Saturday, March 14, 2009

Extra! Extra!

This morning when you open up your papers, you will see a familiar face.
It was like Christmas morning for Kenton when he went to the front door to grab the morning paper. :)
On Thursday morning, I went to take Kenton to the Abbotsford News office to submit his speech as a letter to the editor. I hadn't even been home for five minutes when the phone rang and a voice said, "This is Vicki Hopes from the Abbotsford News and we'd like to do an exclusive interview with Kenton." It was explained to him that if he decided to do the exclusive, he could not submit his letter to all the other papers...it didn't take him long to decide!
So, off we went to the News office for Kenton's interview. Later that afternoon, they sent a photographer by to shoot a few pictures. They wanted the shot by the cameras since Kenton mentions it in his speech, so to get a good shot Kenton had to stand on the photographers Jeep. It was very interesting.
We were out for the day when the article was posted to the internet, but when we got home there was a message from Global TV asking if they could do an interview.

*Since then, Kenton has been on the front page of the Province and has met MP Ed Fast and Senator Yonah Martin. Way to go Kenton!

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh my goodness! That totally rocks! I tried to find the article online last night, to no avail. :(

I'm not sure about the TV interview. It sounds really neat and everything, but would all this attention put your family at any additional risk? If not, then I would probably go for it.

Oh, and can I get Kenton's autograph? ;)

Anonymous said...

Ok, found the article now. Really cool story. I like the picture too. But I really think that Kenton should have done his Prince Charming pose for the photo. ;)

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Ann said...

That's awesome Kenton.
I'm going to find that article now.

Ann said...

Fabulous article. You should be so proud.