Centennial: A time to reflect

When I first got into the newspaper business, I never thought I would see the day in which I would own a publication as it turned 100 years old.

I guess it is quite telling of my age now that I have owned three that have celebrated the century mark.

In 2008 The Community Press celebrated 100 years, then in 2013 the Viking Weekly Review turned 100, and now this week the Tofield Mercury has turned 100. Only 87 more years for the Lamont Leader.

Time flies when you are having fun. And it has been fun.

A lot of hard work, but work I have always enjoyed.

What a blessing it has been to have a career doing something I love so much.

The very best part of these newspaper celebrations, is being in contact with long-time readers and former employees.

It is so much fun conjuring up great memories of the past with new friends and old.

Last week John Heitman and his wife Vera came by to meet me at our Tofield office. What a lot of fun hearing his stories from 1952 when he started working at the Mercury.

Embarrassing stories are always the best, because we can all relate to making a colossal error that humiliated us at the time, but we learned to laugh about later.