New look for the
Mountain Laurel Review
BY J.W. GATES
W
e are now on the World Wide Web. You know, THE
INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY. Our address is www.mlrmag.com. Now you can e-mail us your
letters to the editor at editor@mlrmag.com. We went
online April 9, 1998 and almost immediately we were getting notes of congratulations from
area people who have relocated all over the world.
I will take this time to answer some questions that you may have about the MLR and
where we intend to go in the future.
Will you continue to publish the magazine?
Yes. The paper Mountain Laurel Review will still be printed, at this time on a
quarterly basis but soon to be a monthly publication once more.
How often will you update the web site?
We intend to give updates as often as daily. You will be able to immediately identify
the last time the site was updated by the date listed on the home page below WORLDWIDE
EDITION. As stories are written that we feel go beyond a regular article, we will
immediately add it to the web site and update the issue.
Can I make comments on any or all of your features on the web site?
The Mountain Laurel Review is an interactive online publication. Interactive means
that you can play a part in what we are doing. If you disagree, e-mail us using the
section titled TALK TO THE MLR. We welcome all
comers. You don’t even have to sign your comments. Nothing is changing in the way we
are doing business EXCEPT that we are now reaching more people than ever. The whole world
will now have a chance to find out about our Judges, our District Attorneys and our
Lawyers. The whole world can chuckle along with you and before we know it, the world will
be sharing similar stories with us. I believe that we will soon realize that really there
is nothing new under the sun, except for maybe us.
What came over you to make you decide to do this?
We have a product that people enjoy. This is the most modern way to deliver that
product to the greatest number of people. We are basically computer dummies. We feel that
we can show the rest of you that if we can do this, you can get online and enjoy the
modern computer age, too.
Does this mean that you will stop dealing with local issues and move into state and
national commentaries?
No. We have always resisted dealing with issues that were not directly affecting our
area. It has always been the opinion of the Publisher, Harold T. Beck, that we must first
fix what is wrong at home before we can hope to effect change in Harrisburg or Washington.
He believes in open government and practices it in its truest form in Smethport as a
McKean County Commissioner. The local issues are what affect our daily lives. We will stay
the course and keep you informed with what the local media fails, or just plain neglects,
to tell you.
What immediate advantage do you see to having The Mountain Laurel Review on
the World Wide Web?
We can get international exposure of several of our stories. First, we can let the
world know about the Kathy Wilson Murder Case
and how SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN WARREN COUNTY. Second, we can begin a national
search for Marjorie West. We are now offering
a $1,000 reward for information that will lead to the discovery of the little girl we
believe was taken from McKean County in 1938 and may still be alive with no knowledge of
what happened to her. We are now a national, or international, forum for our causes. We
all win, now.
We are excited about our new Worldwide Edition of The Mountain Laurel Review. We
hope you will join us online and continue to enjoy us in our fifth year of continuous
publication.
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