Editorials Archive
Pulaski Pride… Count on it!
Kay Kline, General Manager
07-19-2010
This has been quite a week here in Pulaski.
The speculation as to who would be the new Cougar football coach was the conversation over more than one dinner table. When Todd Jones was named the new coach, there was nothing but good will here at the paper.
The fact that Todd Jones was quoted as saying, "this will be a season to remember" reminded me that, indeed, that is the case. Cougar fans will rally behind this new coach and his Cougar team with all the positive support we can provide.
With that in mind, The Southwest Times extended an invitation to the coach to sponsor a "Meet The Coach" evening at the newspaper office. His mother raised him right. He graciously accepted the offer. A date will be set and we will make sure our readers are informed when it will be held. My staff often accuses me of serving macaroni and cheese before we take on a new challenge so I suspect that will be on the menu.
The Annual Pulaski Pride Section kicked of this week in our paper. This section will appear weekly for a total of eight weeks. This is an excellent section, with articles of interest and business support. We also will be highlighting, with photographs, the exterior of businesses, schools, recreation areas, churches and municipalities that obviously show their pride in the community.
We would invite our readers to send in photographs of your homes and gardens for possible inclusion in our Pride focus. Those photos can be sent to editor@southwesttimes.com. “Pride Photo” should be on the subject line, along with your name, phone number and information about the photo; or you can bring it by our office.
Our effort to make the copies of The Southwest Times available on-line and at no cost is on the brink of accomplishing something few, if any, small dailies, or for that matter large daily, papers have accomplished. The fact that over $20,000 has been raised within a little over three months is amazing.
We need to make that final push to reach our goal of $25,000 by July 31. Your contribution, no matter the size, will be an investment in the future generation. I am grateful for all the folks who have made this happen and we know we will reach the goal. It is a matter of Pulaski Pride.
