Senior News has finally been escorted very kindly into the 21st century. After hand pasting the paper onto 17-inch by 34-inch boards every month, this month we become all-electronic. The February issue will be printed on the state-of-the-art presses of Western Web, the press built by Rob and Cherie Arkley to print The Eureka Reporter.

This first venture into full-color printing may not be as elegant as the issues in the future. We'll grow into this new technology - as soon as we climb up the learning curve.

In making this change, I want to thank Kenny Priest at Tri-City Weekly. He has been our vendor for printing the paper since he has been at Tri-City the past three years. Before him Doug Fromherz took care of our printing needs. It all started when former Tri-City owner Ron Pileggi wanted to do something for seniors and piggybacked our monthly print run of 5,000 copies onto his larger run of thousands - first at Paradise Post in Paradise, Calif., then at Humboldt Printing in Fortuna.

When Humboldt Printing closed some 18 months ago, Senior News went to be printed at the Times-Standard, the new owner of the Tri-City.

There's always more to the story, and behind this one is a homecoming. When Ron Pileggi had us printed at Paradise Post, the production head was Steve Jackson - now director of operations at Western Web. When Doug Fromherz brought us in-county to Humboldt Printing, pre-press supervisor there was Jack Davis - now production manager at Western Web. We're glad to be back in Steve and Jack's capable hands - and we look forward to the crisp, clean production that comes from Western Web.