A little radio history. Many, many years ago, when I first started working at KZ103, one of our radio competitors was Wizard106. Now, back in "the day" Program Directors promoted rivalry among radio stations like Mississippi State Fans vs Ole Miss fans. Yeah, there was not much love. However, there was respect. Once, at something I had to do at the Tupelo Airport, Wizard106 was also there. I naturally bowed up a little on the inside, Expecting whoever was under the Wizard106 tent to do the same as I pulled in driving the KZ103 van. A tall guy wearing a Wizard106 shirt came over to me, so I prepared for some wise-ass to tell me this was his event, blah, blah, blah (by the way, I was waaaaaay young, in case that wasn't clear). That guy was Paul Stone (Dunklee) and he cranked up a conversation with me. Wow...looking back, he was younger than me, yet was tons more mature. Anyway, we talked a little bit, and I said it was different to meet someone from another radio station that was willing to be friendly to someone from another. Paul made that famous (in my book, anyway) "Paul Stone Stink Face" like he smelled a rotten-egg fart, and said something like, "Naw, man...that's bull___..I don't believe in acting that way." I started to see things in a different light after that. Sure, competing is business, can be fun, and gets the fires burning. However, there is no reason to not be civil to someone, just because they work somewhere else in your industry. My parents would have thought I was a total moron if they saw me just almost being rude to someone because they were a competitor. Paul didn't believe in acting that way, and just like that, he turned on the light bulb for me to see my way back to reality. What does this have to do with COVID-19? Nothing. But, my friend, Paul Stone passed away suddenly last weekend, and this crazy time we're in doesn't allow large gatherings for weddings, funerals, etc--as it shouldn't--and I wanted to possibly tell a story that maybe no one else knew, and share a little more memory of the kind soul that was Paul Stone.