Pride of ownership, commitment ‘evident’
Dear Editor:
I was the community reporter, news clerk at The Springfield News from 2004 until its closing in 2006. Like you, my editor Finn John, was committed to bringing local news and feature stories to the community his newspaper served. In fact, he felt this obligation so strongly that he thought the newspaper should be free to its citizens, that they should not have to pay to read about the local goings-on.
The Chronicle reminds me of The Springfield News in the way it stays true to its commitment to bring the best local news reporting, sports stories and feature writing to its community. I was proud to write for The Springfield News. Your pride of ownership is evident in every issue of The Chronicle.
Janice Strupp, Eugene
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Bringing ‘real news’ to the community
Dear Editor:
The publisher and his staff have kept The Chronicle true to its mission of local news.
The photo of the officer who was killed was meaningful to me. We had just moved to Creswell, and the officer’s daughter was a first grader and I taught her in music class.
I have saved The Chronicle papers for years and I am still doing it. So, thank you for bringing us the real news!
Mary Ellen Yost, Creswell
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