When we started the County Journal (the weekly newspaper of Hardeman County)...the blog slowed down..way down..to a standstill.
My column on the front page will be archived here...it will be a bit familiar as I have pirated my own material on more than one occasion...but here goes.
From the January 8, 2010 County Journal...
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.
Darrell Teubner, Editor
