"Glue sticks" and "cut-and-paste". When I was editor of this newsletter over ten years ago, I became very familiar with those words when putting together an issue. Now that I'm taking over the reins again, I'm having to learn a whole new vocabulary, e.g., ZIP drives, PICT files, and Photoshop. The mechanics of putting together a newsletter have changed in the past ten years; what has stayed the same is the effort of a lot of people from writers to advertisers to the delivery people who make this newsletter a reality every two months.

I and the neighborhood owe Chris Ingersoll a big thank you for being editor the past year; I've admired the obvious care he has given the newsletter in its design and content. Fortunately, Chris has agreed to continue doing the billing for the newsletter and also write an occasional article.

I'm looking for some volunteers to become involved with the newsletter. Copy was in short supply for this issue so I particularly need some writers. You can write about whatever interests you as long as it has a neighborhood connection. Articles could range from profiling an area business to interviewing long-time area residents to doing an investigative piece on rental housing in the neighborhood. I'd like to see an article dealing with the schools in each issue since neighborhood schools are at the core of our identity.

And if you have a critique about the content or design of the newsletter, feel free to unload (my number is 255-3486); I have a thick skin! I don't want this newsletter to be produced in a vacuum but rather reflect the diverse population that is the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood. Bob Shaw