Stubblefield article reprinted in Tennessee Turfgrass
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It brought so much attention, in fact, that it was selected as one of the main stories recently in a statewide magazine.
Stubblefield’s article, which ran in November, 2002, and focused on Stewart’s volunteer work with Warren County High School’s athletic fields, was the cover article in the February/March issue of “Tennessee Turfgrass,” the official publication of the Tennessee Turfrgrass Association and the Tennessee Valley Sports Turf Managers’ Association.
Stubblefield, who wrote the article for the Standard’s countywide edition last fall, said hearing his article would be published statewide came as a pleasant surprise.
“When Jeff told me they were thinking about (publishing it), I thought he was kidding,” Stubblefield admitted. “Then I had sort of forgotten about it, and last month I ran into him at the club and he told me they had printed it.
“That was kind of a shock, then when I saw the magazine and saw that they had put Jeff’s picture on the cover, I was even more surprised.”
Despite his statewide byline, Stubblefield said he was more proud of the fact that Stewart’s volunteer work was given the large spotlight.
“When I first wrote the story, it was because I wanted people around here to know how much Jeff does for our high school teams,” he said. “I was happy to be able to do that with our paper, and now with this magazine article, even more people know how much he cares about our kids.”