role a couple of days a week and contribute to the editorial page the rest of the time. With Elma stepping up, Ken will resume a part-time schedule next week. He's been laboring with us five days a week since Tracie's departure, pulling us through the dog days of editorial writing.
Ken's writing about the Wyndham for tomorrow, when the tournament tees off. It's run into some bad luck. Heck, you know you're unlucky when your pro-am stars, like Dean Smith and Kyle Petty, drop out because of injury. Worse, defending champ Davis Love III also withdrew for health reasons. And the first couple of days out at Forest Oaks are going to be really, really hot.
This is an important event for Greensboro, so we hope it's a success despite some setbacks and difficulties. And no reason it can't be. On one level, it's about the game, not the names. Fans can still see first-rate competitive golf, and it's likely that some good story lines will emerge once the players tee off.
In the meantime, we've got more candidate interviews to conduct. Talk about a competitive field!
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Welcome back to the editorial board, Elma Sabo!
If memory serves me, Elma started working at the News & Record about the same time I started college (around the fall of 1990). I believe I remember a column she wrote in response to "Thelma and Louise." And it seems like I recall one she wrote about sidewalks. I'd love for her to write at least an occasional column again also, like Tracie Fellers did.
I hadn't asked, but I had noticed that Tracie Fellers was missing. She actually offered me the opportunity to sign up for News & Record e-mail updates while I stood in line to get Toni Morrison's autograph. I unfortunately didn't get a chance to go to a session I believe Tracie was later a part of at the Historical Museum. Let us know about how her fiction-writing goes, if you still keep in touch.
I was going to be member of a 4-male teaching team, but our youngest member resigned, and his replacement is a woman. I've had the chance to get together twice with her this week, and she's been great! It was also cool to discover that she has a connection with Joe Guarino--her husband is a new associate pastor at Joe's church. Having both sexes represented on a teaching team is arguably preferable.
Hope the candidate interviews are going well!
Sincerely,
Hardy
Posted on August 16, 2007 12:22 AM
Welcome back to the editorial board, Elma Sabo!
If memory serves me, Elma started working at the News & Record about the same time I started college (around the fall of 1990). I believe I remember a column she wrote in response to "Thelma and Louise." And it seems like I recall one she wrote about sidewalks. I'd love for her to write at least an occasional column again also, like Tracie Fellers did.
I hadn't asked, but I had noticed that Tracie Fellers was missing. She actually offered me the opportunity to sign up for News & Record e-mail updates while I stood in line to get Toni Morrison's autograph. I unfortunately didn't get a chance to go to a session I believe Tracie was later a part of at the Historical Museum. Let us know about how her fiction-writing goes, if you still keep in touch.
I was going to be member of a 4-male teaching team, but our youngest member resigned, and his replacement is a woman. I've had the chance to get together twice with her this week, and she's been great! It was also cool to discover that she has a connection with Joe Guarino--her husband is a new associate pastor at Joe's church. Having both sexes represented on a teaching team is arguably preferable.
Hope the candidate interviews are going well!
Sincerely,
Hardy
Posted on August 16, 2007 12:22 AM
You have a great memory, Hardy! I did write columns on sidewalks and on "Thelma and Louise." I can't remember the movie's details, but I am still a passionate advocate of sidewalks. A sidewalk was recently put in on a side street near my house. Now I can walk two of my children to school without fear of us getting run over. I'm looking forward to doing that. But I need to get everybody to bed earlier so we all get up earlier. That will be a challenge.
Posted on August 16, 2007 10:32 AM