| Farm World loses a pair from its circle of friends |
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Farm World newspaper is made up of many people from many walks of life. The paper is more than editors, sales reps, designers, writers, press operators and the mail crew. At the heart of the paper is our readers and advertisers who use the paper as a tool to help improve their farm or business.</p><p>
Recently, Farm World’s circle of friends lost a couple of members. On page 12 of this week’s paper are the obituaries for Paul E. Coon of Connersville, Ind. and Homer “Rusty” McDonald of Knightstown, Ind.</p><p>
While pleased to offer space to publish this information for their families, writing obituaries are mostly a solemn task.</p><p>
Coon, 74, grew up on his family’s farm. In 1958, he started a landscaping business that eventually became Coon Excavating when his son, Mike, joined.</p><p>
Coon’s association with Farm World nearly began with the paper’s beginning as the Eastern Indiana Farmer in the 1950s. For more than 50 years, and accounting for literally thousands of Farm World readers, Coon has sold subscriptions for us.</p><p>
For those of us who have worked at the paper for a while, it was not uncommon to hear subscribers offer comments such as, “Paul Coon introduced me to this paper. He is a great salesman for your paper; he really believes in it.”</p><p>
Coon is survived by his wife of 54 years, Carol, two daughters, one son, nine grandchildren and many more family and friends.</p><p>
McDonald, 60, from Farm World’s hometown of Knightstown, owned and operated McDonald’s Farm Equipment. He truly enjoyed buying and selling farm equipment, and through the years he frequently used Farm World with that task. A U.S. Army veteran, McDonald earned several medals while serving our country in Vietnam. He was a member of the same church where I was baptized, and served his community as a school board member for eight years. McDonald is survived by his wife, Leah, two sons, three grandchildren and a large circle of family and friends.</p><p>
The Farm World staff offers its deepest sympathies to these two families.</p><p>
Changes in Farm World</p><p>
As with anything in life, Farm World goes through changes from time-to-time. About a year ago, due to the increasing number of pages we publish each week, the paper made the decision to go to three sections in each issue.</p><p>
The C section of Farm World, which includes our classified ads, is the final item that comes off the press each week.</p><p>
To try to maximize the timeliness of the news, we’re moving our Dairyline and Hog Outlook columns along with our weekly Market reports to the C section. Readers will find these regular features beginning on page 4C in this week’s paper.</p><p> |
| 1/16/2008 |
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