My secret weapon

One of the most accomplished graduates this year is Megan Weiss, who had a 4.0 GPA, was the top student in both education and foreign languages, co-delivered an academic paper in South America with a professor, did a great deal of community and plans to volunteer to teach for a year at a Christian Brothers school in Yakima, WA. For year I had sent info about her accomplishments to her hometown paper back in Minnesota but I never heard back from them nor saw any coverage on Mega. So, this year, I unveiled my secret weapon: Megan's mom! She called the paper and left a message and Megan's father spoke to the editor. Initially the editor said he might mention Megan in a community news column, but I pushed for a full story. I sent a release and photo of Megan. I'm curious to see what they print. If it's not enough, I hope Megan's mom makes another call!