Have you ever heard of Parkour? It is a French sport that is actually played right here in Macon County. On March 4, Reporter Diedre Wilson wrote about the story, which was illustrated by Photographer Steve Morris. A fascinating story about a foreign sport/activity played right here in our parks.

Wilson also wrote a touching story - one that generated tremendous response - on the 68th anniversary of Earl and Myrtle Ford.

There was more in March. We reported on many things, including, but not limited to:

• Sexual assault charges againts Red Boiling Springs Mayor Kenneth Hollis.
• The local school board putting certain building projects on hold.
• The 100th anniversary of New Zion Church.
• RBS top graduating seniors.
• Early retirement options for some City of Lafayette employees.
• A local couple who has run over 100 marathons around the world!
• Much, much more.

My recently completed evaluation of March's print editions (our next edition is April 1) reveal some stats. In March, we published:

• Four print issues.
• 128 pages.
• 45 staff-produced reports/stories.
• 184 local photographs.
• 162 local calendar announcements submitted by Macon Countians.
• 49 longer local stories submitted by Macon Countians.
• Also, we had the sad taks of reporting 41 obituaries.
• We delighted in sharing the joy of 5 births and 5 engagement/wedding/anniversary announcements with you.
• 12 local letters to the editor.
• 8 local columns.
• We also published five more candidate-for-office announcements.

There's more of course. We provided you with tons of local advertising, including 30 inserts or circulars from great local businesses like Hometown Foods, DT McCall's & Sons, Gross Appliance, and Gene Carman Real Estate and Auctions as well as companies like Walmart, Walgreens, Rite Aid and Freds, among others. Included among this was over $600 in coupons that not only save you money, but help you help local businesses.

We also gave you four issues of the very popular magazine American Profile.

As I mentioned when talking about February, you get all this and more for only $2 - the cost of four issues. The cost is even less with your $20 subscription.

Not a bad value. Not a bad value at all!

We published far more on our website, www.maconcountytimes.com, and we'll provide some statistics on that when March is complete.