Monthly Archives: February 2018

Another “Those Were The Good Old Days” E-dition

JAN 20 THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018

NEARLY TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO TODAY…

image004Edition #40 (published on March 5, 1991) of the original printed edition of The Whistleblower (not the Newswire) was delivered to Persons of Consequence all over town. That Week’s “Really Big Story” was all about Ellen Lambing, the Orange Ribbon Lady. The Top Ten List was the top ten things we’d miss about watching the war, and Bagdad Peter Arnett’s Excuses Along The Euphrates.image007There was a Real Editorial by Whistleblower Publisher Charles Foster Kane (before he became “Beloved”), more “Real Facts,” and a Restaurant Review by Sara Lee Pearce featured Izzy’s, back before the food got to be really crappy.image009 And we took “Cheap Shots” at Dr. Stanley Broadnax, Julie Isphording, John Glenn, and Chamber President John Williams; along with “Another Real Guest Editorial by Bunky Tadwell.”

image009 We Also Featured “Real Letters From Real Readers,” “Another Exclusive Whistleblower Report” about the Local Daddy Warbucks Awards, and Traffic Tips from John Phillips Sousa.”image011

Page Five Featured Bluegrass Holler by Ken CamBoo, a Column by then Northern Kentucky Bureau Chief J.R. Hatfield, and some Courtly Intrigue from the Hamilton County Court House.image013

 And on Page Six, we featured Spoiled Sports by Andy Furburger and Real Gossip by Linda Libel.image016

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