Opinions

Don’t worry, it’s nothing as racey as 867-5309 - but none the less, I do need to bother you for some calls! One of the parts of owning newspapers I dislike the most, is I cannot be everywhere at the same time. I can’t be at all the Chamber meetings, City meetings, County meetings, school board meetings, club meetings, and all the rest.

These last few months I’ve been staying over in Albion as the beginning part of the week chugs along. The helpful apartment upstairs has been a distinct advantage considering the distance from my home to come this way.

It seems like a lifetime ago when I first discovered that you could have movies mailed directly to your home. Instead of going to the gas station where there was a veritable wall of cinema magic, you could choose a never-ending list of films online and they’d mail you a DVD.

I have to admit that I’m a bit of a Youtube junkie. I thoroughly enjoy storytelling, and these little tid-bit sized stories and narratives are just too addictive.

I’ve always found that impression that people can give from the outside of a situation to be one of the best. It doesn’t usually have any emotional tie, it doesn’t usually have any baggage, it’s just an honest impression after - hopefully some review.

I’ve often been accused of simultaneously being legalistic and hasty. One wouldn’t think that just simply running a few small newspapers in rural Nebraska would bring to light too many instances to have to make tough decisions.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, hopefully by the time these pages are printed and to you - nothing has happened. This past week the Iranian and Israeli leaders, and then joined by the United States commenced bombing each other in some precision strikes, combined with apparently, some “send it all” type of warfare.

I'm often invovled in conversations about the tenacity or longevity of newspapers. I have a few fun talking points, and since this is the edition that goes to everyone in the local 'world' - it seems like a great way to deliver this message another time.

When I started this game of newspaper printing and commercial printing and graphic design and all the rest, I didn’t really know a lot. College isn’t great at preparing you for trades, especially if they’re not a trade school - but I sure do appreciate paying for classes to learn how to submit articles to a magazine and mess with Photoshop.

It’s frustrating being a journalist these days. I’m not talking about someone that’s taken a penchant for enjoying writing to their followers on a social media platform a few times a week - I’m talking about real, trained journalists.