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Former FWHS grad following his dream...and the Cubbies
Gordon Wittenmyer knew what he wanted when he burst through the door at the Chicago Tribune.
"I thought I could just go in there, like in Spokane," said Wittenmyer, who was immediately ushered out. "I couldn't even get in."
The 19-year-old Eastern Washington University student had fallen in love with the Chicago Cubs as a youth, and wanted a job covering the team for a newspaper. The Tribune was the one he wanted.
Wrong time, wrong paper.
Wittenmyer eventually wound up in the Windy City following the Cubs, only for the rival Chicago Sun-Times.
"I was asked in an interview what I saw myself doing in five years, and I said covering the Cubs for the Tribune," Wittenmyer said. "I wound up covering them, but not for the Tribune, and it took a lot longer."
Wittenmyer stepped right into the role of a professional journalist while attending Eastern.
The 1983 graduate of Federal Way High School worked as a freelance sports writer for the Federal Way News, and wound up working all over the Northwest. More › | (1 comment)
City Council awards spring Tourism Enhancement Grants
The Federal Way City Council this week awarded $13,500 to five not-for-profit organizations so they can increase their tourism activity this year. The grants are part of the City’s ongoing Tourism Enhancement Grant program (TEG), which is funded by the City’s lodging tax revenues. More ›
Fire Chief Al Church Elected President of Washington Fire Chiefs
South King Fire & Rescue Chief Al Church has been elected as the president of Washington Fire Chiefs during the annual association conference in Spokane last week.
The Washington Fire Chiefs is an incorporated non-profit association who has been providing fire service professionals education, information and resources for the past 78 years. More ›
