Lucky Ducky Tour

Hailey Ortiz, 4th grade

Wyatt Thomas, 4th grade Orchards

Do you know what the school board is? Well if not, the School Board is a local governing body of the school district or the charter of the school. So, if you did not know, the school board came a couple months ago, and they pulled a few strings to get the school newspaper team a tour of the Lewiston Tribune on March 7! What a bunch of lucky ducks!

The Lewiston Tribune was established in 1892 by two men whose names were Eugene and Albert Alford. The tribune is 131 years old. When it began, it was a four page newspaper and only had two issues a week. They couldn’t afford daily newspapers until 1892. It is said if you touch the nose of the Sphinx you will have good luck for the rest of the day. The owner of the Lewiston Tribune is Nathan Alford.

The Tour

During our tour we had an opportunity to see how you get your newspaper each day. Some things we were able to see were the press, the ink storage, the wall of photos, and the museum of newspaper printers.

The museum of the presses

The museum of the presses is all the presses throughout the tribune. One of the presses was so hot that the writers were able to cook their sandwiches on it!

The press

The press takes about 20 minutes to get up and running, but after that it’s on a roll. Printing 50 newspapers in 5 seconds as you can see in the pictures, and I got to go on top of the press because my aunt works at the tribune so I got the trip of a lifetime. The speeds are up to about 70-100 mph ( miles per hour.)

The wall of photos

The wall of photos is a history wall made of all the years of full page photos taken.