As most of you know, we have been working on collecting photos of veterans with ties to Guthrie County for an upcoming special section we will be publishing in the month of November in Panora Times, Guthrie Center Times and Lake Panorama Times.
A total of 222 veteran photos have been submitted so far and are now posted at https://gctimesnews.com/veterans. If you were one of the folks who sent in a photo and information, please visit the site and let us know by Oct. 31 if anything needs to be changed before we send the pages to the printer. The website will stay up year-round and can be edited and updated, but the print edition cannot. We will accept a few more photos until Oct. 31. You can submit them on the website at https://gctimesnews.com/veterans or you can contact Cheryl Castile at or cheryl@gctimesnews.comor 641-332-2707.
I thank each of you who submitted a photo for this effort. More importantly, I thank each of the veterans who served our country to ensure that we can all enjoy the freedoms we too often take for granted.
If you own or manage a business and want to show your appreciation to these veterans as well, contact Kerry Jacobsen at kerry@gctimesnews.com or 641-332-2707 for ideas on how you can do that in this section, too.
Ribbon cutting and open house events
We had our official ribbon cutting for our new office at 104 Industrial Road in Guthrie Center on Wednesday, and I thank those in the business community who took time to join us for this celebration. I had a good friend who once told me that ribbon cuttings are to a business what a wedding celebration is to a newly married couple. It is a milestone event to be shared with people who are important in your life.
If you were able to attend our ribbon cutting, I thank you. If you were not able to attend, we are having a community open house for everyone on Wednesday, Nov. 13 from 4-6:30 p.m. I look forward to showing the work we have done to the building and sharing more about our company and our plans for the future. I also found a box of unnamed photos from many years ago that may be of interest to some of you. You are more than welcome to take any of them.
I hope to see you Nov. 13.
Have a fantastic Friday, and thanks for reading.
Shane Goodman
Editor and Publisher
Times Vedette digital editions
shane@gctimesnews.com
641-332-2707