Work these things out in advance. The point here is similar to the Boy Scout Motto. If it can happen in Grand Forks, it can happen anywhere. Then there is Jim Batten s advice. Love your communities, warts and all, he told us.
Every town has plenty of blemishes.
But overlooking the blemishes is not the point of Jim Batten s advice. The point, it seems to me, is that we newspaper editors must appreciate that our communities are meaningful. People live in them. People care about them deeply. And it does make a difference.