Letter to the Editor

Need gossip page

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Dear Editor,

After reading the detailed explanation of two local sheriff's deputies who resigned recently, I feel you think your readers like to be informed of the "goings ons" around town.

So, instead of just being informed of one department or busness's employees, and keeping your readers up to date, you could have a weekly article reporting on all businesses, not just the Sheriff's Department.

By doing this, families and loved ones can read this information. Sometimes too much or non-related stories are out of line. No need to go back six to eight years with information as to why you are or are not employed.

Of course, if you are charged with a DUI or other charges, you may make the front page or maybe page two or three depending who you are.

Maybe you could put these articles on a certain page, that way your readers could go to that page to get all the dirt on people. As Mr. Walter Mosley (open forum Jan. 9) wants all the Christian Preaching on one page, this way, those who want the scoop can have their page.

I do like the idea of having a page for certain articles; that way I could find the Christian page and enlighten myself and those wanting gossip will have their page. Food for thought.

Dixie Kofler,

McCook

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  • But, Dixie, in the Small Town mentality, what the Gazette prints 'is' what the folks like. As for going back five or so years, and such, that information is only a reminder (blade of grass), in an overall picture.

    Of course, in the Big City, a person's history may not go back too far, as the culprit is probably new in town and no one knows them; here, many knows most, and some, me thinks, knows all. It's been that way all my life, and longer.

    As a child, in McCook, I used to sit for hours listening to the 'Old-Timers,' relating events from long before my birth. Too bad, all of that couldn't have found its way into the local history recording source.

    What you describe, we can find as a few select stores in town, and no matter the big name on the cover, they all spell 'RAG.'

    Don't worry, if by chance you are from the larger city mentality, small town living will find a path to your heart, as you become more and more a 'Local.' Then you will understand why the system of the Gazette is exactly like most folk want to read.

    I would like to see something Christian, on every page, so folk will know how important our Faith is to us, and our eternity; but we do the best we can.

    In Christ, and Southwest Nebraska

    Arley Steinhour

    -- Posted by Navyblue on Wed, Jan 25, 2012, at 5:32 PM
  • Brother Rice School, Chicago, had a gang hate crime 2 days prior to Christmas 2011. WGN reported 3 white teenagers accosted their black friend for dating one of the teens white cousin.

    Its a Big City story by a huge conglomerate and they concluded the story by stating that one of the assulting teen's mother was the Cook Co District Attorney.

    What that had to do with the story I have no idea other than it was ironic. A District Attorney's son broke the law.

    A member of the Sheriff's Department was stopped for DUI, its irony.

    The Gazette is hardly an isolated publication which shows the irony in the news.

    By the way, this was reported just moments ago and I wasn't even looking for it.

    Small town news indeed..... I believe it's simply the nature of the Press to print what sparks interest.

    There is a wonderful little "Small Town Newspaper" from a mere 10 miles to the east of McCook. The Indianola News reports good student achievements, local card club game statistics, Old Settler's tales of the past, birthdays and anniversaries, newborns, good deeds and menus. Very rarely do you hear of negative issues through this great paper, and yet, the subscription numbers are somewhat low. Why? You might ask, because it's not the preferred interest of most readers.

    Don't kill the messenger is the moral of the story.

    I've found that most are interested in negative topic matter because it tends to make them feel better about their own situation. OR, at the very least, helps them appriciate what they, themselves have.

    -- Posted by Nick Mercy on Thu, Jan 26, 2012, at 9:46 PM
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