A Memorial Mass for former BJ reporter Bill Canterbury will start at 9:30 a.m. Friday, October 26 at St. Sebastian Church. Bill’s widow, Paula, and her family will receive friends 30 minutes before the Mass.

There will be a reception at the O’Neil House after the Mass. The memorial Mass was scheduled for October because the clan will be in Akron for a family wedding later that day.

St. Sebastian is at 476 Mull Avenue. The O’Neil House is at 1290 W. Exchange Street.

Paula explains:

“I am having a short reception afterward and we are due for pictures for my nephew’s wedding at 12:30 at Stan Hywet.  Weddings and funerals, John.  It will be quite the day.” 

 

Gloria Irwin, because Mustard Seed charges a rental fee for its private room, will “just grab a table in the café about noon” for any of Bill’s co-workers and friends who want to go there after the Mass and O’Neil House stops.

Former BJ religion writer Laura Haferd, who plans to attend, noted that “Bill sang in the St. Sebastian Choir for many years, so the choir will be there. At least those who don’t have to be at work on a Friday morning.” 
Others who say they will be at the reception are former Ol’ Blue Walls occupants Betsy Lammerding, Ann and Roger Mezger, Marilyn Miller, Dave Scott, Gloria Irwin, Bob Springer, Chuck Montague, Mary Beth Nord Breckenridge, George “Bing Davis and wife Merleen, Kathy Byland Gardner and Greg Gardner and Charlene Nevada.

Robin Sallie is a maybe. Katie Byard and Jim Carney will be out of town and will miss the event. 

And me. I wouldn't miss a farewell to Bill for the world.

But not Paula Stone Tucker, 1970s State Desk reporter, who is in The Villages, Florida while I’m in our Tallmadge home staring and yelling at our TV set or in Mountaineer Field cheering on my alma mater’s football team.

In 2009 my Paula and I ran into Bill and his Paula at the annual St. Sebastian Church Thanksgiving dinner on Mull Avenue in Akron. Bill was with Meals on Wheels, still being the good guy helping others. 

Bill’s Paula is an Ellet High and University of Akron graduate. Bill and Paula had moved to Fort Myers, Florida, where Bill passed away May 1. Their children are Eddie Canterbury and Lyn Pfordresher. Bill’s sisters are Ann Canterbury and Helen Westneat.

In Fort Myers, Paula said, her Bill “was playing tennis and swimming in the Gulf of Mexico in February!" He also was an avid tennis player, painter, musician, skiier and a dedicated naturalist. Quiet but good man, our Bill.

Bill once wrote:

“I remember Paula. So now we both have a Paula in our lives. Lovely name, beautiful people attached to them.”

Indeed, Bill. And you are at the head of the class when it comes to beautiful people.

Here’s an example of Bill’s writing that, like him, was simple, heart-felt and moving, from a 1985 article:

"The dead still rest in peace in a hilltop cemetery in rural Holmes County. But to their survivors, the scenic, century-old burial ground has become a matter of unrest."

Simple and classic. That’s our Bill.

Bill was a member of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize-winning team for “A Question of Color.”

Bill and I have an extra bonding. We are both West Virginia natives. Bill grew up in Wayne County, which shares a border with Mingo County, where my late wife, Monnie Turkette Olesky, grew up in the Cinderella coal camp adjacent to Williamson. I met Monnie on a baseball field in Williamson when I was sports editor of the Williamson Daily News, my first job after my graduation from the West Virginia University School of Journalism.

While Paula Canterbury and I were discussing Bill’s Memorial Mass and publishing information about it on this BJ Alums blog, Paula wrote:

“You are such a kind man and remind me so much of Bill. A true gentleman with a wry sense of humor and a full heart.”

That probably is the greatest compliment I have received in my life.

Other WVU J School alumni who prowled Ol’ Blue Walls include Scott Bosley, Tom Melody and Bonnie Bolden.

George “Bing” Davis, who I think still writes for the BJ, has known Bill since 1964 “when I succeeded him at the Lynchburg (Virginia) Daily Advance and got his apartment, too."

 

Want to cover Akron for WKSU?

WKSU, Kent State’s public radio station, is looking for a reporter to write about people stories in Akron’s 24 neighborhoods.

Requirements: “A reporter who can embed her/himself in Akron” and tell stories you won’t get from covering City Hall or corporate power centers.

WKSU wants someone who is curious and will go to the people in the neighborhoods for human interest stories, as we called them in my dinosaur days at Ol’ Blue Walls.

Such as individual or family experiences with economics, education and the shift from rubber shops to high-tech startups.

WKSU’s Akron prowler would create stories for PBS’ “Morning Edition,” “Here and Now” and “All Things Considered.”

Since the BJ alone nudged at least 150 out the door in this decade, there should be plenty of talent for WKSU to choose from.

WKSU was born in 1950 with a 50-foot pole propped against a chimney of Kent Hall and a 10-watt signal. A lot has changed over the years.

For more information and to apply go to http://jobslist.kent.edu/cw/en-us/job/495947/akron-reporter  

Naples newspaper is hiring; interested?

In case any of my friends who got shitcanned by GateHouse Media are interested:

	Andrew Atkins posted in Daily Kent Stater Alumni:
"Hi friends! Naples Daily News is hiring a breaking news editor. "I believe we're also hiring one more photographer/videographer. I'm attaching the link to the editor position, but you should be able to find the photographer position through that website, too. https://usr54.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/en-US/gannett/Posting/View/20679 "I hope to see somebody down here soon! "   I can tell you from my 30 years of winterizing that the weather is nice there in the winter and the Everglades are really handy.   Seriously, you could do worse than live in Naples, which is really upscale and on the Gulf of Mexico.   So, if you’re interested, you have the URL.   Good luck!

Guitar-strumming retired BJ photographer Tom Marvin and wife Kay Ann Shaffer Marvin of Coshocton celebrated their 30^th wedding anniversary down on their farm not far from Salt Fork State Park.

Tom and Kay live in Guernsey County, near I-77 and north of Cambridge. Their neighbor is Mark Kovack, who once handled computers for the BJ.

They met when Tom was transportation supervisor and Kay was a school secretary for the same school district.

Tom and Kay have traveled thousands of miles through Canada, Mexico and all 50 states in the USA.

Perry High and University of Akron graduate Tom retired from the BJ in 2001. Later, from the Ridgewood school district.

Tom and Kay have seven his and hers children.

His are Steve Marvin, a bank assistant vice president who lives in Cambridge; Brian Marvin, who lives in Worthington and is a Reynoldsburg police detective; Misty Bellon, a registered nurse living in Eunice, Louisiana, who is married with a son, Nick; and Beth Marvin Stevens, a Los Angeles attorney, from Tom’s marriage to teacher, with a son, Jackson Marvin Stevens.

Kay’s children are Tim Wilson, an electric company forester in Florida; Debi Geese, who lives in Fresno, Ohio and is married with two children; and Brett Wilson, a contractor in Coshocton.

Tom and Kay have 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Tom’s only sister, Marty Marvin Stiner, lives in Tom’s birthplace, Canton.

Tom’s first wife was former BJ reporter Pam McCarthy, a legendary former teacher at Hoover High School in North Canton.

Tom’s email address is tmarvin7471@gmail.com

His mailing address is 

74321 Birch Rd
Kimbolton, OH 43749

His phone number is (740) 498-7471.

Party time for Cleveland newspaper bicentennial

In honor of the 200th anniversary of Cleveland's first newspaper, the Plain Dealer News Guild is throwing a party for Cleveland journalists and friends.

The first round is on the Guild for the first 50 people. Tater tots, too!

The bicentennial observance will take place at 5-8 p.m. Thursday at Happy Dog, 5801 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland.

Cheers!

The Cleveland Commercial Register began July 31, 1818, so the birthday is being observed two months late. But it's a party, so who cares? 

The PD was founded in 1842 by Joseph William Gray as a weekly and became a daily in 1845. Gray’s mentor was Stephen Douglas, of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates.

Philosophical disagreements caused a short absence in 1865. It became a morning paper in 1885 after absorbing the Cleveland Herald. The Plain Dealer and Cleveland News merged into the Forest City Publishing Company in 1932. In 1967 the PD was sold to the Newhouse chain.  

The Plain Dealer got a Pulitzer Prize in 1953, for Ed Kuekes’ editorial cartoon, and for Connie Shultz' writing. The BJ has FOUR Pulitzers.

Editors and reporters from the BJ switched to the PD, and vice versa, although far more often leaving the BJ for the PD.

At least 45 still benefitting from healthcare lawsuit against BJ

Black Press will pay $178.42 a month in 2019 for the AARP supplemental coverage to Medicare to the survivors who won the healthcare lawsuit against the BJ. That’s up from $154 a month in 2013.

Medicare pays 80% of what it allows for medical costs. AARP pays most of the other 20%. The yearly savings in this category are in the thousands for many lawsuit retirees.

Guild retirees in the lawsuit, including me, pay $2 for 30-day prescriptions, even if it’s a brand name prescription. That alone saves me thousands of dollars a year.

See, if DOES pay to stand up for your rights and risk putting your money where your mouth is.

Lawsuit winners also received reimbursements in the thousands of dollars for medical expenses caused by the BJ changing the coverage despite retirement letters prohibiting such action.

The lawsuit was filed in 2009 and settled in late 2012 in Judge Dowd's court. The changes were effective Jan. 1, 2013.

All of us owe a great debt to the late Dave White, who plunked down $2,500 of his money to get the ball rolling after he accidentally encountered a lawyer from Minnesota on the beach at Siesta Key, adjacent to Sarasota, Florida.

Benefitting are Gina White, of Venice, Florida, Dave’s widow; Bob and Linda Abbott, Massillon; Ruth and Tom West, Rittman; Sid Sprague, Loveland, Colorado; Sharon Downing, Hugh’s widow, The Villages, Florida; Larnie and Stephanie Greene, Hartville; Lloyd and Claudine Bigelow, Cuyahoga Falls; John Costello, Akron; Dick Gresock, Medina; Henry and Kathleen Heinbuck, North Canton; Denzil Parker, Wadsworth; Rita Reeves, Akron; Bob Walker, Medina; Cecil and Josephine Santaferro, Akron; Isabel Watson (Blanton’s widow), Naples, Florida; Janice Hogg (Trammel’s widow), Waynesville, North Carolina; Russ and Martel Bendel, Wadsworth; Eunice and Bonnie Collins, Copley; Richard and Patricia Fair, Akron; Marjorie Hanna, Wadsworth; Bob Kendall, Berlin Center; Harriet Ledbetter, Canton; Norm and Naomi Mattern, Wellsville; Charles O’Neill, Akron; Fred Pollack, Akron; Don Reppart, North Canton; Ron Sanderlin, Canton; Charles Stadelman, Tallmadge; and Ray and Amaryllis Wolfe, Greentown.

Guild lawsuit retirees are John Olesky, of Tallmadge, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of Guild retirees; retired reporter Dick McBane, Lilburn, Georgia; maintenance retiree Harold Bailey and wife Elizabeth, Kent; and retired photographer Don Roese, Cuyahoga Falls.

Those who passed away after benefitting for a few years are printers Hugh Downing and Joe Catalano and the newsroom’s lovable rascal, Dick McLinden.

And, because Black Press kept the healthcare obligations for retirees, the almost annual sale of the BJ to another company, or so it seems, has no affect. The lawsuit winners are protected by a court order that guarantees them these benefits till they die.

In my case, my savings from the lawsuit have approached $30,000. Well worth standing up for your rights, huh?

Hershey to give a Blissful talk

Bill Hershey, on the BJ State Desk when I was assistant State Desk editor in my early days in the 1970s, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 20 at the 2018 Speakers Series in Columbus.

The topic: Bill and John Green’s book, “Mr. Chairman: The Life and Times of Ray C. Bliss.”

Bill spent 40 years covering Ohio government when he wasn’t caring for his doggy menagerie.

Mike Curtin, former state representative and former Columbus Dispatch associate publisher, will moderate the second half of the presentation.

It’s a Friends of the Ohio Governor’s Residence and Heritage Garden event. That’s a longer title than it will take Bill to discuss the book.

Bill had his skills honed by DeNobilist of BJ people, Pat Englehart, and Harry Liggett. We shared a common career venue, although not at the same time, the Dayton Daily News.

Bill has had experience with dog and pony shows of politicians and the show that his dogs put on for and with him.

Is the new BJ page design the work of brilliant Kathy Hagedorn Kortevesi clones?

Hah!

It’s the machination of a cadre of nerds in Austin, Texas who have made more than 200 GateHouse newspapers impossible to tell apart without checking the name of the city in the masthead.

The Center for News and Design opened in 2014. Every time GateHouse purchased another newspaper, as it did Ol’ Blue Walls, the flavor and originality that spoke to the local readers is covered with the same clothing that drabbed down more than 200 other newspapers.

Conformity is a one-way road to boredom. Those who think outside the box have benefitted America and the world far more throughout history than those who march in lockstep with the masses.

The Gatehouse conformists brag on their website that they have their ugly claws on news pages, special sections, magazines, Sunday projects and even, for Heaven’s sake, nameplates.

Sure, GateHouse saves a ton of money by eliminating Kathy Hagedorn Kortevesi and her like in more than 200 newspapers. But local readers pay the price. Local newspaper heritage takes an even bigger hit.

If every grocery store had exactly the same products in exactly the same place and the same storefronts, how would you tell which one you were shopping in? Well, it’s the same with newspapers.

What if every woman in America wore the same dress? How the hell would you tell them apart? It’s the same with newspapers.

What if every women in America had redhaired bouffants? How would you know which one was your wife? It’s the same with newspapers.

Conformity chokes creativity. Creativity stirs the brain and delights the reader. One-size-fits-all doesn’t work with democracy, or shoe stores or tailor shops and certainly not newspapers.

Yes, the words and photos are more important than the page designs. But it’s the page designs unique to the BJ that made its readers feel comfortable. And designs and headlines help draw the reader to the story. If the reader doesn’t read the story, then everything else is for naught.

John S. Knight knew how important every aspect of the newspaper was. He often said that those who deliver the newspaper are critical because, “If they don’t deliver our newspaper to your door then the rest of us have worked for nothing.” Or something like that.

Meanwhile, travelers can’t tell the difference between the Akron Beacon Journal or the Gadsden Times, Tuscaloosa News, Arizona Capital Times, Daily Sifting Herald, Pine Bluff Commercial, Southwest Times Record, Stuttgard Daily Leader, Hope Star, Greenwood Democrat, Boonville Democrat, Cabot Star-Herald, Charleston Express, Press Argus-Courier, Alma Journal, Picayune-Times, Jacksonville Patriot, Lonoke Democrat, Maumelle Monitor, North Little Rock Times, Paris Express, Gurdon Times, Nevada Country Picayune, Newport Independent, Sun Times, White Hall Journal, Van Buren County Democrat, Daily Press, Daily Independent, Desert Dispatch, The Record, Siskiyou Daily News, Taft Midway Driller, Dunsmuir News, Mount Shasta Herald, Weed Press, Lucerne Valley Leader, Gridley Herald, Ag Journal, Bent County Democrat, Fowler Tribune, The Bulletin, The Community News, Dover Post, Middletown Transcript, Destin Log, Walton Sun, Crestview News Bulletin, News Journal, Florida Times-Union, Northwest Florida Daily News, Santa Rosa Press Gazette, Athens Banner-Herald, Augusta Chronicle, Savannah Morning News, Columbia County News-Times, Star Courier, Cambridge Chronicle, Galva News, Geneseo Republic, Orion Gazette, Daily Ledger, Journal Star, Pekin Daily Times, Chillicothe Times-Bulletin, Washington Times-Reporter, Woodford Times, East Peoria Times-Journal, Morton Times-News, Batavaria Republican, Bartlett Press, Berwyn-Cicero Life, Bolingbrook-Romeoville Reporter, Downers Grove Reporter, Elmhurst Press, The Farmside, Geneva Republican, Glen Ellyn News, Lemont Reporter, Lisle-Naperville Reporter, Lombard Spectator, Northeast DuPage Press, Journal Standard, Rockford Register Star, Benton Evening News, Daily American, Du Quoin Evening Call, Daily Republican, Randolph County Herald Tribune, Steeleville Ledger, Ashley News, Christopher Progress, Herrin Spokesman, Murphysboro American, Hamburg Reporter, Nebraska City News-Press, Syracuse Journal-Democrat, Ames Tribune, The Hawk Eye, Dallas County News, Boone News Republican, Augusta Daily Gazette, El Dorado Times, Hays Daily News, Hutchinson News, McPherson Sentinel, The Kansan, Ottawa Herald, Salina Journal, Wellington Daily News, Dodge City Daily Globe, Donaldsville Chief, Gonzales Weekly Citizen, Plaquemine Post, Bastrop Daily Enterprise, Beauregard Daily News, Cape Cod Times, The Enterprise, Gardner News, Herald News, O Jornal, Bourne Courier, The Bulletin, Cape Codder, Harwich Oracle, Allston-Brighton Tab, Brookline Tab, Cambridge Chronicle, Cambridge Tab, Dedham Transcript, Dover-Sherborn Press, Rolindale Transcript, Amesbury News, Beverly Citizen, Danvers Herald, Cape Ann Beacon, Georgetown Record, Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, Ipswich Chronicle, Malden Observer, Marblehead Reporter, Medford Transcript, Arlington Advocate, The Beacon (not the one in Akron), The Beacon-Villager, Bedford Minuteman, Bolton Common, Burlington Union, Chelmsford Independent, Concord Journal, Harvard Post, Abington Mariner, Braintree Forum, Bridgewater Independent, Carver Reporter, Cohasset Mariner, Duxbury Reporter, Halifax-Plimpton Reporter, Hanover Mariner, Hingham Journal, Holbrook Sun, Kingston Reporter, Lakeville Call, Ashland Tab, Canton Journal (in Mass.), Country Gazette, Easton Journal, Framingham Tab, Holliston Tab, Hopkinton Crier, Hudson Sun (in Mass.), Mansfield News (in Mass.), Marlborough Enterprise, Medfield Press, Natick Bulletin, Cheybogan Daily Tribune, Bronson Journal, Daily Reporter, Daily Telegram, Evening News, Hillsdale Daily News, Crookston Daily Times, Granite Falls Advocate Tribune, Montevideo American-News, Redwood Falls Gazette, Redwood Falls Livewire, Boonville Daily News, Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Hannibal Courier-Post, Kirksville Daily Express, Linn County Leader, Macon Chronicle-Herald, Mexico Ledger, Moberly Monitor-Index, Columbia Daily Tribune, Evening Tribune, The Leader, Wellsville Daily Reporter, Chronicle-Express, Genesee Country Express, Steuben Courier, Observer-Dispatch, Telegram, Times, Observer-Dispatch (in different state), Telegram (in different state), Devils Lake Daily Journal, Columbus Dispatch, Daily Jeffersonian, Daily Record, ThisWeek Newspapers, Columbus Monthly, Independent, Repository, Suburbanite, Times-Reporter, Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, Miami News-Record, Ardmoreite, Journal Record, Shawnee News-Star, Delaware County Journal Grove, Grove Sun, Pawhuska Journal-Capital, Friday Gazette, Register-Guard, Wayne Independent, Carbondale News, News Eagle, Villager, Pocono Record, Providence Journal, Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, A La Carte TMC, Oak Ridger, Amarillo Globe-News, Austin American-Statesman, Brownwood Bulletin, Lubbock Avalance-Journal, Herald Democrat, Stephenville Empire-Tribune, Waxahachie Daily Light, Alice Echo-News Journal, Anna-Melissa Tribune, Progress-Index, Virginia Lawyers Weekly or Colonial Voice.

More than 200 GateHouse newspapers goosestep in the same uniform.

It’s as if Gucci, Off-White, Balenciaga and Givenchy were forced to parade mormidly obese models on their runways in gunny sacks.

This is NOT a knock on those who work at the BJ today. They are every bit as dedicated to excellent journalism and pursuit of the truth as JSK, Maidenburg, Pat Englehart, Harry Liggett and I were in the 20^th century.

But Gatehouse has taken a lion of American journalism, with its four Pulitzers and hundreds of awards, and dressed it identically to more than 200 pigs, including lipstick applied by a crosseyed, drunken sailor. The BJ deserves far better.

Kathy Hagedorn Kortevesi won many state and national awards for her page designs. So did her predecessors at 44 E. Exchange Street.

But if the BJ gets page design awards in the future then, in good conscience, the plaques should be shipped to the nerds in Austin, Texas. Lipstick and all.

Judy Hazlinger Grna, wife of former BJ Librarian Paul Grna, Jr., passed away Saturday, September 8. They were married for 48 years and spent nearly all that time on Jonathon Avenue.

Judy’s sister, Janis Hazlinger Rich, lives in Canal Fulton with husband Gary Rich.

Paul was the guy with the black beard so happy to be living with the redheaded love of his life.

There will be no memorial or service.

Nowadays, Paul is manager/auditor for Econo Lodge Akron East. I don’t know if that’s the one on Gilchrist Road or South Arlington Road.

Paul Grna, Sr., Paul’s father, was in the BJ mailroom for 35 years.

 

The Paul we knew in the BJ Library was a third-generation family member to work at 44 E. Exchange Street.

 

His grandfather, Joe Grna, Sr., came to the BJ after leaving Yugoslavia in the early 1900s to be a driver for the Akron Times, which the Knight family later absorbed into its Beacon operation. Joe drove a Model-T Touring car and an open-cab Ford truck that he owned.

By the time the BJ began providing trucks for its drivers, Grandpa Joe had two other men working for him to get the papers to the suburban counties. He retired in 1972 after 42 years of driving Akron newspapers to their appointed dropoffs.

Paul’s stepmother, Joan E. Grna, passed away in 2008 at the age of 78. The Akron native retired from Firestone after 34 years there. She was a golfer who regularly attended St. Mary Catholic Church where she worked in the church office once a week. Joan’s brothers were Ralph and Richard Young.

The advice Paul’s father gave him the day that dad retired: “Paul David, stay with the Beacon Journal. They were good to me and they will take care of you. It’s a good company.”

Truer words were never spoken, particularly as long as John S. Knight worked at his desk in the corner office where he could see the Akron skyline.

Judy’s obituary:

Judith L. Grna (Hazlinger)

Judith L. Grna, 78, of Akron, passed away peacefully on September 8, 2018 with her loving husband, Paul, by her side.

She will be sorely missed by her husband of 49 years, whose little redhaired girl is gone.

Judy was a great lady who lived for the happiness of others. She was an avid sports fan who loved the Indians and especially the Cavaliers.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her sister, Janis (Gary) Rich of Canal Fulton; niece, Anne (Tanner) Kirby; nephew, Joe (Courtney) Rich; sister-inlaw, Debbie (Jack) Rogers; great niece and nephews, Sadie, Braden and Jordan.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Pauline and Frank Hazlinger.

No service or memorial will be held, and the family asks only for your condolences and well wishes.

Artist exraordinaire Kathy Hagedorn Kortvejesi, certifiably the Best Designer in Ohio (Society of Professional Journalists),  retired Friday, September 7 from the BJ.

Kathy was among the 2016 layoffs but returned to Ol’ Blue Walls as page designer for another two years to extend her time at 44 E. Exchange Street to 24 years.

The late Harry Liggett, once assistant State Desk editor and the founder of this BJ Alums blog, once remembered Kathy this way:

“When my granddaughter started showing some interest in art, I took her to the Beacon Journal to visit Kathy, who showed her how she does her job. She does it well.”

Kathy explained her technique:

“I use acrylic paints. I water them down and apply them like a water color. I use salt while the painting is still wet to create texture in my illustrations.”

Retired BJ Features Department editor and home furnishings reporter Betsy Lammerding wrote:

“I still cherish the fabulous retirement piece you did for me in 2008. It hangs over my desk.”

Kathy lately has been doing page designs, which sadly squandered her incredible illustration talents.

Kathy started as a part-time artist at the BJ in 1994. Several months later she was full-time and full of illustrative talent.

Kathy and another exceptional BJ illustration artist Dennis Balogh, who did some superb Channels television guide covers for me during my BJ Television Editor days, lettered the Save The Beacon sign they carried during a rally to unsuccessfully rescue the BJ from the sellout mania of newspaper management.

Kathy is a Columbus College of Art & Design graduate with awards from the Society of News Design, Creativity, Print, the Cleveland Press Club, Associated Press, National Headliner and the Society of Professional Journalists Best Designer in Ohio.

Her work also has been exhibited at Summit ArtSpace in downtown Akron.

She is married to Derek Kortvejesi, who works at Century Cycles in Peninsula.

You can sell Kathy well-wishes via her Facebook page or by email to klk164@sbcglobal.net