After 30 years, Olympic memories still flicker

  • Dink Nesmith is the retired president of Community Newspapers Inc. For more commentaries visit dnesmith@cninewspapers.com.
    Dink Nesmith is the retired president of Community Newspapers Inc. For more commentaries visit dnesmith@cninewspapers.com.
  • Atop an oak bookcase in my office sits the Olympic torch that I carried in 1996. An added memory was that our son Eric trotted along beside me. DINK NESMITH/CNI
    Atop an oak bookcase in my office sits the Olympic torch that I carried in 1996. An added memory was that our son Eric trotted along beside me. DINK NESMITH/CNI

    By Dink NeSmith

            One touch.

            That’s all it takes.

            And I’m back in the middle of Georgia’s hosting the Centennial Olympics…