Sons' play makes rural editor think of heroes and write an editorial praising them

In rural and community journalism, sometimes the best editorials are those that make a point by using the personal experience of the writer, who is usually known to most of the community. A good example of that was last week's editorial (presented as a column, as rural editors often do) by Ryan Craig of the Todd County Standard, for several years judged Kentucky's best small newspaper.

When his sons dressed up as superheroes, it made him think of two other local children whom he called heroes in a headline because they made a video that got "a governing body to spend $35,000 to do something that had never bene done before in Todd County . . . make the playground at North Todd Elementary handicap-accessible," he wrote in his piece. Read it here (PDF)