From the Other Side of the Desk

For 152 years the newspaper now known as the Bolivar Bulletin Times has brought the news of Hardeman County to those interested.
Many publishers have guided the ship. Thousands of people have worked there, or here, as it now has become.  
Now it’s our turn. And we aren’t taking the task lightly.
Which reminds me of something I wrote more than six years ago...
My little boy rummaged around until he found it under a pile of leaves. He had to pull a few twigs and some bark off it, but he finally got it to his liking. He ran to the edge of the yard and pointed it at a passing truck, yelling at the top of his lungs. He pointed it at the sky and then slammed it on the ground. He made noises like a gun while aiming it in all directions.
He hit acorns with it.   He swept the leaves off the yard with it. He beat trees with it. He held it over his head  and yelled at the top of his lungs.
After a while, he came over near me, swinging it back and forth. He started hitting the ground with it. I asked, ”What do you have there, son?”
Without looking at me, he replied, “It’s a stick, Dad.”
And so it is with this…from afar, it’s just another newspaper.  But when you get your hands on it and look inside, we hope you’ll see it as something more. We hope you’ll see it as the voice, the watchful eye, the entertainer, the informer, the critic, the record-keeper, and the celebrator of all that is good in Hardeman County.
And if you want to, you can even roll it up and hit acorns with it.
But we hope you’ll read it first...
That was written for the first County Journal in 2010; In humbling comparison, this is approximately the 7,864th issue of the newspaper that began in 1865.
But to us, it’s the most important one. And next week, we plan on that one being just as important.
We hope you will come along with us...