I UNDERSTAND Sunraysia Daily is ceasing its print edition this weekend.

As a cadet journalist from 1959, I thank the management and staff, past and present, for that wonderful training opportunity.

As I reflect on my rather swift 79 years (where have they gone?), I realise the long-term significance of that cadetship in my various future media, business and political activities. In fact, I was re-reading a story this week which I had prepared specially for the...