What’s old is new... I attended a newspaper conference over the weekend. One of the tidbits I walked away with is a column style known as an ellipsis column. I won’t bore anyone with the details, but it’s an older column writing style that still is used in some newspapers. The Star has run columns like these in the past, most notably in Adrian Reynolds’ “Chewing the Fat” columns originally published several decades ago. I figured I’d play with the format this week as a way of doing something different.
A new face... Readers may notice a familiar name on the sports pages this week. Pete Rust will help us cover Green River sports, but that agreement admittedly results in a few concerns our readership may have. Rust, who also is the city’s mayor, will only write sports content for the Star. He might also write a column for the city in our weekly “Notes from town square” section, which is a space specifically for the city, but he won’t write for anything outside of those two areas. So no, we’re not having him covering his own meetings.
A hot dish... We’re launching a food column this week. It’s on this page in fact, just above this column with the photo of that tasty-looking tater tot hotdish. We’ve published recipes in the past in the Star and Sweetwater County Guide, but this is somewhat different as we’re aiming to make this a locally-driven column with a mixture of staff and reader submissions. Should any of our readers decide to submit a recipe, please know we’re not specifically wanting those secret family recipes, unless they’re comfortable sharing them. Stephanie Thompson, who wrote the first two columns we’re publishing, told me she would never share the secrets involved in making her pie crusts.
A Brewvie time... On the topic of food and drink, Utah can be a fun place to visit, but some of their laws make absolutely no sense. Case in point -- the Brewvies theater in Salt Lake City faces legal pressure from lawmakers in the Beehive State over alcohol being served during screenings of the film “Deadpool.” Specifically, some of the mature content in the film is cited as a violation of a law prohibiting the showing of sex acts or full nudity in combination with serving alcohol at a business. The theater could have fines levied against them and may potentially lose its liquor license. Utah has always been an uptight place, despite trying to pass itself off as a great travel destination. Perhaps the company should relocate north to a more relaxed state, like Wyoming. We don’t care that much about where, when and how alcohol is served. In fact, I think the old Isis Theater would make a great home for a Brewvies location.
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