After years of putting together scrapbooks for my sons and for theatre and forensics programs at Pratt Community College and at Pratt High School, I wanted to say “thanks” to the Tribune for the fine job you do in covering local programs. My scrapbooks are full of news clippings, sports articles, theatre and forensics pictures, and highlights of raising two boys and teaching or directing many students through the years.
We are fortunate in Pratt to have a “small town” newspaper which is successful enough to keep covering our hometown news. This is in contrast to large cities where coverage only focuses on the huge events happening around town. I grew up in Wichita, and high school arts were rarely covered. The honor roll was seldom published, and a student had to be a big name to make it into the sports section. In addition, my sister — who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina — was amazed by all of the terrific news stories and pictures I had placed in one of my scrapbooks. She mentioned that she wouldn’t have such clippings for her own son’s scrapbook when he graduated from high school.
To all of you at the Tribune, thanks for covering our hometown news.
Rose Beilman
