What? No police blotter in the CVN? Say it ain’t so, Chief Heath! In last week’s CVN “Police Blotter Blues,” you threatened to take away one of Haines’ favorite toys. The police blotter is Haines’ way of finding out about that funny noise that shook the neighborhood last night. Or, what was behind those flashing red and blue lights down the road. Or, where the neighbor’s lost dog ended up. Or, just laughing at our own folly.

I distributed the CVN for several years. Often, when I walked into a business with fresh CVNs on Thursday afternoons, a store proprietor or customer would call out, “Hey, what’s in the blotter this week? That’s the first thing we turn to!” If we guffaw, Chief Heath, it’s about us, not you. I bet sometimes it’s even why we buy the paper.

Diana Kelm

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