Wayne Williams:  

Life The most significant events in my life occurred in 2003. I was married in Hawaii near Wakiki's famous Diamondhead Volcano. I honeymooned in Vegas (profoundly cliche’, I know), and bought a home in West Palm Beach, FL. No children yet, but we are honored to be Godparents to my 4-year-old nephew who lives with us right now. As I recently told a friend, I am learning that genetics have very little to do with personality, he is certainly a mini me. In 2005, the company I was managing closed after 17 years. I was the Director of our corporate office in Boca Raton. I "dipped my pen in the company ink" when I met my wife on the job. Anyway, I borrowed money from my 401K and opened a gift and greeting card store in Ft. Lauderdale. Obviously not my life’s ambition, but business ownership definetly has its perks and certainly beats the hell out of office politics. We've opened a website and are doing fairly well. In my earlier years, I really wanted to get out of KC and explore, so I attended Florida Atlantic University as a journalism major. I wrote for The Independent Atlantic Sun, a small college publication that lost university funding and became self-supporting. I really struggled with finances in college and was forced to live illegally in my girlfriend's dorm. My girlfriend also became pregnant, but miscarried. Ultimately, I learned some tough lessons. My introduction to campus life in Boca Raton, FL was great. I attended college with a minor celebrity named Carrot Top and was placed at the Radisson Hotel for part of my freshman year because of limited dorm space. FAU paid for everything! Nice, huh? In the summer of 1991, I returned to KC for summer break and interned with the KC Star under Melanie (Mel) Gray. I didn’t have a car, so I actually drove to the interview in an ice cream truck (my original summer job that year). I also attended the National Association of Blac...Expand for more