More than words can say

Dear readers,

We couldn’t be more grateful for the community support shown to us during this year’s subscription drive.

If this weren’t a newspaper we would be tempted to say that words cannot express our gratitude, but words are what we do here at The Creemore Echo so we’re going to give it our best effort.

We are delighted by the community's commitment to preserving local news and we are very grateful to everyone who supports this small independent community newspaper in any way they can.

We send an extra burst of gratitude to those whose names appear on the opposite page. They have given a little, and sometimes a lot, extra to help us to keep the lights on, the presses running, and reaching our goal of being the best newspaper in Creemore.

We send a big thank you to our patrons, champions, boosters, subscribers, advertisers and all our readers.

In addition to the visits at the Creemore Farmers’ Market and Stayner’s Music, Market and Park It, and the pop-ins at the office, we have also appreciated the calls and words of encouragement.

Creemore has been fortunate to have a community newspaper almost consistently since 1886 and the current staff is very dedicated to making sure it thrives.

It is never easy to ask your fiends and neighbours for money, and this year we went out asking for even MORE!

Readers may remember that we hoped to add a second staff member to the editorial team so that we could become a “Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization.”

Well, we are now taking baby steps to do exactly that. Our application is in and we await word from the Canadian Revenue Agency.

Regardless of the outcome, your faith in this little newspaper has been the endorsement needed to make us feel fully “qualified” to be a vehicle for the news and views of the community.

In the meantime we continue to work toward our $45,000 target to pay for additional editorial staff. We are getting there but still have a ways to go. So, please, talk us up to your friends and family and encourage them to subscribe.

There are many options, including gift subscriptions, and an early bird email version of the weekly paper sent out on Thursday nights.

For those who wish to subscribe, visit www. creemore.com/shop. Every level of support is very much appreciated.

Once again, to everyone who values this newspaper and understands that it is one of the binding agents that holds us all together, thank you. Whether you clip news stories for your scrapbook or use it to line your bird’s cage, we appreciate you.

Peace and love.