Dimes tradition lives on

By John Olesky (BJ 1969-96)

When Dave White was Beacon Journal Composing room foreman and an editor would complain about something, Dave’s retort was: “Here’s a dime. Call someone who cares.”

After retirement, Dave and wife Gina White, a retired BJ printer, moved to Sarasota and later Venice, Florida.

Each time I winterized on Siesta Key, near the late BJ printer Bill Gorrell’s former retirement complex, I would greet Dave with a dime.

Dave put the dimes in a container that he kept on a shelf along his wall.

After Paula and I had lunch with Gina last month at Turtles Restaurant on Siesta Key, I pulled a dime out of my change purse and handed it to Gina, saying, “In memory of Dave.”