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By Nate McCullough
The Times, Gainesville, Georgia
“I can tell you this: We are putting out a damn paper to- morrow.”
Capital Gazette reporter Chase Cook’s tweet after the deadly mass shooting in his newsroom was as bold as
it was inspiring, but it was hardly surprising to his fel- low journalists.
As another tweet shortly after Cook’s put it simply: “Of course they are.”
Cook’s sentiment was more than just defiance
in the face of violence and madness. It was an electronic verbalization of journalism’s creed.
It’s what journalists do. Our methods of delivery vary from digital signals to printed paper, but the result is the same: We deliver the news. More importantly, we try to deliver the truth in an age in which some have decided that even that is negotiable.
The task is hard enough when everything is going well. It gets harder in tough economic climates. Add weather events or natural di- sasters, and doing it becomes all the more miraculous. Most of us have been in one or more of these situations and put out the paper.
Save for war correspon- dents, almost none of us have had to do it in the face of gunfire. And even then, the correspondents went to the war.
On June 28, the war came to the Capital Gazette. After years of taking up so much of journalism’s print space and airwaves, America’s mass shooting epidemic finally trained its crosshairs on journalists themselves.
The rest of us in this profession cried. We said, “There but for the grace
of God go I.” But few of us wondered, “What will the surviving Capital Gazette staff members do in the face of such tragedy?”
Because we already knew, even before Cook’s tweet. They’d put out the paper. At a time when they had every right to focus on themselves, they respected the people’s right to know.
Journalism isn’t dead. Their actions are confirma- tion that it is alive, and it is vigorous.
We’ve had a moment of silence. Now let’s say some- thing.
As a salute to those at the Capital Gazette who lost their lives and those who rallied
in the aftermath, please join The Times of Gainesville, Georgia, in echoing Cook’s rallying cry.
On Thursday, July 12,
The Times will replace its slogan, Honestly Local, on the front-page masthead with Cook’s tweet. We invite all newspapers to do the same that day, or in the case of non-dailies, the nearest day of publication. Feel free to run this editorial — or better yet, one of your own — as an explainer to your readers.
On Friday, go back to whatever your version is of “All the news that fits.” But for one day, let this profes- sion repeat Cook’s statement again, and remind everyone that we mean it, no matter what:
We are putting out a damn paper.
Nate McCullough is the publications manager at The Times, Gainesville, Georgia.
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The Independence Day Jenni Park Parade and Ice Cream Fest, started 23 years ago by Christi Garza, is still going strong thanks to Mary Tieche who has organized it the past few years and the hundreds of neighbors who show up every year with flags, patriotic costumes, decorated bicycles and strollers lots of and pets adorned with red, white and blue bows and ribbons. See more photos on page 7A and on the Sanger Herald Facebook page.
Grand Jury response on July 19 council agenda
Reprinted with permission from The Times, Gainesville, Georgia
• July 12 - Planning commission meeting, 6 p.m., city hall, 1700 7th Street.
• July 17 - "All You Need to Know" to run for political office, 5:30 p.m., Fresno County Elections training room, 4525 E. Hamilton Ave., in Fresno.
• July 19 - City council meeting, 6 p.m., city hall, 1700 7th Street.
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Police officers Sergio Arguello and Joshua Calderon and firefighters Mi- chael Pallas and Kacey King, with mayor Frank Gonzalez in the photo above, were recognized at the June 5 city council meeting for saving the lives of two brothers. A city council resolution praising their actions recounted the events of May 27 when the four responded to a report of a car in a canal near the intersection of Central and Academy avenues. The officers found the compact car in the canal, on its roof and partially submerged in four feet of swift moving water. They heard a man inside calling for help but were unable to get the car door open until the fire- fighters used the "Jaws of Life." (photo at right) The first man they pulled out of the car pleaded with his rescuers to save his brother who was still trapped inside. Arguello crawled in the vehicle, found the second man in the back seat and kept his head in an air pocket until a CalFire dive team arrived. The brothers remarkably had only minor injuries. The reso- lution praised the public safety quartet for "bravery, adept use of their equipment, determination and a high level of professionalism in safely extricating the two men from their submerged vehicle."
By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
The public part of the process of creating a response to the most recent grand jury report will apparently begin at the July 19 city council meeting.
The report, critical of the way Measure S is being handled, was issued on June 15 and the city has 90 days to respond to recommendations made by the grand jury.
A draft response prepared by the city staff will be presented to the coun- cil for discussion, said city manager Tim Chapa.
Mayor Frank Gonzalez said soon after the report was released that the public would be involved in writing the final response.
The announcement about the grand
jury response came near the end of the very short meeting on July 5.
Earlier the council heard Chapa and public works director John Mulligan say recent emergency repairs on the waste- water treatment plant and nearby sewer lines along North Avenue have helped make the plant much more reliable. However, neither Chapa nor Mulligan would quantify the percentage of im- provement that has been accomplished so far.
Several aggressive projects to deal with the deteriorating aspects of the aged plant are planned for the coming year, said Mulligan.
The council unanimously approved an environmental declaration that al- lows planning to move forward on a Bethel Avenue widening project and
bike lanes between Annadale and Jen- sen avenues.
It also:
• honoredpoliceofficersandfire- fighters, see the story below, who saved the lives of brothers trapped in a car submerged in a canal;
• heard mayor Frank Gonzalez read a proclamation praising the military service of Ada Fisher who served her country during two wars;
• heard a report saying volunteers may adopt a park and do certain main- tenance chores in it, but liability issues prevent them from being involved in building a park.
The reporter can be contacted by email at sangerherald@gmail.com or by phone at the Herald at (559) 875-2511.
These heroes saved the lives of brothers trapped in an overturned and partially submerged car
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JULY 12, 2018
VOL 129 NO. 28
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