Progress today and in the future

By Staff
Whooooooooo.
It's finally over.
The staff here at The Franklin County Times has been working tirelessly to get our Progress 2009 edition to you. Excitingly, we do that today.
This year, we chose to do some things differently to provide what we hope is an entertaining and informative edition.
From the content inside to the outside covers of each section, we chose not to have a synchronized theme and wanted each section to have its own distinguishing look.
We even chose a new look by adding the grassy scene in our logo. Looking over it, we wanted our theme to really be about progress and growth in our community. That's where the grassy look came from.
We are all firm believers in this county and what it means to us as our home. There are many great and wonderful things about Franklin County.
Fortunately, our Progress edition allows us to cover many of the families, businesses, churches and events that might not otherwise garner much attention.
We are in the midst of changing times in our nation and our community is no different.
Even here at the FCT we are making our own changes such as the ones discussed in our Wednesday newspaper.
Today marks our final Sunday edition of The Franklin County Times. Our final Friday edition will publish this week.
But, we are proud that our first Weekender, which will publish on Saturdays, will arrive Saturday morning. It is a great time to re-invent ourselves as a newspaper.
Something that I personally take pride in is the fact that The Franklin County Times is entering its 130th year serving this county. Thankfully, we are in position to be here for many years to come.
That's why re-inventing yourselves periodically is so important.
That's what I think our country is doing right now. We are all looking for something new, something different.
The changes you will see over the next couple of weeks are just that. Changes that will make us better for you. They will make us better for the future.
What we call our Progress season is the perfect time for these moves.
So I hope you will enjoy flipping through the 60-some odd pages of our Progress edition today and I look forward to providing the best news, sports and news feature coverage that we can provide you in the future.
Thank you Franklin County.