I used my print column today to salute two mentors.
One I met only once. Acel Moore was speaking at Lincoln University. At the time I fancied myself as an aspiring writer. Moore stressed to me the difference between being a writer and a journalist. I've never forgotten that lesson, and the fact that Moore took time to talk to me.
Jack Shingle I talked to many times. He was always looking to get stories about kids into the paper. Shingle touched a lot of lives here in Delaware County. I think there are a lot of people who were set on the straight and narrow by this longtime coach and Upper Darby School District truancy officer.
The world could use a lot more people like Acel Moore and Jack Shingle.
You can read my print column here.
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