JUST KNOT INTO IT!

    FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2023

        JUST KNOT INTO IT!

    Life has changed a lot since I retired

from the "news beat."  But one of the

biggest changes happened so gradually

it didn't really hit me until recently.

From the time I started in broadcasting

in 1959, and before that for holidays and

church, you'd always find me in a shirt and

tie. I wore a tie as a DJ and every single

day as a news reporter. Including the day I

went some 500 feet underground in a bootleg

coalmine! The miners gave me a pair of

coveralls to go over my suit!  I wore the suit

and tie for most of my 11 years as an anchor

and producer for Electric City TV after leaving

WYOU. I  even had a few special ties for

special days. I Christmas tie. A Saint Patrick's

Day tie. Even a tie for the beginning of baseball

season. When I stepped out of that volunteer

role on a weekly basis I also stepped out of my

suit and ties. Church had already gone casual

somewhere along the line. Recently, however,

an old friend passed away and I found myself

back in a suit. I easily found my one solid black

tie and realized as I and the people I know best

aged. this was the one I had to keep close

at had. For that reason, I'm not very

anxious to "tie one one!" Hope you're

well, however you're dressed, and that

all your NEWS is good.