Chuck McGill: Bogaczyk's retirement and W.Va. legacy

BogaczykIn his first column for the Charleston Daily Mail in 2002, Jack Bogaczyk ended with these words: I’ll column like I see ’em.

It was his message to readers here and beyond that, while he’d inform and enlighten and entertain, most of all he’d be fair.

Bogaczyk, 66, enjoyed his first day of retirement on Friday. Well, if you think a 7 a.m. dentist appointment on first day of retirement is enjoyable. Bogaczyk’s exit is noteworthy because it has been 45 years since he graduated from the University of Kentucky and entered the sports media business.

“The first story I ever had to appear in a daily newspaper was 1966,” he said. “I was a sophomore in high school. If you want to go with that,…