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It began as a dream to create, to
communicate and to do something significant for Logan County.
Together with many fine people, we were able to create Lincoln
Daily News and bring you the news about our community six days a
week for the past three years.
There were many times in the last three
years that the news was thin, many times when help was scarce and
many times that money was short. Technical problems abound in this
technologically-dependent business, resources are sometimes very
thin, and the temptation to rush a story is always present. But,
because of the bulldog tenacity of our managing editor, Jan
Youngquist (the most underpaid worker in Logan County), we have
pressed forward every day to deliver a high-quality publication
about good people.
My great thanks to Mary Krallmann, our
copy editor, who slavishly works long hours to make us all sound so
good. Mary has to read the drivel we write, correct the grammar,
the spelling, the wording and even add punctuation to a particular
writer's articles (who shall go unnamed here). Without her, LDN
would surely never have survived.
Our publication is known for accurate
writing with a positive outlook. Much thanks to our regular writers
who give so much of themselves: to Joan Crabb, Lynn Spellman, Jeff
Mayfield and Greg Taylor. You have proven that a small cadre of good
writers can cover the important news in this community to rival,
even at times, exceed the competition. Together we have certainly
caused the "other paper" to improve a great deal.
Much thanks to Gina Sennett for her
artistic and technical skills that make LDN look good every day; to
Bob Frank for his photos of the people and events of the county; to
our past, part-time, seasonal and intermittent writers who have done
an excellent job with positive reporting.
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To those fine men, Tom and Ryan
Seggelke and Sam Redding, who helped start LDN, who labored hard,
cast a vision and helped push it down the hill, I also again say
thanks.
Lucky Eichner pours her whole self into
the job of selling and coordinating advertising, a tough job. I am
thankful for her friendship, her devotion and her successes.
I am extremely grateful to our
advertisers, both past and current, to all our sponsors, and to
those who keep sending us "subscription" money to keep us going.
Your support, your encouragement and your assistance mean so much to
the staff of LDN. You have kept us going.
And last but not least, we want to
thank those who read LDN on a regular basis, recommend it to their
friends and have made LDN their hometown paper. Our readers from
across the county and around the world now number slightly over
5,000. We did it all for you!
To all of you on our third birthday, I
just want to say thanks.
And many happy returns!
Jim
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