The Summerland Advocate-Messenger - Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community

By the time this edition lands in your mailbox, I imagine our office will be a bit quieter.

Our summer reporters either will have returned to high school or be headed to Wayne for college. Both will be seniors at their respective schools.

It has been a joy working with Faith King and Erin Schwager this summer.

Erin joined the paper the day before our first edition debuted in 2019. She had recently graduated high school and was leaving soon for her first year at Wayne. She’s written stories for us (or weeded vinyl for T-shirt orders), as time permits, ever since. We’re working on a plan...