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‘Mama, can we go the newspaper way?’

June 26th, 2008 at 12:28pm Anna Voelker

Brought my kids, Luke and Abraham, with me into work a few mornings this week because they had Vacation Bible School right around the corner at St. James. They love coming into the newsroom. For the first time, we went into the building from the back and they got to see the GO section running on the press and being carried by the “gripper” into the packaging department. Boy, they were fascinated. It was hard to drag them up to the newsroom after that.

Now, they ask if we can take the “newspaper way” into the building.

Their wide-eyed wonder over what we do here each day made me smile. Whether it’s putting news and information in print or via the World Wide Web, we do make a difference each and every day in the community. And, yes, I’m sure there’s some snarky response to that. But love us or hate us, we are the primary source of news and information in this community. And that means something.

Here’s a shot of my boys at my sister’s April wedding.

Abe, 5, and Luke, 6