The columns in the Gaylord Herald Times have come flowing in recent weeks about publisher Jim Grisso’s pending retirement.  Dec. 21 will be his last day in the office, followed by some much deserved vacation after 14,000+ days.

Like anyone I know who has ever worked in newspapers, he won’t leave the industry entirely, coming back in 2008 to continue writing for the Gaylord Herald Times, Petoskey News-Review and the Charlevoix Courier among other things. That’s a good thing. For all that experience just to go walking off into the sunset would be a crying shame.

It will also, perhaps, force some of us … OK, me … to develop further in our profession. I could always push questions and ultimately the decision making “up hill” into his office. Not so now.

It has been a pleasure working with you Jim