Tuesday's With Dave

The Olympia family was dealt some bad news this past week when we learned of the passing of long-time superintendent Bruce Ransom.  Arrangements have been done by the Billingsley Funeral Home on Ravenscliffe Road in Huntsville. Check out   https://www.billingsleyfuneralhome.com/   for the beautiful obituary. There will be celebration of life at a later date. Let's be there. When Greg Rogers told me about Bruce's death I thought of the hundreds of Olympia staff who will be gutted by this news. Bruce's combination of honesty, high expectations, story telling and humour made for many great relationships over the 40+ years when Bruce would inspire these young people to work hard and achieve.  I also thought of the interview Joy and I had with Bruce for my book A Hero's Journey: Beyond Little Norway and Olympia Sports Camp . We met in the coach's dining hall and it was maybe the most fun interview I had, and love that Joy got to know the man who lived Olympia with e...

The journey of writing A Hero's Journey: Beyond Little Norway and Olympia Sports Camp  gave a lot of highlights and stories I'll remember forever but the coolest may have been my connection to Jennifer Sharman, my editor. Several years ago I started writing for local-news.ca an online news service in Burlington. Never having met her, Jennifer and I made a connection simply through her skill with the written word. I would send my articles in, Jennifer would edit my work and bring the story to life. I was impressed with Jennifer's work and passion, so I hired her to edit my work-in-progress book. We worked together, chapter by chapter, idea by idea,  and I'm proud to say that my writing, combined with Jennifer's 'magic' made for a book that the Olympia community could be proud of. This blog is not about Jennifer Sharman Sorry for the double dip, but the blog entry this week is sort of a reprise of an article I just released on local-news.ca. Burlington people ...