In this week’s Cheers and Jeers editorial in the Northfield News, the editors give
Jeers to:
… those motorcyclists who blast through Northfield and residents’ lives, both outdoors and indoors, and an additional jeers to city authorities who do nothing about them, though a host of other cities enforce ordinances against excessive noise. (Submitted by a reader.)
Cheers to:
… the organizers of the Northfield’s first-ever Girls Nite Out retail promotion. The successful event brought hundreds of women into downtown Northfield for a night of food, fun and socializing, not to mention the shopping that helped local businesses.
I think some jeers are in order, flavored with some suggestions.
I didn’t submit the comment to the News but we’ve had a motorcycle noise blog post and discussion topic going here on LG since Saturday. I’d be delighted to have the News’ editors acknowledge this with a link to help citizens get more informed on the issue.
If I was a downtown retailer who participated in last Friday night’s hugely successful Girls Night Out, I’d be wondering why the News had zero news coverage of the event — not even one photo. Nothing in last weekend’s paper. Nothing in this week’s paper. A smiley face cheers is all. I’d be delighted to have them ask to use one or more of my photos of the event. I’m sure many of the retailers were taking photos, too.
Re: noise…again;
The other day, I mentioned that noise affects the citizens. But there’s more to it than that…
I wrote an article back in September of last year, about how loud noises in Northfield can have a negative impact on businesses and economic development.
It’s a real problem, and I’m happy people are noticing.
The fish wrap factory, in this town, has always been a place where purple haired old ladies write about their cats.
I agree it’s like sitting in the middle of a Nascar race…. not. Get over it! You ride your bike, I’ll drive my loud car.
Have a good day.
Regarding lack of coverage on girls night out by
The Northfield News; it’s just a good thing that there are
other news outlets…and by the way, KYMN dedicated a lot
of time to promoting and also recapping the event–for free.
Diane and Alley were interviewed, Dusty did a news story
before and after, and I talked about it on my Friday morning
show, and also did a recap on Saturday morning.
Nick, you hot rodder bad boy. I’m going to have to speak to your mom. 😉
Mary, good to hear that KYMN delivered. But do tell us about your Friday morning show. With no KYMN website, how are we supposed to know?
Nick, I heard you talking about this very post today. The jeers against the motorcyclists is definitly a strange thing to complain about. Being downtown, it should be an expected thing, whether its a city or a small town.
Some of you may have noticed a post that was present under my name about the Northfield News yesterday. I have requested that those comments be withdrawn. I still stand by my comments, but they should not have been posted publicly in that manner.
I should have taken those comments to Mr. Gett personally.
I do wanted to say, that I got in touch with Mr. Gett today, and we had an excellent conversation about the current status of the paper, and my issues. I also accepted an offer to be put on a reader advisory panel, so that I can work as a part of a team to improve the paper.
I have also renewed my subscription.
I try to live by the motto that one should not complain, unless one is willing to do something about it. Well, I will take my complaints internal, and work to help get them resolved.
Thanks for your time. Griff, Ross, and Tracy, thanks for your help.
-J
As to motorcycles, I would like to encourage riders to visit our downtown ANYTIME. They are good customers, willing to spend some bucks when “on vacation”. Day-trippers get us through the summer, and this retailer enjoys seeing them pull up in front of my store. Regarding noise, cars and trucks are worse as far as I’m concerned.
As to the KYMN Radio entertainment show, it’s “What’s Happening Downtown. I shamelessly steal (with permission) information from By All Means Graphics’ Entertainment Guide but add my own information and personal editorials and stories. The show is live on Friday mornings at 8:45 am with rebroadcasts at 5:00-ish and then again on Saturday mornings at 8:45 am. It is sponsored by the NDDC, By All Means and the local places that sponsor music (pubs, bars, etc) Tune in!! By the way, Paul Grandquist follows on Friday mornings with her shw, Art Zany–Radio for the Imagination, which is a wonderful celebration of art and music and creativity in Northfield–so there’s some swell programming at 1080 on your am dial. (Not to mention Wayne’s show every week day from 9-11. but that’s another story that needs to be told)
Mary, you’ll hear on today’s podcast that my co-hosts agree with you, ie, loud cars and trucks are more of a problem than motorcycles.
Thanks for the info on your KYMN show. I had no idea. Why not create a podcast for it for those of us who can’t listen at those hours? I’m sure KYMN would give you an MP3 of the show. That’s all you need, other than a little geeky-type work.
Sounds great, Griff, but I have no idea what you’re talking about. Please elaborate what I/KYMN need to do to make this happen. Of course I’m all over the idea of being all over the media…
Click this link, Mary, and then let’s connect via email to talk about podcasting. Coffee at the HideAway!
Anthony Pierre wrote:
This annoys me for two reasons. First, “fish wrap factory”–if one is being critical of someone’s writing, I’d expect a comparison less tired than “fish wrap” for a newspaper.
More importantly, the put down of Maggie is uncalled for. She’s a treasure. Check out this exert from her column from her last column. Maggie recounts this from May 1957–you can’t beat this:
Curt, I would agree, Maggie’s a treasure. But remember, we’re near-geezers. Tony’s a young 30-something pup and probably has no clue about her skill and contributions over the decades.
So Tony, you can join me in my upcoming blog post criticizing the paper but if you apologize for your Maggie remark, we won’t send Guido over to your house with a baseball bat.