PUBLISHER’S NOTE
In October 2010 our community lost a good friend in longtime Lake Tahoe local and all-around Tahoe man Robert ‘Fro’ Frohlich. A self-described ‘hill of sand’ Fro was loyal to his passions — he was an incurable journalist zealous skier devoted friend early curmudgeon and believer in the power of will.
There was really only one thing he loved more than words and sports: teaching kids to love words and sports.* Before he left us Fro endured a protracted battle with cancer beating the odds time and again. After being told he had just three weeks to live he was out on the field teaching kids how to play lacrosse and keep up with schoolwork. Sharing this story in a September 2010 email to me he wrote ‘I shall celebrate my life and friends until the day that takes me.’
It is in his honor that the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District Switchback PR and Moonshine Ink proudly present a student journalism contest open to all district 11th and 12th grade students. The topic is ‘What Moves You?’ and encourages students to share what moves them to be a better person be it their passions interests influential people or whatever comes to mind. There are two categories: written word and video. Each category wins a $500 purse. The deadline is May 11 2012. Visit moonshineink.com and search ‘What Moves You’ for more information.
‘I’m a writer and writers write’ Fro told me. It is our sincere hope that the What Moves You? contest will allow students to define what it is they do and why they do it.
Mayumi Elegado
~ Email me at melegado@moonshineink.com.
*Full disclosure: As anyone who knew Fro knows women should be on the list as well. But in the interest of brevity and pertinence I left it out in this instance.
