thank you diane...the paper is inconsistent. some further stories are referenced as such and some are not... i think that  a simple fix for the web - cross reference all stories...

i have seen stories that "carry over" (the date on it is the original date) with some comments intact, but only some.          

truthfully, i will always read a story about someone, or a certain company, that  i know is in the "good ole boy" back-patting, soft peddling. long standing business or community leader's, camp.  bakers, chambers, obie, knight, pape, U of O & schill - names that popped into my head.  of course there are others.  so i'm a bit jaded (;)).  it's really tough to be objective and free of friendship-obligation when there is bad news, trouble  for a friend. i will feel that way until the baker family - no personal animosity - is no longer the sole owners and deciders of the community newspaper.  i read certain stories and the bias or weight given the story is decided on who's who.