Dear friends, sports fans and Wasatch supporters,
It has been a real pleasure to cover athletics in Wasatch
County. From our great high school sports teams to our vast recreational
sports, it’s been a busy year and it has been an honor getting to know all of
you and recognize the outstanding accomplishments by our local athletes.
As the year progressed and the seasons unfolded I came to
understand, even though I already had a pretty good idea, how important sports
is in our community. Not just prep, but recreational and professional as well.
I have always felt, and I hope to have conveyed this through
my writing, that athletic competition can be the backbone to the success of
many young students. It can give them not only the foundation of skills they
need to progress in life, but the opportunity to advance their educations. The
lessons they learn and relationships they build along the way will mold them as
adults. This is why I focus on them.
Many times when speaking with the kids about their teams,
goals, coaches, accomplishments, and their teammates, I have seen the sense of
pride in their faces. They will take these experiences with them the rest of
their lives.
It has been a pleasure to bring these times to the
supporters of Wasatch athletics through my journalistic endeavors. I am with
great hope in continuing to follow our local sports and give them to you in a
fair and positive manner on the largest platforms available to us in these
times.
As Wasatch high school advances into a new era this fall
with the move to 4A, it is my belief that our athletes, coaches and facilities
will be worthy of greater press coverage than ever before. I have no doubt that
I am the person to do this.
With your help I can expand the news on Wasatch sports. In
the past year, I have made several outstanding connections throughout a larger
media base in our region.
As a sports writer—and fan of Wasatch athletics—I will
strive to take the attention to our teams and growing list of local events to a
new level.
This will take additional financial support, however, as the
time I have put in has already become quiet extensive outside of my hourly
duties at the Wave.
I am, in good faith, asking for contributions at this time
to aid in the advancement of my sports coverage. With this financial support
from our community, I will be able to broaden my game and event coverage and
allow me the time to expand my feature coverage, which I believe can be the
centerpiece of my work.
It is not easy for me to solicit my wares, but it has become
evident to me that in order to take our coverage to the level it deserves, this
is the sort of working relationship I must ask you to take on with me.
I am setting up a revenue feed right here on my blog using
my Paypal account. Clicking on the button (on the HTML post just below this one) will give you the opportunity to make
a donation. It can be completely anonymous and as small or large as you like,
but anything received in this account will be considered a vote of support of
my work and a sign to me from you, our sports community, that you want the
diligence and dedication that I have hopefully displayed to continue to grow.
Of course, my work at the Wasatch Wave will continue to be
sound, but your contributions will help me advance my articles even more so to
a larger audience. At least this is what I am striving for. I think you know
how much I care for Wasatch and the media attention our local athletics so
richly deserve.
Feel free to comment here on the blog or email me at:
kennywbristow@gmail.com. I am also always accessible by cell phone at: 818-640
4726 or in person to discuss any ideas or concerns.
Thank you great people of Wasatch for your support!
Kenny
