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Show 8 The Magna Time, Wet Valley New, Thursday, October 5, 2000 Lifestyle This week is not what it seems. By Bill Blakeman Ediior, Winchwter (KY) Sun Newspapers large and small around the United States are observing it as National Newspaper Week, just as they have done each October since 194C. Some in the pubic perhaps might be tempted to dismiss the as nothing week as more than occasion for newspapers to do a little boasting. And indeed, many newspapers will be taking note of the occasion and perhaps indulging a bit in a discussion of their role in society. The theme of the weeks special observance is Newspapers: Your Link to the World Around You, and newspapers do indeed self-servin- g, , , to -- photo by Jon Jordan Havig, production, Howard Stable, publisher, Bonnie Stahle, advertising, Debbi Oison, editor, Steve Bagdoian, advertising. Magna TimesWest Valley News staff, I r, Mindy Paper focuses on community news I lie Magna TimesWest Valley news continues to thrive despite being in the shadow of two large Edith Ridge. Previous to the papers in the area are not going to Ridges, the paper was owned by Howard Jarvis. focus on that the community daily newspapers. Prior to owning the Magna Times, the Stahles owned the The benefit of a community newspaper is that the news can focus on what is happening in the town." said editor Debbi Olson. "The dailys are so broad-base- d that it overlooks the issues and events that concern the people who live here the most. The Magna Times has a long history of reporting the news from its beginnings in the early 1920s to the present. Current owners Howard and itnnme Stahle are the third generation of the Stahle family to stay in ti.e newspaper business. Howard's Grandfather, John Stahle. and his father, John Stahle Jr owned and operated the Davis County Clipper in Bounitful. Howard took over the Clipper for several years in the late 1980s before his brother Gale bought the Clipper "Through all of that time, we kept the Magna paper going, Howard said. The Stahles bought the Magna Tunes in 1972 from Howard and newspaper in Roy and also owned a newspaper in Fallon, Nev. We bought the Magna Times because we were looking to expand, Howard said. The West Valley News began in 1995. First called The Meridian, the name was changed after city officials asked the Stahles if they would use the paper to help give West Valley its own identity with a newspaper. We started the West Valley News because we felt there was a need for the growing community to have its own newspaper and to make the city proud to have its own paper, Howard said. With a change in staff and updated equipment, the Magna Times and West Valley News has made changes in its format to better inform the community on what is happening. The goal is to provide news that cant be found anywhere else, Olson said. There is a lot going on in both communities that the other should have available to it In the future, the Stahles anticipate the weekly paper turning into a daily. Ive always wanted to have a good daily paper and I think this community is large enough to support it, Howard said. We have some good employees now that can help us to keep up with the way the community is progressing. The Magna TimesWest Valley staff include Howard Stahle, publisher, Bonnie Stahle, advertising manager, Steve Bagdoian, advertising sales representative, Mindy Havig, production manager, lead computer technician and Debbi Olson, editor. Rounding out the staff are sports writers Alan Blain and Dean Ledbetter and staff writer H. Rachelle Graham. Olson took over as editor in July. She is a communications graduate of Brigham Young University. Prior to the Magna TimesWest Valley News, Olson worked as a city and feature reporter for 15 years in the San help link their readers with the world around them. They do so through keeping their readers informed about the activities of the city councils, school boards' and other entities of local government, and through wire reports, keep them up to date on state, national and world events. They share happy news of weddings and births, of fun events such as athletic events involving high Today, thanks to the First selling the groceries, clothing, automobiles,' homes and other necessities that make life more Amendment, newspapers are free to publish, but equally important, Americans have the right to wor-- , comfortable and enjoyable. ship as they choose, to speak But National Newspaper freely, to peaceably assemble and to petition government for a Week is about much more than simply the publishing of newspapers. Its also an occasion for celebrating the sweeping freedoms we enjoy as Americans, freedoms redress of grievances. Precious rights indeed, all of our other rights and cherished freedoms, of which many of the worlds peoples can only dream. Our could well be forfeited. Only an informed public can demand that law enforcement and the courts get tough on criminals. Only an informed public an insist forefathers came to this country in search of freedom, but soon found that freedom carried a that schools do a better job of teaching our children. Only an heavy price, including government censorship, although an informed public can tell representatives of local, state and national governments what it expects n return for its tax dollars and make ocean away, the British squelched early attempts at a free press, but freedom-lovin- g journalists persisted and helped pave the way for political change ? and inde- school and college teams, and on occasion, the sad hews of friends and neighbors who have died. Through display and classified advertising newspapers provide their readers with a link to those truly intelligent decisions on Election Day if it believes gov- pendence. Newspapers proliferated in ernment has been unresponsive. And nobody can keep the public the new republic and were filled with accounts of burning issues of the day as Americans struggled to mold what had been 13 colonies into a truly united country. It took time, and adoption of the Constitution in 1787 to give informed like newspapers. We do so today not only with ink and newsprint editions as we have for many centuries, but also through an electronic the new nation a government" ' presence that enables readers to access our product instantly from truly capable of dealing with the issues of the day. Still, newspaanywhere in the world. But whatever the medium, our mission pers had no guarantee government would not again raise the remains constant: to keep the ugly of censorship. That changed public as fully informed as possiforever in 1791 with adoption of ble so that together we may build the Bill of Rights. a better world for all of us. . on-li- ne Since that time, newspapers such as ours have provided you with information on the most important current events, including: the first U.S. census in 1790, mans first step on die moon, die Journeymen Printers Union strike in 1776. liie Boston Tea Party, every major armed conflict around the world, the estabthe armed forces, the Gettysburg Address, die Pony published on lishment of the Express, great Chicago fire of 1891, die gunfight at the OX. 25, - Corral, die first minimum wage. Hie Banner, die Americas, die assasthe Mall of Pearl Harbor, desegregation, 1690. sination of JFK and MILK., postage increases, the ozone layer, , , Star Wars," the World Trade Center bombing, the treaty of Paris, the Enola Gay, die Ford Model-T- , 123 manned space Imagine what youll learn flights, A1 Capone, the gold rash, computers, A;bert Einstein, the , Worlds Fairs, Social Security, the Titanic, the Bill of Rights, MRIs, the Internet, the fall of the Berlin Wall, cloning, Citizen Kane, die Olympics, and 41 Presidents. The first American newspaper was September Star-Spang- le National Newspaper Week October 1 -7, 2000 Francisco Bay Area. mmv TIME TO YOUR BUSINESS HORIZONS f 4 r a r 6 i n" fetf & iJ iis aft s.1 4, V i Ik 0 9 ur w a niv; Yw u Every week we help hundreds of cr.lrcprcncurs gst sUrted jp If you're a business owner, talk to one of our experienced advcrl!:ers about your L. 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