Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Return from the land of work
Hi everybody –
The blog has been largely forgotten for a couple of weeks because I took on a new job, which has chewed up all my time, not because there’s been a lot of news (The news stopped the day I took the job) but because I’ve had, like Rumpelstiltsken, to weave gold out of straw, and also because I've got a help shortage.
I was in Barely’s domain today, covering the County Commission meeting. The high point was when they read a resolution supporting organ donation (This being Organ Donation Month) and the Chairman said to Commissioner McMichael, “I don’t think they’d want your brain,” to which Commissioner McMichael responded, “I sure wouldn’t want your ears.”
I’m not sure whether he was referring to the chairman’s deafness or to the fact that his ears stick out, but anyway, that’s the kind of news I get to report. (This levity will be reported (with brevity) as a brief.
We also had a story, which I was not fortunate enough to write, about the Governor neutering a puppy. This was one of the gifts people drew chances for or silent auctioned for at the “Fur Ball” to raise funds for the new animal shelter, and I personally had grave doubts about whether the Gov.’s veterinary license was still valid. (How would one check on such a thing?) Anyway, I will post the pictures later of the Gov. suited up to “assist” Dr. Westmoreland, and our State Senator, in suit and tie, standing at the south end of said puppy looking distinctly queasy. It is one of my favorite news pictures ever.
And we had pretty good coverage of a protest that never happened (also not written by me). First it didn’t happen in front of Warner Robins PD, and then it didn’t happen on a larger scale in front of the courthouse.. This had to do with one Mr. Felder, who is apparently being prosecuted despite his innocence. First, it was going to be a big one, and nobody came. Then the guy who called the first time called us back and said it was going to be a “real live protest” like the ones they used to have, but nobody came again except media and law enforcement.
Anyway, we work with what we’ve got.
I invite comments on why community newspapers continue to exist. Is it because we don’t charge for engagement announcements, because we put birthdays on the front page, or because television stations have not yet figured out how to run legal ads?
The blog has been largely forgotten for a couple of weeks because I took on a new job, which has chewed up all my time, not because there’s been a lot of news (The news stopped the day I took the job) but because I’ve had, like Rumpelstiltsken, to weave gold out of straw, and also because I've got a help shortage.
I was in Barely’s domain today, covering the County Commission meeting. The high point was when they read a resolution supporting organ donation (This being Organ Donation Month) and the Chairman said to Commissioner McMichael, “I don’t think they’d want your brain,” to which Commissioner McMichael responded, “I sure wouldn’t want your ears.”
I’m not sure whether he was referring to the chairman’s deafness or to the fact that his ears stick out, but anyway, that’s the kind of news I get to report. (This levity will be reported (with brevity) as a brief.
We also had a story, which I was not fortunate enough to write, about the Governor neutering a puppy. This was one of the gifts people drew chances for or silent auctioned for at the “Fur Ball” to raise funds for the new animal shelter, and I personally had grave doubts about whether the Gov.’s veterinary license was still valid. (How would one check on such a thing?) Anyway, I will post the pictures later of the Gov. suited up to “assist” Dr. Westmoreland, and our State Senator, in suit and tie, standing at the south end of said puppy looking distinctly queasy. It is one of my favorite news pictures ever.
And we had pretty good coverage of a protest that never happened (also not written by me). First it didn’t happen in front of Warner Robins PD, and then it didn’t happen on a larger scale in front of the courthouse.. This had to do with one Mr. Felder, who is apparently being prosecuted despite his innocence. First, it was going to be a big one, and nobody came. Then the guy who called the first time called us back and said it was going to be a “real live protest” like the ones they used to have, but nobody came again except media and law enforcement.
Anyway, we work with what we’ve got.
I invite comments on why community newspapers continue to exist. Is it because we don’t charge for engagement announcements, because we put birthdays on the front page, or because television stations have not yet figured out how to run legal ads?
# posted by Charlotte @ 6:57 PM 
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Yes to all three of those. I do not know about the rest of you but when I hold a community newspaper in my hands I experience a feeling similar to watching the Waltons.
I like to read the police blotter, the real estate transactions, the court reports, the honor rolls, the school awards, the "random acts of kindness/pet peeves" -- and sometimes local news even happens.
better his castration skills on the dog than on state government as we have recently seen. which moves right into the fact that my office is totally dependent on the people trading transplant comments. maybe you should do a story comparing me to the dog.:):)
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