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| jon-nyc | Feb 28 2009, 03:58 AM Post #1 |
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Cheers
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There's probably been a thread on this, but I thought I'd post this picture anyway. Its sad. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/us/28rocky.html ![]() |
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| jon-nyc | Feb 28 2009, 04:02 AM Post #2 |
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Cheers
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Here;s the text. It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to you today. Our time chronicling the life of Denver and Colorado, the nation and the world, is over. Thousands of men and women have worked at this newspaper since William Byers produced its first edition on the banks of Cherry Creek on April 23, 1859. We speak, we believe, for all of them, when we say that it has been an honor to serve you. To have reached this day, the final edition of the Rocky Mountain News, just 55 days shy of its 150th birthday is painful. We will scatter. And all that will be left are the stories we have told, captured on microfilm or in digital archives, devices unimaginable in those first days. But what was present in the paper then and has remained to this day is a belief in this community and the people who make it what it has become and what it will be. We part in sorrow because we know so much lies ahead that will be worth telling, and we will not be there to do so. We have celebrated life in Colorado, praising its ways, but we have warned, too, against steps we thought were mistaken. We have always been a part of this special place, striving to reflect it accurately and with compassion. We hope Coloradans will remember this newspaper fondly from generation to generation, a reminder of Denver’s history – the ambitions, foibles and virtues of its settlers and those who followed. We are confident that you will build on their dreams and find new ways to tell your story. Farewell – and thank you for so many memorable years together. |
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| Mikhailoh | Feb 28 2009, 04:56 AM Post #3 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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I heard this yesterday. What I did not know is that the paper was headquartered here in Cincinnati. Go figure. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| JBryan | Feb 28 2009, 07:07 AM Post #4 |
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I am the grey one
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We got the Rocky Mountain News every sunday when I was a lad. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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