Long ago I worked for two publishing companies that printed, among other things, newspapers. This was before the age of desktop publishing. A reporter would write an article, and proof read it. An editor would proof it again and edit it if needed, a typist would type it into a Trendsetter machine which turned the article into columnar print – she also proof read and corrected punctuation and grammar if needed. By the time print went to the paste-up department to be put into pages, the text had been proof read at least three times. Errors were rare.

Re-elect Sheriff Armondo Fontes

Former county executive Charles Lewis Moore announces for mayor

Rob Mathis seeks second term as Cocke County Trustee

Skunks, a sure sign of spring

Please be aware that *I* am NOT associating any of these gentlemen with the odoriferous mammal referenced above, but one cannot help appreciate the humor of whoever pasted up that page (or whatever they do these days) of the newspaper.