KSO: IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN; MAKES COUNCIL CHAIRMAN OF THE YEAR
BEHIND THE SCENE NOTE FROM EDITOR'S DESK What does it take to be a ‘Man of the Year’? It is a mix of status conferring and honour of heroic garb apiece. In broad definition, it is described as a title used to recognise a person who has influenced events in the previous year. To confirm it as a media affair, all source of its definition says it can refer to an “award given by a news organisation or to special issue” of the news organisation. Wikipedia on its part says it is an award given by any organisation, (and) “most often, it is given by a newspaper or other news outlet to annually recognise a public figure”. To establish that it is beyond the conventional honourary awards, this definer says further that “the Award can be facetious or serious. The chosen is usually someone who has been notably influential or prominent during the year and could also be a hero or villain”. Suffice to say that it could not be out of place for a bloke to be a ‘Man of the Year’ for reasons antit...