All The News That’s Fit To Print Has Different Meaning At The Herald

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There is an old saying in the newspaper business, “All the news that’s fit to print.” An internet search reveals the term was coined in 1896 for the “New York Times” highlighting that newspaper’s commitment to journalistic integrity. In the print business, you still hear it used from time to time, but often with a different meaning.

At the Herald, we joke about all the news that’s fit means the stories I had time to cover and write for that week’s edition. That’s because some weeks I just can’t get caught up on everything that needs to be published in the paper. Then there are times when stories get on the back-burner and stay there too long. I am going to try and clean up this back-burner file a little this week, starting with the upcoming Art Crawl.

Months ago Dr. Jaime Harker and Sierra Dexter shared details about the 15th annual Art Crawl as they started planning for the event. They have a lot of amazing ideas to make this year’s crawl better than ever – short, pop-up plays in public spaces, some readings at different stops and student artist engagement.

The purpose of their visit was a story in the Herald to help engage a wider audience and more artists for planning input.

First a refresher on the crawl. The event was launched in 2009 by the Water Valley Arts Council as a studio crawl with artists from the city and surrounding areas exhibiting work. Hundreds from Water Valley and surrounding areas enjoyed seeing work by local artists displayed in homes, businesses and studios across the city. The crawl continued each fall for the next decade, featuring strong talent with both artists and musicians.
Covid changed the crawl as a storefront exhibit was featured in 2020 and a drive-through experience in 2021, before returning to the traditional format last year. Jaime and Sierra on a mission to make this 2023 event another resounding success.

I hope it is not too late, but if you have an idea for this year’s Art Crawl scheduled Saturday, October 14, please reach out to them.

My apologies, Sierra and Jaime, for my tardiness.

Next on the back-burner list is a picture and fun visit I had back in May with a couple from New Zealand And England. Steve Joynes and Fiona Judd are friends of Water Valley native Camille Fly Dautrich and her husband, Barry Dautrich. The couples met on a cruise several years ago and have remained friends since.

Steve is from England and Fiona is from New Zealand and they live half of the year in England and half in New Zealand. They stopped in the states for a 10-day visit in May and enjoyed visiting the South.

Camille reached out before their May 15 visit, thinking it would be fun to share a picture in the paper with the couple. I readily agreed, these are the fun stories that help keep a community newspaper interesting. Camille’s former home economics teacher, Mrs. Ethel Morgan, also joined us and we had a great time.

Thanks Camille, for being patient, I know you wondered why the picture never made it in the Herald (until now)!

Even more recently, Yalobusha Health Service Human Resources Manager Collin Brent reached out to me to write a story about one of their nurse practitioners, Katherine Smith, who transferred to the Arrington Medical Clinic in Coffeeville. Many readers remember the series for Yalobusha Health Services featuring their physicians and nurse practitioners. They were great stories, and I am looking forward to writing this one even though it landed on the back-burner for a bit.

Hospital administrator Jessica Embry, who is super sweet, reached back out to me Tuesday morning about this story. I promised this story will be in next week’s edition, or for sure no later than the week following!