There were all kinds of important people hanging around who wanted to visit with the man and none of them had to labor hard to get the chance. He was available. At every turn, he was there for them, smiling warmly, looking folks directly in the eyes as he talked with them, jackhammering their hands up and down, asking them about their lives.
From where he stood, in the middle of those many conversations, Huntsman spotted way in the back of the large room a sports writer, decked out in a T-shirt and shorts. He gently nudged through the crowd, nodding left and right as he meandered to the rear wall.