KALAMAZOO -- Looking for a little local comedy on a national stage? You don't even have to leave your easy chair.
Just turn to Page B6 of today's Kalamazoo Gazette and check out ''Speed Bump,'' a staple of the Gazette's comics page created by 1982 Plainwell High School graduate Dave Coverly. Today's rendition makes reference to a retiring journalism teacher.
Inside sources say it is Ken Zelnis, who is retiring from Plainwell High School after 30 years. Zelnis' journalism class produces the Plainwell High School student newspaper the Trojan Torch, for which Coverly was a cartoonist.
In the comic, ''Student Torch'' is clearly visible on the front page of a newspaper the teacher is holding as he makes his retirement announcement to the class. On the outside of the window of the classroom door is ``Zelnis,'' printed backward to face the hallway.
This may be Zelnis' most widespread recognition, but it's not the first time his work -- and his students -- have been noticed. The Torch has won several Michigan Interscholastic Press Association awards.
REPRINTED FROM: Kalamazoo Gazette. By Jeff Barr (May 20, 2008)
http://www.mlive.com/kalamazoo/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-29/1211295022133810.xml&coll=7
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