No orange flowers, please ...
LINDA KAYE, 1942-2007
Freelance photographer Linda Kaye chronicled the sports scene in North Texas -- her beloved TCU Horned Frogs, the Dallas Cowboys, the Rangers -- for nearly 50 years. She took iconic photos of bloodied pitcher Nolan Ryan after a ground ball hit his face and of University of Texas coach Darrell Royal huddling with his quarterback during the 1970 Cotton Bowl. Royal so liked the picture that he had a painting made of it that hangs in his house.
Ms. Kaye will be inducted into the Bob Schieffer School of Journalism Hall of Excellence at TCU, an honor she learned about shortly before she died Oct. 14 of cancer. Upon her death, the tributes tumbled forth. ...
When I read of Linda's death a couple of days ago, I recalled how she helped a cub reporter/photographer one night in the mid-'80s at the old Arlington Stadium during a Rangers game. I guess I seemed a little lost among the Star-Telegram, Dallas Times Herald and Dallas Morning News big-timers in the photog's booth on the first-base side, and she took time out to suggest that I focus on second base when a runner was on first with fewer than two outs for either a steal or double-play shot. No sooner had she offered those words of wisdom than the batter hit a grounder to short and the Rangers turned a double play. I got the shot and was always grateful to Linda. In recent years, I looked for her in the photographer's booth at the new Ballpark at Arlington and remembered that moment. I noticed she wasn't there on the last day of the season when Texas trounced the Los Angeles Angels. Now I know why. -- Tim Blackwell
From the time I joined the Star-Telegram photo staff in 1987, I often have been asked, "Did you know Al Panzera? Do you know Linda Kaye?" I never met Mr. Panzera, a legendary sports photographer for the paper, but I did know Linda. I could count on seeing her at almost every TCU event. If her clothing was any indication of her loyalty, it was definitely with TCU. Over the years she wore more and more purple -- eyeglass frames, shoes. Purple, purple, purple. When Rick Waters at the TCU Magazine told me Linda was in hospice care, I made time that day, a Saturday, to go visit her. Associated Press photographer Ron Heflin and his wife were there, as were Linda's brother, Roger, and another relative. Linda was in good spirits and being her feisty self. I commented on the numerous flower arrangements in her room and how beautiful they were, but she couldn't fully concur because one had "orange" in it. And the kicker was that she said it came from the TCU Athletic Department! I got up to take a closer look. Maybe the orange was to reflect the autumn season, I said. But Linda wanted nothing to do with the color. Wearing a purple TCU t-shirt and purple socks, she was watching a football game on TV and keeping an eye on who was beating whom when she turned to me and said, "Guess who called me?" Not sure where to begin, I guessed another photographer, and she said no, bigger. I mentioned a local photo editor. "No. Bigger. Bigger in the world." Okay, I said, George W.? "Bigger." I looked away confused, and her relative mouthed, Nolan Ryan. When I finally guessed correctly, Linda recapped her conversation with Nolan, shaking her head in disbelief. "I can't believe he called me," she said, over and over. She was simply thrilled. She didn't understand why all these people would visit her, call or send flowers. I explained to her that she was a lovable Fort Worth fixture. She wasn't buying it. I said, "You're a lovable, sometimes ornery fixture." She thought about that and said, "Yeah, ornery is a good word." -- Carolyn Bauman Cruz
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MEETINGS
Juggling Expectations: The Attitude of Stakeholder Management
Carter & Burgess marketing wizard John Bartkus will plumb the intricacies of stakeholder and management expectations at the November IABC meeting. The topics, specifically: the rising expectations of stakeholders; the seven types of stakeholders (dormant to dangerous); five driving questions for managing expectations; and the attitude of stakeholder management.
Bartkus, program manager of business development and sales support on C&B's national marketing team, has 17 years of project management experience, the last nine in professional services. He has a background in sales, marketing, operations and business technology and a passion, he says, for leading organizational improvement through the effective blending of people, process and technology.
Time & date: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27
Place: Petroleum Club, Carter-Burgess Plaza, 777 Main St., 39th floor
Parking: $2.50 in parking garage at Seventh and Commerce streets
Cost: members $25, nonmembers $30, students $20 (online add $1)
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PRSA Professional Development Day: PR Measurement and Tracking
It'll be a Joe Trahan doubleheader at the November PRSA meeting as the engaging communications trainer fronts a morning seminar, then addresses the noon luncheon. Trahan, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA, will discuss how to move the "behavior change needle"; how to apply his Publics/Objectives/Strategy/Tactics program; how to write attainable communication objectives; how to earn senior leadership trust; and how to measure results in a "keep it simple" manner.
Since 1998, Trahan, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, has trained more than 3,500 people yearly in media relations throughout the United States, England, Norway, France, Belgium, Paraguay, Mexico and the Netherlands. He is a former member of the national PRSA Board of Directors and national PRSSA faculty adviser.
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 14
Time: registration 8:30 a.m., session 9-11:45, lunch noon-1 p.m.
Place: Petroleum Club, Carter-Burgess Plaza, 777 Main St., 39th floor
Parking: $2.50 in parking garage at Seventh and Commerce streets
Cost: workshop and lunch, members $65, nonmembers $75, students $40; workshop only, members $45, nonmembers $55, students $25; lunch only, members $30, nonmembers $35, students $25
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It's a Gas, Gas, Gas
Who is Barnett, and what's all this fuss about his shale?
John W. Barnett settled in San Saba County in the late 1800s. He put his name on a local tributary -- the Barnett Stream -- and later geologists named a nearby outcrop of shale the Barnett Shale.
All the fuss in Fort Worth centers on the mother lode of natural gas in that shale, and it's under 18 North Texas counties. The U.S. economy needs gas. Getting gas requires drilling. Drilling raises citizen concerns about the environment, leases and such. The makings of copious fuss.
FW SPJ will put everything in perspective at the November meeting, hosting Gary Hogan, with the Fort Worth drilling ordinance task force, and a representative of the gas exploration business. They will discuss how the process affects neighborhoods, the land and the public coffers.
Time & date: mingling 6 p.m., eats around 6:30, then the program Wednesday, Nov. 14
Place: Joe T. Garcia's Mexican Restaurant, 2201 N. Commerce St.
Cost: $15 members, $20 nonmembers, $5 students
Menu: Joe T.'s famous family-style enchilada dinner
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