The Sun and The Tribune to be sold
LOCAL NEWSThe Parsons Sun and The Chanute Tribune have been put up for sale by their owner.
The sale announcement was made to employees at both newspapers this morning. Hutchinson-based Harris Enterprises Inc. owns both newspapers, along with six other newspapers, two shopper publications and a marketing company.
"We have always been heavily invested in newspapers and will continue to be," said Bruce Buchanan, president of Harris. "However, we will use the proceeds of this sale to diversify our interests."
Harris has owned The Chanute Tribune since 1927. It was the second newspaper in the Harris group. The Tribune publishes Tuesday through Friday afternoons and Saturday morning. Harris bought the Parsons Sun in 1982 from the late Clyde Reed and other stockholders. The Sun publishes Monday through Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
Buchanan said he doesn't know how long it will take to find a buyer and to transfer ownership.
"These are great communities, and the two newspapers do a superb job of covering them," Buchanan said. "But, we know this will be unsettling for our employees, so we hope it will move quickly."
Darren Werth, who was named editor and publisher of both newspapers early this year, said he does not contemplate any changes in the two staffs other than through normal turnover.
"We still have to produce newspapers," he said. "We have good people in place. I have confidence they will not allow this announcement to distract them."
Buchanan said interested buyers should contact Dirks, Van Essen and Murray, a Santa Fe-based broker, which will handle the sale. Phone number is (505) 820-2700.
Linda, I grew up reading the newspaper, and don't want to imagine not being able to sit at breakfast reading the morning paper, or at least skimming it. Both girls have the "habit" as well, and they have remarked how during college they were often the only ones reading the papers provided in the residence halls.
A comment on investigative reporting and in-depth coverage; these two functions, still best done by the print media, are expensive, as they are time consuming, requiring the absence of the reporter(s) assigned from other duties so s/he/they may concentrate on that particular assignment.
Roy HAS to start the crossword. He gets about halfway done, gets stumped and then I get to help.
I occasionally grab the paper first and start the puzzle but he gets his feelings hurts and pouts. Then he asks for me to grab him something (snack or drink - I fix it because I tend to give him smaller portions than he would get himself) and while I'm up he grabs the puzzle and doesn't share.
It's all a big game for us and usually done in good humor.
For a while when I was in high school, we took the Eagle in the morning, and the Wellington paper (afternoon). The rule soon developed that the Eagle crossword was for my mother; I was allowed to do the Wellington one.
IIRC, the ones from the Eagle are the New York Times crosswords, which a) are the best and b) get progressively more difficult, Monday through Sunday. Usually, there is a "theme" to them, and once that is determined (bad choice of words, but best I can do), they become a bit easier to do. I've introduced our girls to crosswords, and they will do the "easier" ones when home; I reserve the Sunday one for me. Our son-in-law likes to tackle them, too. BTW, I'm the only one at our house that does them in pen.
The wife prefers to limit her puzzle solving to the logic problems that appear in puzzle books, and the elder joins in when home. The younger actually prefers the Jumble and the Cryptoquip in the Eagle, and all females tackle the Soduko, which for some reason, I don't enjoy at all.
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