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THE HURON EXPOSITOR, August 16, 2000-7
Scott Hltgendorft photo
Tyson Arts dives into
Seaforth Lions Pool during a
game of -baseball' part of a
fun day held Friday to wrap
. up a week-long Fit for Heart
program at the pool.
Lifeguard Denise O'Reilly watches as Jaqueline Hulley, Tyson Arts and Christine Mordaunt
wrestle for the ball in a game of -basketball.-
Emily Nolan keeps warm after a mprning in the pool.
HURON COUNTY,
MUSEUM
The Huron County Museum will be as
hosting an Art Show
August 19 - October 9, 2
LOCAL ARTISTS SHARE THEIR
VISIONS OF HURON COUNTY .
All exhibited works of art have i
Huron County themes and are
painted by local artists.
The three winning entries from
this competition will be added to
the Huron County Art Bank and
the paintings In this collection
will be used for permanent
display In the County's public
buildings
Regular museum hours and
admission apply.
Hoon County Museum
110 North Street
Coderich
524-2686
Scott Hilgendorff
photos
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Dear Readers,
A community newspaper is supposed to be your link to just that --the com-
munity. •
It endeavours to give readers information about issues and events in their.
community and, through features, correspondence and photographs. a look at
the life and people of that community.
But to do this provides many challenges.
Even in a small', rural community like Seaforth, there are countless news and
feature stories that deserve and require coverage.
It becomes the editorial department's job to work through lists of ideas.
scheduled events and requests for coverage to determine what will get covered
in an effort to provide a well-rounded look at the community each week.
One of the challenges is finding time and space to deal with each event.
When serious issues such as the recent school closure crisis arise, other cov-
erage has to be put on hold, such as the "day in the life of" features The
Expositor was running monthly.
The events and issues that affect the greatest number of people or have the
most immediate affect on the community will often take priority.
While coverage will often serve a public relations role, it is not the role of a
community newspaper to be a public relations vehicle.
And while it is wonderful that coverage can end up in t family or commu-
nity group's scrapbook, a community newspaper cannot always meet the
requests of individuals and still maintain the news quality standards of the
provincial and national newspaper associations.
There must be news and information value in everything we do that impacts
more than a handful of readers.
Ultimately, editorial staff must decide what, how 'and if it can provide cov
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will make the people involved in that issue happy. .Some ways won't.
It's not a community newspaper's role to provide only positive stories.
While many pages arc filled with positive events from pictures of students
in a play to a list of accomplished music students, it is the role of the newspa-
per to provide a critical look at the community (not to be mistaken for criti-
cism).
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ple have of the issues going on around them.
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