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Whew!  It's finally over!!

My first whole week as the official editor is behind me.  I've been spending a BUNCH of hours at the downtown office just trying to figure out WHAT IN THE HECK AM I DOING??

Some of the highlights of my first official week

I spoke at San Lauren Elementary School at Career Day.  That was a blast.  Thank you to Mrs. Jackson's 6th grade class, who took a wrong turn and ended up in the room where I was speaking.  They know how funny it was!

We at The Northwest Voice have a visitor from Denmark!  She is Marianne Due, a journalist and graduate student, who is studying hyper-local journalism.  She has chosen US to fulfill one of her graduate requirements.  

Marianne is very interested in our model of citizen (or niche) journalism, and as the No. 1 citizen newspaper project in the United States, she is VERY interested in seeing how we do things!  She has been busy all week asking questions and looking at all of your contributions on the Web!  Keep an eye out for a future issue featuring Marianne and her story. She has even agreed to write an article FOR us!  By the way, she speaks very good English and told me that kids in Denmark begin learning English in the 3rd grade!!  Pretty cool!!!

I'm also PROUD to announce that the coming issue (indeed, my FIRST!) will feature a CONTRIBUTOR as the writer of the cover story!!  That's right!  CAROLINE REID, who you might remember writes our "Silver Lining" and "Let's Laugh" columns, has written a wonderful article about someone who is a long-time staple in the Bakersfield community!  "Stay tuned" for your first peek at Caroline's story!!

After learing about everything that goes into producing the product you get in the mail (or on the rack, or at  your school), I went out to Edwards Theater and took more pictures of our HANNAH MONTANA FANS!!!  I love getting out and meeting everyone!

So much for week 1!!  I can't wait to see what's on the horizon.

~d.