Columns/Editorials
February 21, 2025

an editorial – Online bashing unwarranted for USPS

Everyone still depends on the mail in one form or another.

Some use it for fashion, buying clothes that are sent to them. The older generation uses it to send cards and letters, and to receive their bills delivered to their mailbox so they can write a check each month to stay current. Even younger pe...

J-T employees defined by loyalty, dedication
Columns/Editorials
Pictured above is former longtime Journal-Tribune employee Don Streng at work in the old newspaper building on the corner at 131 N. Main St. in Marysville. He is shown putting together a form used in the hot metal (lead) system for a commercial printing job. The photo was taken sometime in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Visible through the window is the former gas station on the other side of Fourth Street which was later purchased by the Journal-Tribune and demolished to make way for the current newspaper building at 207 N. Main St. Don was the backbone of the J-T for 50 years and provided an excellent example for other staff members during his time of employment and well afterwards. (Journal-Tribune file photo)
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