Longtime Gazette advertising executive Tom McClung calls it a career

Tom McClung is known throughout Colorado Springs as “the guy with the hat.” After nearly 45 years as a sales and advertising executive at The Gazette, the man who often donned a vintage fedora has called it a career. “The hat. His hat is Tom,” Pot O’ Gold Kustoms administrator Kenneth Lepik said of McClung. “If you see him and he doesn’t have a hat on, he’s probably not there.” Beyond his sense of style, clients have praised McClung’s work — everything from printing coupons for fledgling restaurants to staying...