Hard to imagine that 35 years ago, our radio station had a promotion called Quiz Kids.
Since we were a news and information station, we thought having an annual current events quiz for elementary students would teach them the importance of daily news—and maybe even grow some future listeners.
For many reasons, that never happened. It fizzled out after a couple of years, and I added it to the long list of things that “weren’t meant to be.”
Fast forward to last Sunday, when I was telling America’s Story to a capacity crowd in Sioux Falls.
In the front row was Brad Green, the winner of the WSN Quiz Kids contest many years ago at the age of 12.
Brad went on to do a lot of things in journalism and broadcasting. He and his friend Jason were in the front row, and as I was telling stories of history, I could see Brad mouthing the answers to the questions like he knew the presentation better than I did.
He asked for a picture and sent me a copy along with the following:
“Thanks for being a dear friend and journalism hero for 30 years, Jeff. You mean the world to me.”
So here’s my question for those of you who, like me, have tried something in the past that didn’t work out like you hoped:
Are you sure it didn’t work out?
To Mike Costanzo, Curt Dykstra, and Dave Kiesow: It worked!!
To Brad (wearing the flag T-shirt) and Jason: Looking forward to coffee!
To Jenn Rechnagel at Thrivent: Thanks for sponsoring America’s Story at the Old Courthouse Museum.
