Yet.
But not only is the junior from Orange, Calif., not bitter, he's appreciative of the opportunity simply to be part of the team and to be at Dartmouth – even if it's a little colder in Hanover than he's used to back home. Check out his STORY on the Orange Lutheran High School site.
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Not sure if you can access this or not, but the local daily has a lengthy story about the retirement of longtime sports editor Donald Mahler, who spent more than 40 years at the paper. (LINK) It was Don who took a chance on a green sportswriter who had just finished his masters in journalism at Penn State a long time ago and brought me to the Upper Valley. I will be forever grateful for that, but even more for his friendship.
In case you can't access the story (they really should move it out from behind the paywall so all the people whose lives were touched by Don can read it) the story begins with this amusing anecdote that I first heard years ago:
In case you can't access the story (they really should move it out from behind the paywall so all the people whose lives were touched by Don can read it) the story begins with this amusing anecdote that I first heard years ago:
On a fall day a few years back, Valley News sports editor Donald Mahler arrived at the Kimball Union Academy football field in Meriden. The Wildcats weren’t there yet, so Mahler walked into the nearby woods and lay down for a nap.
Soon, roused by the voices of players and coaches, he climbed to his feet and drifted out of the trees. Said one of the teenagers to a teammate: “Who’s the homeless guy?”
With his frizzy hair, untamed beard and vintage clothing, Mahler does sometimes appear as if he’s crawled from under a bridge. But in truth, his home has been at the Upper Valley’s newspaper for more than 40 years. Since being hired as the second man in a two-man sports department during the summer of 1973, and then taking over as sports editor by 1978, Mahler has chronicled the highlights and heartbreaks, the everyday happenings and the quirky occurrences of the region’s sporting scene.
