Sadly, this issue contains the last Panorama column, a popular feature written by a loyal and dedicated Jewell County resident, Fawna Barrett.

I don’t know when the column first appeared in a newspaper but I suspect it originally was written for the Jewell County Republican newspaper published at Jewell.

Fawna and Karen McIntyre were responsible for gathering the news, features and advertising for the informative newspaper. Through a series of consolidations and ownership changes, they eventually both came to work for Superior Publishing Company for which I am thankful.

Both were clos...