KEVIN GRANT, 1954-2014

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V17 2014 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 17, Number 5, February 2, 2014, Article 7

Kevin Grant, Bulletin Editor/Publisher and Maverick Editor for IKO-TAMS, passed away on Monday. He was also working on an update to Lloyd Wagaman's Indiana Trade Tokens.

Kevin said in the last issue of the IKO-TAMS Bulletin that he was going to have to step down from editing and publishing the Bulletin, but so far, no member has stepped up to take on that job. Dave Gossett, the President, would really like to have somebody volunteer - his e-mail is sue26gossett@donet.com

I have been put in the position of resigning from my post of Editor. While I would have loved to continue the job, an uncertain future health-wise (stage 4 melanoma) dictates that I step aside now rather than down the road.

It has already affected the timing of this issue, being about a month late, as I struggle to get through the chemo treatments (I will have had the last one by the time you read this) while trying to still fulfill my job responsibilities at school. I have told President Gossett I will somehow continue to edit the Bulletin if a replacement cannot be found. However, if a replacement is not found there will come a time when issues will not be arriving in mailboxes.

If you have a commitment to seeing this arm of our organization continue, please consider contacting Dave for more details. When I volunteered back in 2005, my only qualifications were the desire to do my part for the hobby and the word processing skills to put together a newsletter of this type. I had never done anything like this before and would have never imagined myself in this position (my training is decidedly not in the arena of desktop publishing). I was actually expecting then President Jack Siles to turn down my offer due to lack of experience on my part.

Once taking the job, I found it was easier than I first imagined. For me, the hard part is not in the technical details, but in waiting for articles to show up in my email inbox or my physical mailbox. Due to the generosity of the members, I have yet to publish a Bulletin without at least one article of interest to the membership, and the cupboard is not bare. I have two members promising articles, one that I have done the research for, a lead on a multipart story, and two or three in hand and ready to go.

I am also now out of the collecting business. While I want to continue doing the research, I do not want to burden my wife with the dispersement of my collection. Look for my tables at the next IKO Show, October 10-11, 2014. You don’t know how much I missed being at the Show this year. Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers on my behalf.

To read Kevin's obituary, see: Kevin Grant, 60 (www.thepostandmail.com/content/kevin-grant-60)

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