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Wes
May 30, 2018 20:54:25 GMT -5
Post by Darin Long on May 30, 2018 20:54:25 GMT -5
I'm sorry that Wes has passed. I knew he was slowing down his posting schedule but I had hoped that was just because he was spending more time working on new writing and of course the paper. I know he talked about how much work he put into writing to keep up the pace he had going. He has given me much enjoyment over the years reading his works. Even the outtakes section has always been good.
RIP May he rest well knowing he gave enjoyment to so many.
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Wes
Jun 3, 2018 16:12:23 GMT -5
Post by Boyd Percy on Jun 3, 2018 16:12:23 GMT -5
This letter is to the Hudson Post Gazette, April 5, 2018. I deleted the writer' name not to infringe on her privacy.
I didn’t really know Wes Boyd. I had spoken to him a few times over the last several years, need- ing to make a submission to the Post, maybe a garage sale, Cub Scout event, or letter to the editor. I can’t remember if we were introduced or how I even knew his name, he was just “the guy from The Hudson Post”...as I had heard him referred to once at a Music in the Park concert as a younger person proclaimed to their friend anticipating they may get a photo on the front page.
I am not native born to Hudson, but come from a small rural area similar. Growing up it was newspaper that my parents got their most valuable news, along with Walt Cronkite in the evening. The newspaper was the guide for all community happenings, births, deaths, festivals, police and school activities. And if your photo made the paper, anyone you knew cut it out and saved it. Many of us still have scrapbooks or boxes with these yellowing treasures.
I can’t say I am active in Hudson events, but over my 20+ years as part of this community I have attended many functions. And I can say that it was always reassuring to see as I usually did, Wes in the mix somewhere. He was from my view, mostly in the shadows, along the outskirts ob- serving and taking photographs. I admired him for his presence and mostly his dedication to small community journalism. I am sure you who knew him closer stopped for conversation, but to many he was “the press”.
Let me be honest-when I first saw the Hudson Post I thought it trivial, having been raised watching my parents read a newspaper that had multiple sections, political pages and syndicated writers. (Which of course was “my paper” into my adulthood also.) But as Hudson became my home, and my son became of school age, my mother in law bought us a subscription to the Post, reminding me that all parents need the local paper for their kids. And she was right. Many clippings from The Hudson Post adorn my son’s memory box now. And I still find myself reaching for the paper on Thursdays, and he is a junior in college.
When I heard Wes Boyd had passed I was saddened. Reading his obituary I was amazed at what a wonderful life he led. Suddenly he was more than “the newspaper man”. I found myself wishing I had had deeper conversations with this man, as is common when we read someone else’s story. The stories and experiences we pass by so close in our lives, yet never know. Hudson was blessed that he chose to continue their paper. My con- dolences to his family....thanks for sharing him. My condolences to the community...another member who can never be re- placed.
And I know in the future, at least for me,when I am a ta Hudson event, be it the parade, the festival, or Music in the Park...I will be glancing along the edges of it all for a glimpse of Wes taking it all in. And for those who look around and feel a subtle difference or void, they may not even realize it is “the guy from The Hudson Post” they are missing. Thanks Mr. Boyd.
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Wes
Jun 19, 2018 19:51:04 GMT -5
Post by Jim Scot on Jun 19, 2018 19:51:04 GMT -5
I wonder if the Hudson Post is one of the rural small town newspapers that are having a problem with the large cost increase of newsprint brought on by a new tariff on the paper from Canadian mills.
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Wes
Jun 21, 2018 16:53:42 GMT -5
Post by Boyd Percy on Jun 21, 2018 16:53:42 GMT -5
The HPG subscription rate for Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties is $25.00 and outside that area is $28.00 per year. The e-edition is $18.00 per year. I also subscribe to my local daily newspaper (100,000+ circulation) at $9.00 per year.
The HPG is currently selling back issues of the Hudson Post Gazette from 1978-2016 at $0.50 a copy, buy 10 and get 2 free. I don't know if that was caused by the Canadian tariff or storage space issues or some other reason.
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Wes
Jun 21, 2018 22:32:39 GMT -5
Post by Boyd Percy on Jun 21, 2018 22:32:39 GMT -5
Sorry, I misspoke about my subscription rate. It is actually $59.99 per year which is about $5.00 a month. It may go up to $9.00 a month after the first year. If I have a computer and internet access, I could read it anywhere in the world. The Hudson newspaper comes as a PDF attachment to an email sent to me each Wednesday so I could read it anywhere also. Actually, it is a decent community based paper generally 8 to 12 pages long.
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Wes
Jul 9, 2018 0:39:23 GMT -5
Post by K Pelle on Jul 9, 2018 0:39:23 GMT -5
I wonder if the Hudson Post is one of the rural small town newspapers that are having a problem with the large cost increase of newsprint brought on by a new tariff on the paper from Canadian mills. I don't know much about small town newspapers in the US, but here in Canada small town and small city newspapers have become a rarity. When I was a youth, I was involved with the one in my home town called the "****** Tribune"- that died about ten years later and it's subscribers had to settle for one from a larger town. That second town was a municipal neighbour which happened to be center of the local municipal government and road works. Within twenty-five years most of the local news was made available online and about ten years ago that became the only local news source. Even that is gone now.
However it isn't only small towns that are losing their newspapers and it isn't only the cost of newsprint that is killing off the smaller papers.
K Pelle
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Wes
Jul 16, 2018 18:40:01 GMT -5
Post by Jim Scott on Jul 16, 2018 18:40:01 GMT -5
After reading Wes's obituary I learned that Wes had followed a strong rule for a writer - Write What You Know. So much of his life and personal interests were woven into his stories. Military service, photography, airplanes, piloting, gliders, forests and trails, astronomy, journalism, community service, native Americans, auto and school bus racing, kayaking, camping, cats, and the Grand Canyon were all sources Wes called on for his stories. I have read and enjoyed all of his stories and would have liked knowing him in person.
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Wes
Jul 19, 2018 22:48:04 GMT -5
Post by Amanda on Jul 19, 2018 22:48:04 GMT -5
The paper was selling back issues to clear out the back rooms. I sold the paper a couple of months ago, and the new owners are renovating to their tastes. Yes, the cost of newsprint and the new tariff does impact the cost of the paper, but honestly, I never really saw a big change in the price of printing. The print order was just never big enough for that to truly impact us at our scale.
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Wes
Aug 10, 2020 19:59:25 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by Smurf on Aug 10, 2020 19:59:25 GMT -5
I have been away from these parts of the Internet for some time, so I was gutted to discover this, please accept my deepest sympathies, and condolences (albeit somewhat late to the party). I always enjoyed Wes's stories, especially the grand canyon ones, I felt like I have travelled the rapids along with the characters of the various stories, almost as if I was there. A feature of many of his stories. Not Wes has asked me to add an updated link to the obit www.brownvanhemert.com/obituaries/Wesley-Errol-Boyd?obId=3004557#/obituaryInfoAgain my condolences. Regards Ian (a long time, somewhat absentee, fan)
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Wes
Nov 29, 2020 21:07:22 GMT -5
Post by Jim McDonald on Nov 29, 2020 21:07:22 GMT -5
Wes and I have had our difference over the years. He and I were politically at opposite ends of the spectrum. I was in favor of Gradual change, and he was not so gradual. But he was intelligent, and VERY honest and with the highest of integrity. And he had a perspective of what Could and Could Not be done in the future. (Near future). He railed against the injustice of life and wrote with an honest perspective (Most of the time.)
I am VERY happy that this board, and his stories, still is around. His intelligence and imagination and down home honesty are missed.
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Wes
Dec 23, 2021 16:24:33 GMT -5
Post by Jon Bayliss on Dec 23, 2021 16:24:33 GMT -5
will you please tell me what on earth this post has to do with Wes Boyd. If posted in error please remove it at once!
Jon, Not Wes here. I've been deleting a lot of spam recently, this one just now, 5 others early this morning, posted overnight (to me). It has nothing to do with Wes at all. Spammers don't remove, they add more and more. I keep up with it best I can.
And after finishing this edit, I deleted another spam post here again.
Not Wes
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