August 30, 2003
HAD THIS BEEN A REAL EMERGENCY
I check in from time to time with The Anchorage Daily News, the paper that bought out the Anchorage Times, where I worked from 1989 to 1992.
The ADN likes to think of itself as high-tech. For Alaska, anyway.
They send out e-mail alerts, to keep readers informed of the latest breaking news. Mind you, this is a paper that essentially uses the Associated Press like another one of its bureaus. Its aversion to local news is that strong.
So, when I got an e-mail this morning that read, ADN E-MAIL ALERT, I knew it had to be important.
It was. Oh, sweet mother of pearl, it was.
WASILLA GIRL GROWS FAIR'S BIGGEST CABBAGE
8-year old uses Miracle-Gro to raise 77.6-pound winner
An 8-year-old Wasilla girl won the giant cabbage weigh-in at the Alaska State Fair on Friday night.
Thank God we have the technology to bring us this information as soon as possible.