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Thank
you so much everyone
I brought this business in 1952 and have
never missed a day of work due to ill health. But 2007 proved to be a
deadly year for the Pass Herald management and staff. So this year I
will let my business partner Gail write this Editorial, the last one for
2007 We would both like to take this opportunity to thank everyone, and
I mean everyone, who supported us during our illnesses, our faithful
advertisers and readers, our staff, our carriers – and all those who
stretched out their hands and helped us by just inquiring how we were
doing - if we have missed anyone, thank you all again.
Let me tell you, it is not hard to say
goodbye to 2007 – I’m sure we would like to forget this year. Maybe we
can just skip it and pretend it didn’t come at all. We can always
pretend we were in another year – a year where things were just hippity
hop. Regardless, we have remained an independent business and we are
still competing against the “Big Boys” – the Quebecor Group who own the
Calgary Sun, Pincher Creek Echo and, the Pass Promoter, just to name a
few.This company is the largest printing company in the world, but we
are surviving because we are an integral part of the community – I was
born and raised in this valley and Gail has been here for over 55
years.We both love this “Garden of Eden”.
Both of us understand that nothing
remains constant and changes take place everyday – we have new
businesses in the Pass, new residents and weekenders, but we still
manage to remain in business. We have, and hopefully will always, have
the support of local businesses. I guess you would have to say we have
the best of both worlds.We have new young blood in the Pass Herald who
always work tirelessly to make sure we focus on the younger generation,
and we have older (sometimes tired blood) management and staff to make
sure things go according to Hoyle.
I, Bud, would personally like to thank
lovely Lisa for all the work she contributes to the Pass Herald, Betty
who works so hard and so long and knows what it’s all about, Mike who
came in to help while his mother, Ardyth Chambers, is on disability,
Willy who has taken over the delivery and circulation of the Pass
Herald, Madeline who is one of the best folders we have had in many,
many years (her sister was also just as good) and their mother who comes
in quite often to help her daughters, Ardyth who came to work for us and
has helped us out when we needed her (it’s almost like she took wedding
vows when she came to work at the Herald – in sickness and health), John
Kinnear who is our steadfast and wonderful feature writer, and last but
certainly not least, Nathen, our reporter, who is the wings beneath the
feet of the Pass Herald. He has been the one constant in the paper, even
when we were all sick at one time or another, he just kept plugging
forward, never taking time to look backwards, just straight ahead.
Thank you everyone once again. We both
wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2008.
Bud and Gail |
