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It has come to my attention that we need to devote some space so our readers know how to
submit articles, ads, etc. Each week, you will find this information and more on this page.
For story ideas, press releases, articles, and club news, please email them to
editor@thevalleybeat.net. We welcome your submittals and will do everything we can to ensure
they are in the next issue. We go to press on Saturdays and Sundays, so I ask that submittals for
the following Monday are in BEFORE 3 p.m. on Friday afternoons.
All life events such as marriages, births, deaths, military service, anniversaries, etc., are welcome
in TVB. We never charge for these submittals. If you would like assistance in writing them,
please email editor@thevalleybeat.net. You are also welcome to share them with other
publications. I want to make sure your loved one(s) are honored, no matter the circumstance.
Our advertising rates cannot be beat! We want to help get the word out on your business so the
community can contact you. There are special packages for multiple month commitments,
payment in advance, and for classified listings. I can be reached at 719-315-6172, or email:
editor@thevalleybeat.net.
We WELCOME letters to the editor! Please email them to editor@thevalleybeat.net. They will
be printed in their entirety. All I ask is that you sign and print it, and include your city and state.
Please be factual and refrain from using profanity.
We have a new column called “Pet Corner.” Please submit a photo of your fur baby to
visiblerootbeer@yahoo.com. If you’d like to get really creative, include a caption with it. You
will get full credit and see your name and Mr. Fluffy or Ms. Fifi’s name in print.
Thank you in advance!
- by Tracy Ballard
submit articles, ads, etc. Each week, you will find this information and more on this page.
For story ideas, press releases, articles, and club news, please email them to
editor@thevalleybeat.net. We welcome your submittals and will do everything we can to ensure
they are in the next issue. We go to press on Saturdays and Sundays, so I ask that submittals for
the following Monday are in BEFORE 3 p.m. on Friday afternoons.
All life events such as marriages, births, deaths, military service, anniversaries, etc., are welcome
in TVB. We never charge for these submittals. If you would like assistance in writing them,
please email editor@thevalleybeat.net. You are also welcome to share them with other
publications. I want to make sure your loved one(s) are honored, no matter the circumstance.
Our advertising rates cannot be beat! We want to help get the word out on your business so the
community can contact you. There are special packages for multiple month commitments,
payment in advance, and for classified listings. I can be reached at 719-315-6172, or email:
editor@thevalleybeat.net.
We WELCOME letters to the editor! Please email them to editor@thevalleybeat.net. They will
be printed in their entirety. All I ask is that you sign and print it, and include your city and state.
Please be factual and refrain from using profanity.
We have a new column called “Pet Corner.” Please submit a photo of your fur baby to
visiblerootbeer@yahoo.com. If you’d like to get really creative, include a caption with it. You
will get full credit and see your name and Mr. Fluffy or Ms. Fifi’s name in print.
Thank you in advance!
- by Tracy Ballard
Due to sporadic meeting schedules, I am not always at my office. To find out if and when I will be in on a particular day or to schedule an appointment, please email or call 719-315-617
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Letter To The Editor
Tracy, I am a subscriber to your paper and read it faithfully every week. I find it informative and a great asset to our community. Therefore, I was dismayed to read your obvious bias in reporting about the Silver Cliff Board of Trustees meeting (March 16 issue) regarding prayer at the meeting. Simply reporting the fact that someone wants prayer at the meeting and another person does not based on “separation of church and state” is fine and what a journalist should do. However, I was shocked that you, the journalist, should then insert your opinion: “It is very clear that he does not subscribe to fact that we have freedom OF religion and not FROM religion.” That was unnecessary and not proper journalism. You took a side which should be part of your editorial-opinion page and not part of reporting the “facts” of a meeting.
- Thank you.
Marie Amicucci
From the editor: I sent a personal reply back to Ms. Amicucci. To my readers, I have the following message. While I stand by my reporting and statement of remaining completely unbiased, I let my personal feelings regarding the inclusion of an invocation before meetings, come through in my article. I apologize to you all for slipping and will do my best to refrain from doing so in the future. I will never apologize for my faith. As a reporter and editor, I promise to do better.
- Sincerely,
Tracy
- Thank you.
Marie Amicucci
From the editor: I sent a personal reply back to Ms. Amicucci. To my readers, I have the following message. While I stand by my reporting and statement of remaining completely unbiased, I let my personal feelings regarding the inclusion of an invocation before meetings, come through in my article. I apologize to you all for slipping and will do my best to refrain from doing so in the future. I will never apologize for my faith. As a reporter and editor, I promise to do better.
- Sincerely,
Tracy
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