Publisher Column: While some things change, others remain the same

By Randy Capps

In July 2015, we did an issue for the Four Oaks Journal, called Staycation 2015, featuring “things to do in your own backyard.”

The young ladies on the cover (Katon Blackmon, Lanie Norris, Anna Smith and Carolina McMullen) of what was then a 16-page magazine are, of course, nine years older.

So is this magazine. One page of things to do, spaced out well and in a bigger font, was sufficient in those days.

After you flip through this issue a bit, you’ll see that it takes a little more space now. What hasn’t changed is the reason behind this issue. As I mentioned in the column in that same magazine, this issue is a solution to how to keep your family busy during the summer months.

We’ve got enough camps, fireworks, concerts and Vacation Bible Schools to keep you on the move all summer long.

It’s a labor of love, and inevitably after it goes to press, I drive by a church and see a VBS sign or Facebook event for something I didn’t know about.

Still, it’s a good place to start answering the dreaded question: “what are we going to do today?”

Have a great summer, everyone.

Visit JohnstonNow.com/archives to see the 2015 Summer Guide and all of the other past issues.