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   Robert W. Morgan

   November 2, 2019

   Yea, me too. I miss the print version of The Citizen as well. There is something rewarding about picking up a newspaper that was created, produced and delivered to my driveway by many people (many of whom I know) with much effort. My daughter worked for Jimmy Booth at his paper and later another in FL and I learned just how much effort goes into creating something that many of us just took for granted. Huge effort and it seemed in a way just for me when it was delivered.

   Most printed things will be going away because of the “progress” of the internet and other technology, in fact most of us old-school lovers of newspapers with morning coffee will be going away ourselves as time marches on – as I was reminded by Jimmy Booth’s memorial service last month. Most of us who had grandparents whose life span was during the 20th century have heard about a century that started without indoor plumbing, cars, airplanes and electricity in every home and ended with TV, the internet, space exploration, cars that self-park and more. Amazing as that may be, the 21st century is starting out on track to bring even more dramatic change into our lives. Most will celebrate that and enjoy and even embrace the new technology and that’s fine and to be expected.

   At the same time it might be worth noting that newspapers changed very little (in comparison to other things) over the 18th, 19th, 20th centuries and part of the 21st in the sense that they keep us informed by reporting first hand what goes on in the community by people who are part of the community. If all politics is local as the old Irish pol said, then certainly all newspapers worth reading are local as well. I am sure The Citizen even in its new electronic format will continue in that spirit.

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