Maximum: 80 words. What's Happening in Lowell Members to Members Advantage Contact Us Lowell Bucks Job Postings Community Calendar Our Weekly Newsletter Deadline for article submission is Tuesdays @12:00 noon. Pete McKnight of the Charlotte Observer, Bill Baggs of the Miami News; Caro Brown of the Alice, Texas Echo; and John L. Harrison and Horance G. Davis, Jr. of the Gainesville Sun in Florida. I thought it important to give the context from which they were speaking in 2001. It was a story about an alert to deploy a Patriot missile battery from Germany to Israel. Thank you for being a mentor; you are the source of my encouragement, spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Harold Hollman, community leader, church leader, family leader, died September 21 at the Lutheran Home, he was 93 years old. Donnell Henderson. Shew me the tribute money. So dry your eyes and remember me, But when the Post finally got their own copies of the Pentagon Papers five agonizing days later talk about courage, just waiting five days was courage after the Times had been enjoined from future publication, she was faced with her own dilemma. Well, in 1985 it happened. A stormy period in our nations history might have become even more stormy. Pastor Tony Clark. A great editor is in your face and in your life. In fact, I would argue now more than ever. As such, they can quickly become overwhelmed unless they exercise the perspective, self-discipline, and intrinsic motivation to bend but not break when things around them get tough. He cited a Pentagon directive that prevented the paper from publishing original classified information. He was educated in the Chicago public schools and later attended Pittsfield Academy in Pittsfield, MA. A handful of Southern editors, probably no more than 20 at peak, placed the national interest above regionalism and argued that if the Supreme Court was not obeyed, anarchy would descend upon the country. Tribute to a Quiet Leader. Through city planning, he gained notoriety, winning him awards in the field of planning and Architecture. 2.Gentle and Kind - she always had good thoughts. It was, he said, secession from civilization. But Tom Winship was. Even when - perhaps especially when - you don't feel like being a leader. Wayne Downing is also a great leader, has served our nation very well, and I think it's great that he's coming back to join a very capable administration already of dealing with this problem, and it will just strengthen that team. Katie Grahams going to get her tit caught in a big fat wringer if thats published. God introduced us to Eve and although she wasn't perfect we are a tribute to her existence and stem from the power of a WOMAN. Champions in Action is an innovative program launched in 2002 by Citizens Bank: Personal Finance and Online Banking and WMUR-TV to recognize and support nonprofit organizations that are making a difference in the community.. Here is a part from that chapter that most of us are familiar with: Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. John Michael, Sandy ODell In 1967, public sentiment was building against the war in Vietnam. Although the right of dissent is clearly set forth in our Bill of Rights, he wrote, there are those who would deny this right to others who view U.S. involvement in Vietnam as a grim and unending tragedy.. Influence: Never Underestimate Your Impact, The Dual Pillars of Character: Strength & Honor. It was quickly evident to me that your genuine concern and leadership attracted only 'the best' in administrators, educators and staff. In community planning he was a visionary, he planned projects with cognitive maps allowing him to organize his plans and tease out flaws. A leader is resilient, they persevere. They neednt plan on returning.. My sister Patricia and I would like to welcome you to the memorial service of our mom. Cecil Wiggins was a great pastor and fervent proponent of the baptism of the Holy Spirit as well as one of the largest givers to . The Boston Globe(Presented by Tom Oliphant of the Boston Globe). In what was to be his last public address he said, This country cannot be the country we want it to be if its story is told by only one group of citizens. At that time the Oakland Tribune was considered the nations second-worst newspaper. As Joe Califano put it, It would be easy to put Cohen and Whitcover in jail; lets see if they have the guts to put a gray-haired grandmother in the slam.. Station executives who had never been on television before took to the air to denounce the papers treachery. Reflections: Tribute to a Great Leader It has been said that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks, and perhaps that belief is so; however, there is another perspective. The regions political leaders, the vast majority of the Souths governors, senators and U.S. representatives played politics with the Supreme Court school desegregation decision, questioning whether it even had to be obeyed. Wishing you all the very best. He said that the decibel level of that fight had grown exponentially. And when we thought we were winding down, he made us all assemble an encyclopedic reconstruction of that first year more than 150,000 words that dug out all the stories wed missed the first time around. And if there is a leadership moment from my fathers life that I think we need to mirror right now, it is that determination to do what it takes to fulfill a promise. Although my leaving causes pain and grief, my going has eased my hurt, and given me relief. And that situation continues. We are paying a tragic price for what may prove to be an unattainable goal., Back home, he denounced the rise of anti-intellectualism as a corrosive side effect of the war. Paul J. Johnson was a man who was responsible and accountable to his commitments. The other side wont stand a chance. I know you are hurting. Editors like McGill, fearful at times that they were years ahead of their readers, denied that they were integrationists, only believers in the law. A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential; a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. And it extended far beyond the newsroom. That following summer he and my mother went out to the Bay Area where she was running his summer program for minority journalists. Ry Cooder for me is a master, a great master that has a wonderful feel for Cuban music. Its personal. And Tom helped build the Globe as well as the town by insisting that each face itself. It being a simple matter. A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves. A word of caution is in order. When a police-led motorcade of yellow school buses with a precious cargo of African-American kids chugged up the hill past a mob of angry white people into South Boston 27 years ago to begin the ugliest court ordered desegregation of a northern school system, the city wasnt close to ready. Our deepest sympathies, friend. Tribute to a Great Servant of the Lord. He tackled environmental responsibility and was true to his word. And they struggled fearlessly to hasten the end. For a leader, you would commit a felony. John E. Michel is a widely recognized expert in culture, strategy & individual and organizational change. In a state where the Teamsters Union had clout equally prevalent in the Legislature and the marketplace, she insisted on a thorough and an honest examination. Perhaps that explains his columns. Executive editor of Stars and Stripes Dave Offer was informed and called Kelsch at AFIS. Leadership is not professional. He said he misses Dave. And informed his wife, Susie, about his impending resignation. Great leaders say there is a better way to do this, while wannabes say this is the way we have always done things around here. Indeed, to Al Neuharth, English is a second language. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.". Let us know who you are and how we can assist you. - Dale Carnegie, author and motivational speaker. In those murky months before my father died, he promised the Freedom Forum that he would address a gathering of the Chips Quinn Scholars. For this plain spoken Ohio editor, by then a national figure as chairman of Knight Newspapers, the prize was an affirmation of the virtue of speaking ones mind with clarity and honesty. They appreciate that a leaders arrogance and envy can paralyze a whole organization. And they tore down some walls and he built a new conference room. Whether he was cracking a joke, or quizzing us . But its all tested and true. During all this, no only did Creed not waiver, he actually seemed happy. His pursuits connected communities through public trails and in preservation of Newfoundland culture. I do not recollect my mom ever speaking ill of anyone or gossiping. Thirty years ago, The New York Times and its publisher, my father Punch Sulzberger, faced just such a defining moment. Learn how your comment data is processed. Falling leaves, the smell of burning crosses.. 2 newspaper to chart a course designed for minimum boat rocking. But the Oakland Tribune was so bad that when people would ask me what my father did, I would proudly tell them hes the editor of the umm hmm hmm., But he had a plan to change that and shortly after he was named editor, his then-publisher of the paper became so tired of my fathers frequent requests for this or that that he finally threw up his hands and facetiously told him you seem to know what you need, just take care of it.. Washington, D.C. March 16, 2012. But they were forceful and often eloquent. There's no love like a mother's. Her heart is filled with care. Leadership is not professional. CMS Mike Klintworth gave an hour presentation recently to Leadership Wichita Falls and it left me yearning for more of his wisdom. In addition to the editors I named, there was Lenoir Chambers of the Norfolk Virginian Pilot; Sylvan Meyer of Gainesville Georgia and the Miami News; Coleman Harwell and John Seigenthaler of the Nashville Tennessean; C.A. As a mentor he promoted success by implementing an hour of quiet time in the mornings so employees could focus and plan their days. Not too long after that, Katharine had her own great moment of courage in connection with the Pentagon Papers. Community. Irene Sanchez pays tribute to the person who saw something in her on the days that she couldn't see it in herself anymore. A bomb threat that forced us to empty the building while the fire department using dogs searched the place. The Thursday before Labor Day, the publisher of Stars and Stripes newspaper, Thomas Kelsch, called the paper from the American Forces Information Service and he ordered a story spiked. Dave told Kelsch they intended to run the staff story and that he intended to run a story beside it about Stars and Stripes being censored. We are proud to present these written and audio transcripts of the April, 2001 Leadership Moments in honor of some of our crafts and nations greatest leaders women and men who willingly and bravely faced personal injury, financial ruin, prison and being shunned in their communities because they believed so strongly in the right and the might of their journalism and decisions. It was the Friday before Labor Day, the morning after he had closed on his house with his wife. Great leaders are role models in life."-Adam Grant; 10 quotes on how brilliant leaders deliver results. It is a speech that will inspire others and make the listeners come together as one in commemorating and honoring the life of the subject. Perhaps we should date Kay Fannings leadership moments from that day when she walked away from her desk in the news library at the Anchorage Daily News to take over for the editor and publisher, her husband, who had just died at his desk in the newspaper office. I just thank God for bringing you to Williams Chapel. The great leader is he who the people say, we did it ourselves. They put us out of business. A Tribute to Phyllis Harmon Greene - March 1, 2010 - Temple Israel - Columbus, Ohio Have you ever been asked to do a favor and without thinking much about it you said, "Of course," and then twenty years later, you actually had to follow-through on your promise. And he told him his action was unacceptable and violated their own personal agreement about his employment there. A tribute to all women who are the strength of life, the rock of her family, the gentle heartbeat to her children, the tears to her parents, the joy to her soul mate, the inspiration at her work, the support and love of her friends, the mystique in society, the leader of love, life and the apple in Adams eye. It is the solemn obligation of a leader always to be a leader. Her leadership moment has truly stretched across many decades. He was the lone opponent of the war in the group. The boycotts against her increased in intensity when she editorially attacked the white citizens council. While the worst racial turmoil in more than a decade flared and politicians from city hall to the White House ran for cover or poured gasoline on the flames, Tom Winship put The Boston Globe literally in the line of fire with nothing more than the highest of journalistic values as the arrows in his quiver. He risks intimacy. Over the past several months, the Tribute to Women Business Leaders Selection Committee, chaired by April Ancira, VP of Ancira Auto Group, has met to identify a cadre of worthy leaders to honor for their accomplishments. A leader is kind, that is, they choose to build, not break. High Performing Leaders Live a Balanced Life, Continuing the Mission - Your First 30 Days, Continuing the Mission - The First 100 Days. They . Involvement and expertise in a wide range of pursuits has coined him a renaissance man. He gives of himself at all times. But a tale of great leadership cant provide a formula. Americans pay tribute to a leader's legacy.. For many Americans, Martin Luther King Jr. Day isn't just a "day off" from school or work. Plan a Service. It seemed fitting to write this tribute to him on this day. The notebook was where JSK spoke his mind with blunt honesty, often to the discomfort of his social peers at the country clubs and business peers in the boardrooms. His son and pastor of the church, Garry Wiggins, speaks on the right side of photo. And throughout his tenure with the Oakland Tribune he put together one of the most diverse newsrooms in this country. What does it mean today at the University of Alabama and here in Tuscaloosa to have the law on your side? And lets face it, few of them thought that Katharine Graham had the guts and leadership to pull it off. Volunteers always work in teams and they have a leader. She was born black and she was moving against Southern custom and tradition, but with the law right on up to the United States Supreme Court on her side. A Tribute to My Friend, Colleague, and Hero November 13, 2018 By: Harry Hertz "The Baldrige Cheermudgeon" Credit: Beede Family, Roman King/Shutterstock On October 23, 2018, Jackie Beede passed away, in the comfort of her home and family. And the result was one of the biggest nightmares a publisher can have. When political leaders like Harry Byrd of Virginia advocated closing schools to avoid school desegregation, Jonathan Daniels of the Raleigh News & Observer reacted with style. Innumerable personal confrontations, such as the subscriber who lay in wait for his delivery man and pursued him down the block with an ax handle. - 9pm Eastern - SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125! And he began his day running around Lake Merrit looking up at the Oakland Tribune and thinking, I want that paper.. When it seemed like all of Alaska was celebrating the imminent arrival of TransAlaska Pipeline construction crews, she commissioned a long, tough-minded series on Arctic oil exploration called Oil on Ice that later became a Sierra Club battle book. His word or two, and then comes night. With the change in administration, I fear this legislation may be reintroduced. He served as Nevada's U.S. senator from 1987 to 2017, leading the Democratic National Caucus from 2005 until his retirement. The more I listened, my father recalled, the more certain I became that the entire operation smelled of 20-to-life., What became clear after reading [the papers] was that these were extraordinary documents proving deceit of the American people by their elected representatives. That could, to some, look like a failure. What were Lucys crimes? he asked. The annual Tribute to Community Leadership and Graduation Celebration is a feel-good evening celebrating more than 25 years of contributions, collaboration, innovation, and leadership of countless graduates from Leadership Anne Arundel. a transformational leader and change agent who had great dreams of what public education could be. If this charge were true, it would make me well qualified to serve in that body. All of this was done by a man who grew up in a household where German was the main language. Katie Grahams going to get her tit caught in a big fat wringer if thats published.. But Al Neuharth started taking risks early, forging a career that changed the world of newspapering. The answer has to be nothing, that is if a mob disagrees with you and the courts., (Read A Flower for the Graves by Eugene Patterson.). Wichita Falls, TX, Thanks for you kind words, Sandy. They believed the time had come to end segregation in America. She continually expressed love and charity. Then, soon after that, Katharine received the infamous threat from Attorney General Mitchell who screamed over the phone to Carl Bernstein All that crap youre putting in the paper, its all been denied. Frank Bell, the director of Camp Mondamin (one of the nation's oldest and best summer camps) has retired after 41 years of inspiring leadership and stewardship. When it became popular among racists to refer to Ralph McGill as Rastus Ralph, McGill fought back. You are a good teacher, and so kind to others, you are the reason . The last is to say thank you. He died this past week, at age 95+. Love is life. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. And they could not understand how this editor, a man of elegant taste and old-fashioned virtue, could take the side of rebellious youths who smoked pot and wore the American flag on their tattered jeans. Oscar Wilde. But by then, Jack Knight had been warning against U.S. involvement in Indochina since 1954. Listen to Bradlees tribute to Katharine Graham, (Presented by Eugene L. Roberts of the University of Maryland). All Rights Reserved. Four years later he became the first African American to own a major metropolitan daily. And newspapers began to take advantage of new technologies to gather print and distribute the news, a trend invented elsewhere but embraced and refined by the company run by Al. He said that just that day, a few hours before I talked to him, that a new Pentagon directive had come down into his office, and that that directive allowed for the publication of original classified material. They risked advertising and reader boycotts. - Stephen Covey, author and educator. Jane Mykrantz and me. If you look at the whole decade of the 1980s, which spans this story neatly the story appeared in 1985 youll see that Sunday circulation went up by more than 60%. The newspapers and organizations listed for each of the speakers was accurate at the time they gave their speeches; many have since moved on. When people believe their leader is more others-centered than self-centered, amazing things happen. And if you miss love, you miss life! I can't stand it when our leader goes around apologizing for who we are. Bosses are the leader of an organization. That's the most important quality in a good leader." George S. Patton As 2013 dawned, I got to thinking about those remarkable editors and publishers and wondered what leadership advice they might have in these days of imploding traditional media and the state of flux of journalisms business model. There has been no shortage of remembrances about Nelson Mandela since his death on Dec. 5. The American people, he wrote, cant understand why the lives of our young men are being sacrificed to keep unscrupulous South Vietnamese politicians in power. When they allow anger to dominate the emotional landscape of their leadership, they create a culture of fear and intimidation. While much of the state wrestled with subtle discrimination and outright racism involving Alaska native people, she stood behind the reporters who had produced a groundbreaking series called The Village People chronicling conditions in the rural Alaska bush. Yet, this ex-Marine would not be intimidated by real or imagined threats of civil or criminal liability. Newspapers began to add color and graphics and pizzazz to appeal to readers in a hurry.

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