A new reporter in Eden
We've hired Sonja Elmquist, a correspondent for The Cedar Rapids Gazette in Iowa, as a reporter in our Rockingham County office. In addition to a journalism background -- she was an economics major in college -- she taught school in Germany, is skilled in French, German, Russian and Arabic, and served in the National Guard for eight years. And just for fun, she has experience teaching ballet, playing rugby and has a black belt in one of the martial arts.