Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 10 January 2002 — Page 15
The Muncie Times, January 10, 2002, page 15
Al Rent
DREAM TEAM FROM PAGE 1 where all events relating to the Dream Thanhs activities are posted. The site can be accessed at www.muncieontheweb.com and visitors can click on the Martin Luther King icon for all information relating to the events, venues, times and dates. The space was provided courtesy of Community Techlink, a division of the United Way of Delaware
County. I n
addition to the online effort, Rent’s team will attempt to reach the public by
advertising through the popular press, in such newspapers as the Star Press and The Muncie Times and via Comcast cable, with the help of Rutter Communications. All area radio stations will also help in airing the message and keeping the community informed about upcoming
activities.
Rent is
director of marketing for Ball State University. He was born and raised in Muncie. He has a degree in speech and what used to be called mass communications from Ball State. He joined Ball State in 1993, after working in
the advertising
marketing sectors.
' What I admire the most of Dr King is his vision, his honesty and his forthrightness. He talked the talk and walked the walk. There are not very many people in the world that can do that. Even as parents we say do as I say and not as I
do,” said Rent.
In charge of the technical aspects of the Dream Tfeam’s operations is John Bailey. Bailey is a consultant with
John S. Baily Jr.
and
Ontario Systems in Muncie. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Governor State University in Illinois as well as an MBA from teh same institution. A native of Chicago, Bailey joined Ontario Systems about four years ago. He has since been very active in the Muncie community ans says that is what his mother taught him to do. He has an upcoming play called “Fences with Teresa Moore” which is due to be staged at Emens Auditorium
socrt
He is
primarily responsible for updating the calendar of
events on the website and coordinating with the owner of the page to ensure the public is kept on the same page in the event of changes. “It is a very interesting website and a wonderful representation of what can be done. It changes enough to create and hold your interest and has links to other sites, including Ball State. “I have enjoyed going
through the website each time I have visited. At this stage it is not feasible to have a dedicated website for the Dream Team because of the need for continuous financial support for
it,” he said.
On Dr King, Bailey’s memories wander way back to 1963 to a church at the corner of 71st and Green streets in Southside Chicago, when he met the civil rights
leader.
“He had a glow unlike that of any individual I’ve seen. You could tell he had a direct conduit to God. To me his significance is two-fold: one relating to his life and the other to his death. When DREAM TEAM SEE PAGE 45
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