Becoming Editor for a Day at The Emporia Gazette is one of the items up for bid Fiday night at the annual Friends of the Zoo Auction at the Emporia Country Club.
The winning bidder will have the opportunity to assign reporters and photographers to stories he or she wants covered, coordinating the layout of the paper and writing the day’s editorial — which is optional. And if the Editor for a Day is someone unhappy with the comment sections on The Gazette’s Web site, it’s an opportunity to shut down the forums for an entire day.
Other items offered at the auction include artwork, sports memorabilia, trips and homemade pies.
The silent auction begins at 6 p.m. Friday at the Emporia Country Club. The live auction begins at 7 p.m. Tickets, which cost $20, must be purchased in advance. Call the zoo office for information, 341-4365.
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Being an editor for a day reminds me of an inspirational book that explains what could happen if we ask ourselves, what would Jesus do. The book is called In His Steps by Charles Sheldon. The book sold over 30 million copies and is on the 39th all time list. This book is a noval about a pastor who makes a challenge to his church members to run their affairs as if Jesus was in command and one member owned a newspaper. This book is a good read and it is avaialable on line. Maybe someone will do this. With candles and mirrors, there are a lot of ways to spread the light.
March 4, 2010 at 9 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...
i find this interesting,
"And if the Editor for a Day is someone unhappy with the comment sections on The Gazette’s Web site, it’s an opportunity to shut down the forums for an entire day."
who on earth would want to do that?
i think it would be better for the winning bidder to give all the help a paid day off and print "All the news fit to print"
meaning a blank paper with only advertising in it .
March 5, 2010 at 9:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...
Only a few more hours before someone bids on this oppertunity of a lifetime all while helping the Emporia Zoo.
Who will it be? Me, biscuit, create ole Henry, or some goodleboy , bobhornet, a reddog or a bluedog?
Maybe that crack person will come back to haunt us all.
i sure hope it brings a good price and think Chris came up with a good idea.
Whoever wins the bid really should think about giving the staff a day off , paid of course:-)
March 5, 2010 at 3:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
me can be da editr four da dae. ho mutch muny do dat cast?
March 5, 2010 at 4:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
Dood yuo spelt dai rong.
March 5, 2010 at 8:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
seriouslyfolks, Yuor purdy guod spillr!!! Wood yuo lyke tu bee mi asistent edateor f mi wein?
March 5, 2010 at 9:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
i sherwood
March 5, 2010 at 9:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
oh4theluvof (anonymous) says...
Much as this concept might appeal to me, I find I am hindered by not being wealthy. First, the $20 ticket.....okay, that I could do. Second, the bid has to be high enough to outbid others.......that could take more than I should do. Third, I'd also have to take a day away from my own earnings to do this job for free...........problem!
Well, thanks anyway, Chris :/
Seriously, though, I hope it gets a good bid and that the winner has fun with it.
March 5, 2010 at 10:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
Whoever wins this opportunity should do a story on that tree down in Peter Pan Park that likes to throw children into the Cottonwood River. It is a really old tree and it always gets away with it. I bet if an old man were to toss a few children into the river we would read about it in the paper. It would be "Breaking News". That old tree has been doing it every summer for nearly a century and nobody seems to care.
March 6, 2010 at 8:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...
$600.00 for editor for the day. Good fundraiser Chris!
Hope the winning bidder does a good job.
March 6, 2010 at 11:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
oh4theluvof (anonymous) says...
"And if the Editor for a Day is someone unhappy with the comment sections on The Gazette’s Web site, it’s an opportunity to shut down the forums for an entire day."
...he says, as if Topix doesn't exist. Funny!!!
March 6, 2010 at 5:45 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Whoever wins, please move my story on Auditing the Federal Reserve to the front of the pack. I actually wrote the article about 25 years ago but, it is right up to date and has some amazing warnings that happened to the economy.
March 6, 2010 at 8:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
reddog, you could have bid $625 and maybe, just maybe your dream of the conspiracy would make front page news. I think the story about trees tossing children into the river is a much bigger story only second to that one story of the slowest painter on earth who is working on the cross house.
March 6, 2010 at 9:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Koalemos Youtube The Creature from Jekyll Island....After viewing this video, your world view will change. You will never trust a politcian or Wall Street Banker again.
March 6, 2010 at 11:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Koalemos, go to Rockefeller File by Gary Allen
March 7, 2010 at 12:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
If you want to discover a big surprise, go to Rockerfeller Foundation Charter Members.
March 7, 2010 at 12:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Koalemos, go to abolish the fed by Ron Paul.
March 7, 2010 at 12:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Go to Dr. Stan Montieth Brotherhood of Darkness.
March 7, 2010 at 12:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Go to ALEX JONES Federal Reserve System
March 7, 2010 at 1:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Go to goldman sachs front running trades
March 7, 2010 at 2:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
go to federal reserve ownership chart
March 7, 2010 at 2:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mslater (Matt Slater) says...
reddog,
Google shut the hell up.
March 7, 2010 at 3:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
mslater
I second your motion!
March 7, 2010 at 5:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
goodoleboy (anonymous) says...
More to the point, I wonder what reddog did before the net?
March 7, 2010 at 7:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
Pfft...... Al Gore.
March 7, 2010 at 8:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mslater (Matt Slater) says...
I apologize for the outburst folks. Sometimes mslater turns into SSG Slater. Can't promise it won't happen again, though.
March 7, 2010 at 9:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Please utube Audit the Fed Update
March 8, 2010 at 12:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
What I did before the net was to sell over 1400 homes, tell me your succes story. I'm a businessman and the reason unemployment is high is that business has to have 2 things for it to expand---predictability and certainly. Obama is trying to ruin small business and the middle class with his socialist ideas. When you double the size of government the role of government in a free society changes. I praise God that I can practice being an American everyday with my blogs because if we as Americans don't, I fear we might become something else. I would like to know what some of you folks think the heart and soul of America is.
March 8, 2010 at 1:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
I think the heart and soul of America is the opportunity it gives each of us to live our lives each according to his or her ability and needs...and then allows us the right to brag about our accomplishments as if they somehow make us superior to those that chose to march to a different drummer. Then when our boasting and bragging becomes excessive, America gives others the right tell us we are full of CaCa and tells us to shut up..
As the two sides debate which opinion is the most ridiculous of the two we will begin to garner supporters and chose up sides and have an election. Which ever side wins the election will then try to exercise its right to tell the other side (in a nice positive way of course) to shut up by passing such a law. The losing side will then run to the Supreme Court to challenge passage of that law.
The law will be overturned because the court will rule that both sides had the right all along to say things no matter how foolish they might be while the other side also had the right (in a nice way of course) to tell them to shut up. Then the whole process starts over again.
Meanwhile the whole country is going to hell in a hand cart because we can never get over half the people to agree on anything at any one time...and even if we did the Supreme Court would not allow us to do anything any way. So we continue to say stupid things and fight stupid fights...and yell at each other to shut up....because its the only thing we really know how to do. Then we laugh at stories about that ultimate fool Nero who played the fiddle while Rome burned.
And that is not only the heart and soul of America....it is also it's fate.
March 8, 2010 at 6:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
cwalker (anonymous) says...
Heaven help us Mike Turnbull won the Editor for a day. Corbin we may need you serving drinks to keep the staff sane.
March 8, 2010 at 7:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mslater (Matt Slater) says...
"Mike Turnbull won the Editor for a day"
Ohh damn.
March 8, 2010 at 7:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...
Chris, hope you have some staff left after this.
But give me a heads up and I'll have extra help working that day after the paper is put to bed, or in this case , laid to rest.
March 8, 2010 at 7:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rmorgan (anonymous) says...
You all heard it, straight from the boss's mouth. Drinks for the staff.
March 8, 2010 at 7:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
But more in line with your original statement reddog......isn't predictability and certainty pretty much the same thing here. I mean, if something is very predictable that makes it pretty certain. If it is certain its is certainly predictable.
So since that is only one rather than the two things you say business needs to expand....let me offer my idea of the second thing.....customers.
For a business to expand it must believe there is an adequate number of people out there with the where with all to afford to buy its expanded product or production. Now.....in a depressed economy like ours at present...where are these new customers going to come from with the money to buy with out some outside help. That outside help is called stimulus by me....socialism by you.
But if it gets the economy moving again I don't care what you (reddog) call it. One thing for sure, eight years of waiting for Bush's trickle down tax cuts for the rich didn't do it so let's try something else.
March 8, 2010 at 7:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Business is going to get stiff. Lobby Washington for some stimulus. A good bailout would even be better. Say, the Kasas City Star ran a front page article about the soul of Kansas basketball and did not mention the Emporia High championship team of 1934 which baned Paul Terry from playing because of his color. Mike please write a story about the real soul of Kansas basketball and get it on the AP and this will launch your new career. Then follow up with "Whats the matter with Kansas basketball that a national championship won't cure?
March 8, 2010 at 11:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
bnance (anonymous) says...
Did I hear drinks for the staff? Bring on the Editor of the Day!
March 8, 2010 at 1:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rmorgan (anonymous) says...
That's what I call motivation!
March 8, 2010 at 2:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
Sooooo, now that the auction is over, who is this infamous editor for the day?
March 15, 2010 at 2:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
Sorry, I didn't read the Mike Turnbull announcement until now or I don't think I would have asked what appears to be a stupid question.
Reddog, you were cheering the announcement about Fanestil's getting a grant for making a move. I didn't hear you call that socialism. Do you just drift with the wind?
The heart and soul of America lies in its diversity, not its commerce. If it were commerce, we wouldn't be in the current economic mess.
March 16, 2010 at 7:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
If I was Mike I would promote cash for caskets. And create don't flood us with your insane liberal ideas and in 1964 when the liberal congress changed the make up of immigrants to America, it seems to me, we have went downhill and I hate to say it but, it is true. Since the 1960's America has diversified our industries all over the world, to the point that we have to pay companies to move out of the flood plain and other plants have to cope with new federal regulations and new tax laws and every imaginable roadblock that a Havard graduate just wrote a book called Harvard hates America. Go to B-Cast Interview Was Barack Obama a Marxist in college?
March 24, 2010 at 12:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )