THE SENTINEL NEEDS YOU...                                             JULY 2016

...and I need help.                                                umn along the same lines. Without these two guys, the paper
                                                                   would be much smaller!
Now that we have made
what looks like a suc-                                             Susan Peters has done a Wildlife column for...oh, gosh. Ten
cessful transition from                                            years? Twelve? Every month without fail! Even when she was
print version to digital                                           in rehab. In season we can always count on Beary Bear to warn
version, it feels like the                                         us about our bad food habits and on Jim Matchett (or his prede-
Sentinel will survive.                                             cessors) for the water district report. And for the last five years,
However, the number                                                Linda Ross has done a personal essay every month—and even
of people helping with                                             gotten into recipes as Bonnie Diamond got too busy working at
the content seems to be                                            a real cooking job.
dwindling. For many
years, there were at                                               Another article I can absolutely count on? The Larkspur Moms’
least two, often three,                                            Group. Previous and present, the directors never fail to send in
associate editors to help gather information and to proofread      material each month. Thank you, Sarah Bretz!
the final copy. For the last year, only Linda Ross and I have
done those jobs. This, however, is her last issue before she       Not everyone can commit to a monthly column or article. And,
leaves Colorado—and I cannot do this alone.                        frankly, neither would I! But articles on occasion? On a special
                                                                   event or activity? That’s doable for many of you, surely. To me,
There are many things that the Sentinel can be, but not with-      the absolutely perfect “submission” was in last month’s Senti-
out more community contributions. We need additional ears to       nel—Mike Montgomery’s explanation and photographs of the
pass on information, to “cover beats” like Larkspur Elementary     Ute prayer trees. All that wonderful stuff in our own back yards
or development in Larkspur. I haven’t heard from Sage Port         and we didn’t know until Mike took the time to tell us.
or Perry Park East or Valley Park in a long time. And LFPD?
What’s going on there? Lapsed back into silence!                   Others have contributed material about what they know and
                                                                   love. Alan Clarke is a member of the Douglas County Land
Some of you have been using Facebook to get community in-          Conservancy Board, and he has written a number of articles on
formation out, but Facebook, at best, is shorthand. It’s good for  their open space/parks/hiking areas. Lisa Warteman has done
the short announcement that needs to get out now, but it’s very    several hiking articles (more, more!) and illustrated them with
difficult to discuss an issue in much depth—or for very long        her wonderful photographs. Larry Schlup of the Larkspur His-
before it gets buried in trivia and ads. We also need that infor-  torical Society provides Glimpses in the Rear View Mirror about
mation, covered in more depth, in the Sentinel.                    our local history. He usually sends a variety of short articles a
                                                                   couple of times a year and I use them as needed. There must
There are faithful writers and columnists who keep things go-      be others of you who would like to contribute an occasional
ing. A number of years ago Walt Korinke, already reporting         article, art work, etc. I even need submissions for FYI. I’m sure
on the Metro Board for the Sentinel, invented Walt’s Words,        I miss things that really should go in, but I can’t be everywhere
wherein he reveals all the commercial stuff going on around        at once! Help!
us. Who’s building what? What restaurant is opening where?
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard, “Walt says...” in      We had some good articles about Larkspur Elementary events
gatherings of residents. Michael Stone also writes a lot. He       in the past several years—we need those. More please! And we
pens the motorcycle column which a number of you can relate        used to get a report from the town of Larkspur—why did that
to, and he’s trying to revive Picks and Pans—or at least a col-
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