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24
YEARS
The Magazine of Fun and Fact
Our Brown County is celebrating 24 years of business this April. More than 200 issues have featured artists, musicians, nature, and history along with businesses and longtime residents.
As more hometown family publications are being bought out by mega-media conglomerates, our little magazine has managed to sustain itself with more advertisers than ever before. There is a lot of competition for attention with so many devices and activities, but our content stands out. There seems to be a never-ending supply of stories to be told and good writers to tell them.
There is a long list of people that have made Our Brown County possible over the years. You can learn a little about the current characters on the CONTRIBUTORS page. I’ d like to mention a few that aren’ t on that page. Bill Weaver has taken a break from writing but continues to proofread for us. He has only missed two issues in 24 years. He was instrumental in the visioning of Our Brown County. We sat down at my kitchen table in 1995 to discuss who might be interested in writing for such a publication. And he was the first.
Hank Swain wrote a column for us for about 20 years and produced books Leaves for the Raking with his articles. Hank and his wife Mardi’ s encouragement made a difference in the magazine and in my life personally.
George Bredewater’ s photographs captured our subjects for more than 10 years. He taught me how to take better pictures of people.
My son Evan Markley contributed a lot of good advice about cover choices and sales strategies. He put up with a lot of picture taking, interviews, meetings, and crankiness during deadline time.
The magazine would be just paper in a garage if not for the wonderful folks that deliver it. Thanks go out to the current crew of Joe and Barb Davis, Cindi Golis, and Mark Blackwell.
Thanks to the Times Mail in Bedford for producing a quality product for many years.
And the magazine would not exist without you, the readers. Thank you!
— Cindy Steele, editor / publisher
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