July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Patience, caring will carry us through (1/10/05)
Opinion
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Patience is a virtue.
Those enduring verities continue to ring true.
They also constitute the best advice anyone could give in the face of a devastating natural disaster like the one which has befallen our community in the past several days.
Certainly, patience and the Golden Rule are the two best policies for personal behavior at a time of crisis.
Patience, in particular, will continue to be important in the days ahead. As we write this, many families in the region are still without electricity. Getting power restored to their homes continues to be a Herculean task.
And once power is restored, the clean-up still lies ahead. We’ll be hearing chainsaws for weeks and months to come.
Patience too will be required of The CR’s readers. Though we were able to continue publishing — on an abbreviated scale — throughout the ice storm and its aftermath, delivery continues to be an enormous challenge.
In some cases, roads are still unsafe, with fallen limbs and power lines. In other cases, simple access to a household’s front door may be daunting. And with limbs and ice still falling, we’ve advised in-town carriers to be cautious at all times.
For today, with signs of normalcy beginning to re-appear, we’d just like to take a moment to thank those people responsible for making continued publication during the disaster possible.
At the top of any list, of course, would be the electrical utility crews who have worked so hard and so long to restore service in the region.
Their job has been harder than any other the past few days, and we have a new appreciation of their effort and dedication.
High on The CR’s list would be Mayor Bruce Hosier, Police Chief Robert Sours, and members of the Portland Police Department, particularly Todd Wickey. With our building darkened, the city made it possible to set up a temporary newsroom in a little used conference room on the second floor of city hall.
There, with two computers and a laserprinter, our editorial staff was able to put together a barebones edition on Thursday in the face of nearly impossible odds.
Also high at the list would be our friends at The Daily Standard of Celina, Ohio. Though much of Mercer County was as badly hit as Jay County, a section of downtown Celina still had power.
Publisher Frank Snyder and his team greeted us with open arms and did everything possible to get The CR printed.
It truly was the Golden Rule in action. — J.R.[[In-content Ad]]
Patience is a virtue.
Those enduring verities continue to ring true.
They also constitute the best advice anyone could give in the face of a devastating natural disaster like the one which has befallen our community in the past several days.
Certainly, patience and the Golden Rule are the two best policies for personal behavior at a time of crisis.
Patience, in particular, will continue to be important in the days ahead. As we write this, many families in the region are still without electricity. Getting power restored to their homes continues to be a Herculean task.
And once power is restored, the clean-up still lies ahead. We’ll be hearing chainsaws for weeks and months to come.
Patience too will be required of The CR’s readers. Though we were able to continue publishing — on an abbreviated scale — throughout the ice storm and its aftermath, delivery continues to be an enormous challenge.
In some cases, roads are still unsafe, with fallen limbs and power lines. In other cases, simple access to a household’s front door may be daunting. And with limbs and ice still falling, we’ve advised in-town carriers to be cautious at all times.
For today, with signs of normalcy beginning to re-appear, we’d just like to take a moment to thank those people responsible for making continued publication during the disaster possible.
At the top of any list, of course, would be the electrical utility crews who have worked so hard and so long to restore service in the region.
Their job has been harder than any other the past few days, and we have a new appreciation of their effort and dedication.
High on The CR’s list would be Mayor Bruce Hosier, Police Chief Robert Sours, and members of the Portland Police Department, particularly Todd Wickey. With our building darkened, the city made it possible to set up a temporary newsroom in a little used conference room on the second floor of city hall.
There, with two computers and a laserprinter, our editorial staff was able to put together a barebones edition on Thursday in the face of nearly impossible odds.
Also high at the list would be our friends at The Daily Standard of Celina, Ohio. Though much of Mercer County was as badly hit as Jay County, a section of downtown Celina still had power.
Publisher Frank Snyder and his team greeted us with open arms and did everything possible to get The CR printed.
It truly was the Golden Rule in action. — J.R.[[In-content Ad]]
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