Oops!
What a way to come back. We published a story on the front page in the final edition today about the death of "Bus Driver Bob," a former Greensboro police captain who truly left his mark on the city when he retired and became a beloved school bus driver. I know because both my daughters rode his bus long after it wasn't cool to ride the school bus. They did it because he made the ride fun.
Unfortunately, we did Bob, his family and his admirers a tremendous disservice. The story was supposed to be continued on an inside page. Instead, the continuation of another story was there. This problem happens occasionally, and I hate it every time. We had run another story in that spot on the front page in an earlier edition and swapped it out for the story on Bob Steele. But the continuation didn't get changed. The article will be printed in full in tomorrow's edition. Here's his obituary, while I'm at it.
Our apologies to the family and our readers.
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What an outstanding use of blogging--especially your "Bus Driver Bob" item. I really like what you're up to. In fact, there are lessons for others such as library administrators. Both kinds of institutions, newspapers and libraries, tend almost to take pride in being BEHIND the times. At least as seen from afar via your Web site, the N&R is among the exceptions. Further thoughts at Web address below. - David Rothman, for TeleRead.org (devoted to e-books and libraries)
http://www.teleread.org/blog/2004_12_26_archive.html#110449478565925716
Posted on December 31, 2004 9:23 AM