Pride and relief
I’m from a small town in Northeast Indiana. The LaGrange Standard and News came out two times each week when I was growing up. Even as a youngster I enjoyed perusing through the paper. Mom said she liked looking at the obituaries to see if her name was in there. (At 97 she still repeats this little quip. Once she gets a laugh she doesn’t stop.)
Reading about and seeing the awards that our local newspaper accumulated recently, gave me a sense of pride and relief. The pride speaks for itself.