I have been a loyal Citizen reader and subscriber for decades. At the time I was very upset when you switched from afternoon to morning delivery, but I got over that soon enough. Like so many others, my morning ritual quickly evolved to include reading the paper and doing the puzzles with my coffee, and I willingly started getting up an hour earlier in order to have that time. It was worth it.
I have learned so much, and felt so connected to the community, through your pages. I've ranted and cheered at letters to the editor, and written quite a few of my own in response, in my mind anyway. There are, and have always been, clippings with recipes, quotes, upcoming events, obituaries, editorials, just plain interesting articles I wanted to save or share, and even a few Ann Landers columns, in drawers, on a bulletin board, or tucked into the pages of books, all around my home.
When I considered moving away from Prince George, and did a pros and cons list, our daily local paper was one of the pluses for the "stay" side.
I don't think I have agreed with a single word written by Nathan Giede in your pages, until today, when I appreciated every word he wrote about The Citizen and the importance of printed news.
Thank you to the carriers who have come out in all weather to get our papers to us every morning. Thank you to your wonderful and patient staff who took our calls whenever our papers weren't in our mailboxes when our coffee was ready.
Thank you for hanging on as long as you did.
And thank you for all the years you have informed, entertained, taught, challenged, provoked and amused us. I'm glad we will at least still have Thursdays with you. And we will just have to get used to reading on a screen the rest of the time, and bookmarking, instead of clipping, interesting articles.
Wendy De Marsh
Prince George
