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Eleanor Roosevelt once said it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
On Thursday, Jan. 29, we’re going to do her one better, or rather 150 better. We’ll gather that night to show our support for the continued existence of the Rocky Mountain News. There will be 150 of us there, each bearing a candle and a placard representing a year from the paper’s history.
I’m asking you to join us.
This event is open to all: readers and writers, public officials and private citizens, labor and management as well as Post, News and DNA employees both past and present. We’ll gather at 6 p.m. that night at the Denver Press Club at 1330 Glenarm Place. At 6:30 p.m. we’ll walk single file to the Denver Newspaper Agency building at 101 West Colfax.
At the DNA building, the person representing 1859 (dressed in period garb as Rocky founder William Byers) will light the first candle. He’ll then light the candle of the person representing 1860, and so on down the line until we’ve lit up the night. The entire rally will take about a half-hour.
If you would like to take part, please e-mail me at damon_runyon@hotmail.com.
Hope to see you there,
John Ensslin
I came here from Guatemala when I was 2 years old, I have spent my life here in Denver. When I was growing up I don’t think I thought alot about the newspapers, I probably didn’t even know there was one. As I grew older, and I had to work part-time at my dad’s car wash on Colfax and Williams, I remember going into his office and every morning there would be the Rocky Mountain News sitting on his desk. I can’t remember a time when my father didn’t read this paper. Of course being his daughter, I too grew up to read the Rocky Mountain News. I have been reading this newspaper the majority of my life, and now at the age of 58 I realize that this paper symbolizes my youth, my middle age, and now in my senior years, it is no longer going to be published. I have counted on the Rocky Mtn. News to bring me the news of our fair city, the global picture, historic events, and anything that has been news worthy for most of my life. I am so sad that I will no longer be able to go to my front porch and get my beloved Rocky Mountain News. The news is as much a part of this city as the term “Mile High” I can’t imagine Colorado without the Rocky Mountain Newspaper. I am hoping some miracle happens and the paper is saved. I think if everyone contributed 20.00 a month for the next 5 years we could save the paper, and I know alot of people would be willing to do this. I recognize the economy is horrible right now, but we need to try and save this wonderful paper. Please come up with something so that I can still go out on my front porch and retrieve my paper. Janette Rose
This sounds like a very interesting event. All the best to the staff of the Rocky. Perhaps you could share your experiences with this Web site with the staff of the Seattle PI. Both the PI and the Rocky are great papers worth saving!