Letter: Charles Dillard earned his spot
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 2:40 pm To the Editor: members were announced. Thank you for inducting Charles Dillard. I have so much to tell but I'll never be able to put it all into this letter. His grace, speed and jumping were so amazing! I wanted to be like Charlie long before anyone wanted to be like Mike (Jordan). When I got to high school, Charlie had already graduated and was in college at Western Kentucky, but he was still my idol. So I tried to play like him as much as I could, of course I fell way short of having his God-given athletic ability, but in my mind I was close. I was asked by my ag teachers why I didn't take a bigger role in ag classes, but I lived that life every day. For four short years, I got to live a life of sports and dreaming about being someone. I knew that was probably end when high school was over. And it did, I ended up back on the river, back in the hollers and back on the farm. Charlie was my idol, and in my mind when you can have a hometown idol that's way better than one on TV you never get to know or get to meet in person. Like I said, I could go on for days about this man. When I saw his name in the Courier, it brought back so many memories of a simpler time in life. I am proud to say he is my friend and without Charles Dillard in the Cannon County Hall of Fame, it isn't a true Hall. Congratulations my friend! And thanks to the voters who got it right.
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