Places like Charleston needed more than ever |
Last week I voluntarily attended the Chamber of Commerce banquet in Charleston. I say "voluntarily" because in these times that try the soul, I find myself not in the mood to attend many things outside of Stella's ball games. But, like the man in Athens who once told me he would jump from the Acropolis for me, I would do nearly anything for Glen Fenter. He was speaking at the banquet and offered me a seat at his family table.
I have written about Fenter before, and he has been a guest on my vodcast. He is the Marion school superintendent who in a better Arkansas would be our commissioner of education, and in a much better Arkansas would be our governor. He is also from Charleston, son of the late Guy Fenter, the Charleston superintendent who hired my parents out of college, and close friend of Dale Bumpers. Glen was a student of both my parents in the years they taught at Charleston, the years right before and after I was born.
Gathering with the good people of Charleston was a joy. They recently showed Arkansas the power of coming together to stand up for what's right when Governor Sanders tried to build a prison in their midst. They organized, fought, and won. This is an example to us all. It is no wonder that Glen Fenter is........