Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 127, Number 47, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 18 November 2004 — Page 4

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Advance News • Thursday, November 18, 2004

Welcome to the neighborhood

And as fate turns, creating opportunity at the Nappanee Advance News, the man Anthony Gadson steps in. * Hello, the name my mother and father gave me was Anthony Gadson and 24 years, 11 months and 10 days later I became editor of the Advance News. As I take the job as editor of this paper I am very much excited. 1 have spent the last year as editor of the Culver Citizen, a much smaller paper, which is why I'm eager at this opportunity in Nappanee. In Culver I had no correspondents or anyone Emailing or faxing me releases. From the few days I've been with this paper, I can see that isn't the case here and I'm pretty stoked about that. While working in Culver, I also took up lodging in the town. I lived there for one year, until the opening in Nappanee occurred. I decided to take a job in Nappanee three days after I signed a new lease in Culver, which is just about the way it goes. I've now made the move to Bremen, where I'm bunking up in a section of my parents home. It is technically an apartment and I'm going to stick to that story because a man of rny age probably shouldn't be living with his parents, but hey, I have my own bathroom and kitchen and pay rent so I'm not a total smootch. I'm also, technically, a writer, so I think that makes it OK to be poor and in need of parental help. I graduated with the class of 1998 from Bremen, before graduating with the class of 2002 from Ball State. I entered college with a major in Journalism, but changed it to Telecommunications after one semester because I figured I didn't like writing. So my first job out of college is at a newspaper. That works out. My first job was actually as a staff writer at the Pilot News, before I became editor in Culver. From my roots in Bremen, I kind of know Nappanee, but as everyone kind of knows ,Bremen and Nappanee seem to be much further apart than the eight-mile drive. ( North Wood High School is a3A school, while Bremen is 2A, so the Panthers pretty much beat us at everything. I haven't really been back through Nappanee since all the new additions sprouted up east of

Activities and news at the local public libraries

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town. Dairy Queen used to be the furthest thing east, but that is obviously no longer the case. The city has grown by leaps and bounds and I hope to be able to record a lot of it. I'm a big sports fan and if I had it my way I would just cover sports full time, but that's not the case. It is currently Monday and 1 actually will be attending a City Council meeting later on tonight. A 24-year-old single male can think of nothing more exciting than attending city and school board meetings. But it's my job. This is one of my favorite times of year because the college basketball season is about to get underway and I'm a Kentucky Wildcats fan. They are the only team that I like that does well, so it's very exciting. After watching the Cubs, Irish and Bears, it feels good to be a fan of a winner. I also like being a Kentucky fan because they are superior to all of my friends favorite teams like Indiana and Purdue. I'm betting that's ruffling some feathers. So with being a sports fan, I plan to attend at least one boys and one girls basketball game a week and hopefully some other sports. It's also great to be with the paper because of the contributtions of photographer Dale Tobias, who I currently know as DAT. I don't really have the type of camera suited to take sports pictures, so his pictures will be excellent. - In short, I've already met a few people around town and I still haven't been yelled at, so everything is going smoothly. Although I totally hate to get cheesy, I guess I have to say that I'm excited to be in Nappanee and look forward to covering winning sports programs.

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Going off into an all new direction

I recently found a quote that read, "Failure is God's way of saying, 'Excuse me, you're going in the wrong direction.'" This quote really hit me, because I've felt like a failure, lately. So that leads me to think that maybe I've been going in the wrong direction. From the moment I started as editor for the "Advance News,” I have felt tom between my family and the newspaper. And, I've felt like I haven't been able to devote enough time and energy to either of them. There lie the feelings of failure. There are many things that I have loved about being editor of the paper meeting people within the community and developing story ideas and deciding where they all fit into each week's layout, to name a few. But, I quickly found out that laying out the paper itself took too long for me and the business end of the job was not my strength. I did find out, though, that I

Church Briefs

Send briefs to [email protected] COOKIE WALK The Wakarusa United Methodist Women will be holding their annual Cookie Walk , Saturday, Dec. 4. Cookies, homemade jellies and cheese spreads will be available from 9 a.m. until noon. The church is located at 309 S. Elkhart St., Wakarusa. This is two blocks south of the town square.

Wakarusa Übrary THANKSGIVING BOOKS A display of Thanksgiving books has been placed on the new nonfiction shelf. Here you will find a variety of materials to help make Thanksgiving a Very special day. These books can be checked out. ÜBRARY CLOSED The library will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 25 for Thanksgiving. Regular hours will be observed on Nov. 26. DIAL A STORY Dial A Story for next week will be "Old Man Rabbit's Thanksgiving." This is the story of sharing. Hear this story at 862-4441.

just want to be a writer. Every week, my writing came lAst due to my editor's duties. This made me feel like each article was not as good as it could have been. It also

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allowed too many opportunities for error. And every time I made an error, I took it personally and felt horrible about it. For that reason, I am stepping away as editor of the "Advance News," but I am not completely stepping away from the paper. I still love this community and feel everyone has a story to tell. Therefore, I will continue to write two articles a week for the paper, and a few columns, too. But, I will write them from home. Being the editor of this paper requires several evenings away from home each week to cover both communities. Plus, events need to be covered no matter

COOKIE WALK & FOOD BAZAAR The Presbyterian Women of Nappanee will be hosting a "Simple Holiday" Saturday, Nov. 20 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in The First Presbyterian Family Life Center, 1155 N. Main St., Nappanee. Cookies will be sold by the pound. Additionally, many food gifts will be available. Guests may also enjoy refreshment and visitation while they shop. Complimentary hot drinks and cookies will be offered.

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when they happen. That is the nature of the business. But since I cared about everything in the community, I wanted to cover everything. And this caused me to spend too much time from home. I quickly could see changes in my boys' behavior and mine. Tempers became shorter and we were always hurrying here and there. And when I was here, I was thinking about there. And I was there, I was thinking about here. Many people can do this, and that is fine, but I can't. So for now, I am going to take different direction. And that direction will lead home.