Another Deadline, Another Issue

As assignments go, our current assignment as editors of the ward newsletter has been one of the best.  We've had a core of people who get their monthly information to us in a timely fashion and without needing significant editing. If there is a party or activity to attend so we can get pictures that is good also.  We rarely get any feedback at all so we're either doing a fair job or people just won't complain for fear of getting the job themselves.

I had an interesting experience this month.  In the "BYU" magazine, I had seen a cartoon of Pickles where Grandpa Earl explains to his grandson Nelson that Heck is where those people go who don't believe in Gosh.  Of course the cartoon is copyrighted so I queried the website to see on what terms we could publish the cartoon in our ward newsletter. The published guidelines stated a $120 price but also suggested writing for a quote.  I did and got the final quote of $35.  Still too much.  So no cartoon.

By the way, if you're interested in checking out our newsletter you can click on this link: http://thelasierralink.blogspot.com/2011/08/september-2011.html