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It's been a really great run, but it's now time to say 'adieu'

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Posted by: Emory Schley	12/28/2007 5:45 AM
And so it ends... this is the final blog in a series that started last Feb. 7. There were a few half-hearted attempts before then, but Feb. 7th marked the first of my seven-days-each-week blogs, a series that lasted until May 11, when the powers-that-be figured my time could be spent more productively in some other activity. But even then, the blogs continued, three times each week except during vacations. But now, after some 77,000 words on this blog, it’s time to hang up the old green lampshade, clean out the desk drawers, turn off the computer and say farewell to a vocation that has served me well and faithfully for some 36 years. I’m going to miss being able to “surf” the newswires and read the news a full day before it comes out in the newspaper. I’ll also miss being able to read the comic strips a day or two in advance of almost everyone else. I’ll miss the excitement and buzz in the newsroom as a fast-breaking story stirs up a hornet’s nest of reporters and photographers, eager to report on all the action. I’ll miss the camaraderie of all my friends here in the newsroom, and I’ll certainly miss the occasional prank that gets played on one of our number. I’ll miss the rumble and roar of that monstrous printing press as it cranks up to print the news for tens of thousands of Marion Countians, and I’ll miss the excitement of picking up the ringing telephone, never knowing what news may wait at the other end of the line. I’ll miss the technology as the newspaper industry re-invents itself... again... as it moves ever more solidly onto the Internet with its potential of world-wide, instant distribution. I’ll miss the pressure of deadlines and that feeling of smug satisfaction that comes with knowing that yet “another bullet” has been successfully dodged. But most of all, I’m betting that I’ll be missing you, faithful readers of this blog. It’s been great! See you in the funny papers! —————30—————

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Re: It's been a really great run, but it's now time to say 'adieu'	By Tommy F Thompson on 12/28/2007 2:27 PM
I'm going to miss your blog. Excellent writing, but know at some point all good things have to come to an end. The idea about getting up and going to work isn't all that natural. Heck, even the chickens and cows don't do that. It's an entirely man-made invention. Nonetheless, I look forward to reading your column. Good luck in your quasi-retirement.

Re: It's been a really great run, but it's now time to say 'adieu'	By Emory on 12/28/2007 3:39 PM
Thanks, Tommy, I appreciate the good wishes!

Re: It's been a really great run, but it's now time to say 'adieu'

By Kay McCullough on 12/28/2007 7:18 PM

OK, do you mean you're leaving the paper in truth? All you described about the newsroom is so true -- after 11 years, working almost every day, I followed my husband to Ocala in March 2006. It has been so quiet at times! For about the first 6 months here, I answered my cell phone with "Newsroom, this is Kay," much to the entertainment of my family....I returned to my former job as a teacher's aide, which is a story unto itself. If you are retiring, I wish you all the best and hope you continue to write -- if not for the public, then for yourself and your family. You have been an important part of my "familiarization" with Ocala and living in Florida. Thanks so much! My best to your wife, as well. Try not to overtake her free time or daily routine -- she'll love you even more.

forgive me -- just read "One Schley cat"	By Kay McCullough on 12/28/2007 7:22 PM
STAR-BANNER<br><br>OCALA - Longtime Star-Banner copy editor and columnist Emory Schley retires today - at least it's his last work day at the newspaper. <br><br>We'll miss him a lot - but you won't have to! Emory will continue to write his Bits & Pieces column from home. <br> <br>

Re: It's been a really great run, but it's now time to say 'adieu'	By Bredda Walsh on 12/31/2007 10:21 AM
Oh so now I go away for two weeks to the snow country, north into Connecticut, and you take off permanently!!! Was looking forward to coming back to Ocala and the Star Banner to read you column 3 times a week. What a bummer! Hardly not worth going out to get the paper yah think? Take care and enjoy!

Bad Decision On TV Section Has Cost The Star Banner Some Readers

By David R. Weidenmoyer on 5/11/2008 3:47 PM

Hey Emory. Hadn't written you for a while, so I tought I'd drop you an eLine. I'd wanted to either start a thread with this or find a recent one of your columns on which to comment, but I can't seem to get the hang of the layout on the ocala.com blog pages. Anyway, last night I was at a pickin' & grinnin' session at a friend's house and in between Mother-themed song jams the discussion turned to everyone's disillusionment with the new format of the Banner's TV section which completely omits listing scheduling of Saturday and Sunday except nighttime. For those of us who don't enjoy the luxury of retirement these are the only two days for which TV scheduling matters, so the general result of the discussion was that, due to the fact that most will now be shelling out bucks for the TV Guide, many will be cancelling their Star Banner subscriptions or cease buying them at the store, as with the pitiful economy, every bit of money saved helps. It seemed at last count that 5 subscriptions are being cancelled and 6 others swear they will no longer buy the paper on Saturday or even other days. Of those, three households aren't online, so they will no longer get to read the Banner, or its most important column - you know -the one that's in 3 times a week - at all. I realize that losing 11 readers a day won't likely be felt by the Star Banner, but if those 11 folks are giving up The Banner, there are probably others, too. Oh well, catch ya on this Webernet thing!

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