Captain’s Log –

Ahhh, it's the end of Daylight Savings Time, it’s chilly, the Spooktacular is over, and plans are taking shape for Shop Small Saturday. We got word that Carey Transport is headed over the hill to get the tree, and before you know it, Tree Lighting! The event of the year in Downtown Fallon.

The holidays are upon us.

Halloween candy has ravaged the office, and this week, I’ll make my first pumpkin pie of the season for a Friendsgiving event. I may actually consider going to the gym for something other than tanning.

Maybe. I don’t want to get ahead of myself, you know.

One of our dearest friends and biggest supporters stopped by the office the other day. Can I just tell you how much I love having the office on Maine Street? We got to visit for a bit and do a little catch-up. She’s in the process of retiring, and she’s feeling a mix of emotions, from gratitude and excitement to the white knuckles of learning to let go of something she built and birthed from scratch, turning over her legacy, and having to trust someone else to carry the load now.

Being self-made as we are, the little group at the Post spent some time commiserating, and then she gave us the best compliment ever. “You know, when you’re emailing back and forth at 10:30 at night, you just know someone else is pouring their heart and soul into what they’re doing. You do this for the community just like I do.”  

The coolest thing ever is when someone gets how important this little paper is to us.

Maybe in the grand scheme of things, a local, community paper isn’t the highest priority ever, but when a new dad comes in to get extra papers with the birth announcements, or families come in for copies of the obituary, grammas call wondering if you have extras from the soccer story three weeks ago, you get a real good feeling.

We love telling the stories of all the other good things that are happening around town, and we love being able to help promote community events with our special sections. And we love our advertisers who make that possible. We’ll be working on the Shop Small Special this next week, so be sure to let us know if your organization or company is having any sort of special on November 30 that we can help you promote. Be watching for announcements as we get that ready for the Nov. 29 paper.

So, while we press on this morning wrapped in heavy socks and my stocking cap, we’ll be right here… 

… Keeping you Posted.

Rach