Today marks 19 years of writing this article for The Tallassee Tribune.

The same day I left the “Coffeebreak” TV show that had been on the air 16 years, Jack Venable walked into the Coffeebreak trailer. I was finishing up the last log so I could close everything out. I loved the TV show but the hours were long and grueling and I didn’t feel like I could continue to hold out and do a good job so I thought it best to leave it.

Ronald Brantley is a regular columnist for The Tribune. His column appears here each Wednesday. He can be reached by email at Rbrantley1@elmore.rr.com