Archive for 'June, 2011'

Cary Area EMS celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The reason for the organization’s existence is legacy around the station. In 1971, a furniture truck struck a 4-year-old boy in Cary. Tragically, he died after waiting 45 minutes for an ambulance to arrive from Raleigh. That fall, a group of  citizens met to form the Cary Area Rescue Squad, a non-profit organization designed to be independent of the local fire department, the Town of Cary and Wake County.

Brent Miller, chair of the Cary Area EMS Board of Directors, said it’s extraordinary that the organization has existed for 40 years. “We’re still orange, and we’re still providing service and have been every day, every single minute for the last 40 years.”

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2011 COLLEGE YEARBOOK IMAGES

Our page six from the first day of production in Austin.

I always spend a better part of my summer traveling around the country teaching some of the most talented high school and college students in the country. This week was no exception.

I spent the first part of the week in Austin teaching at the Dow Jones News Fund Center for Editing Excellence. I’ve been doing this with great instructors like Griff Singer, the director, Beth Butler, Amy Zerba and George Sylvie for more than a decade.

Then I spent the rest of the week in New Orleans at the 10th annual college yearbook workshop. I also got to spend a few minutes before I came home Sunday with a former NCSU sports editor who is entering law school this fall, Tanner Kroeger.

If you ever think that America’s colleges and universities are turning out mediocre students, you haven’t met any of these folks I spent time with this week.

Wow!
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