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At that time, Jack Flacb was the dean of the Missourijpress corps. Right out of the script of “Front Jack chomped a cigar, was on a first-name basixs with every senator and congressman and knew whers all the bodieswere buried. And he called everyoner "Kid". Jack gave me some wonderful career advice when he said make friends yourown age.” That was a nice way of don’t steal my sources or step on my It also directed me to the very back row of the aldermanicf chambers at City Hall where I met a bright, ambitiousx alderman named Dick Gephardt.
I followed Congressman Gephardt’s storied career for many gainingsome bylines, lots of behind-the-scenes stories and my own cast of characters and list of sources. It’s a privilege to watcg your friends succeedbut it’s hard to imagine anyone today approaching Jack Flach’d Rolodex, that is if he ever took the time to writde down a phone number. there is no modern journalist who matches Jack’s style. That might be a good thing. Yet when I read the profil on Mary Nelson on Page 10this it’s all I could do to keep from shouting “o know her.” When you read the story, you’lol understand why I’m so proud of the friendship.
More you’ll realize how you can make your own friendw in places that matter by applying for one of the 900 appointmentz Mary and her staff are charges with fillingin Gov. Jay Nixon’s administration. There’es a Web site, . Whew! This is an important time to get For some of us who are in a state appointment brings opportunitieas to meetnew people, expand make a difference. For those of us fortunate enoughu to have jobs or happy as this is a chance to lend see the world from abroader perspective, make a There is a feeling of paralysis and isolationj permeating the land.
I hear my friends say they can’ft bear to listen to NPR or watch CNN becausew the barrage of newsis stultifying. (Of course my friendd wouldn’t talk about givinf up newspapers but we all know dailgy readershipis dropping.) We work hard at the to overcomw the bad news. We don’t want to be Pollyanna but we do want to chronicl sunshineand opportunity. Mary Nelson’s story this week is filledx with both. Have a great week.