WORDS THAT CHEER AND INSPIRE
With this issue. the GREATER LAGRO GAZETTE
begins another year of publication. And
like in the past similar occasions, there will be no celebrations or
testimonial rites to mark this significant milestone in the existence of the
publication. Neither is there any
special issue of the GAZETTE to mark this event.
What we offer our readers is still
the same community/public news-magazine, with balanced, reliable and
well-researched materials, including authoritative and timely articles from our
equally authoritative, astute and well-informed writers and contributors.
But, yes, the GAZETTE enters its
11th year of publication with this issue. And for 10 continuous years now, it has been coming off the press to
flow into the mainstream of activities of the inhabitants of the community to
whom this publication is committed to serve in the first place. Throughout this relatively short span of time
that it has existed, the GAZETTE has, time and again, found itself in dire
straits -- in a manner of speaking, struggling to keep its head above waters
and bravely standing on its own feet even during its critical formative years.
Come
to think of it, it seemed it was only yesterday that we started working
and coming out with the maiden issue of this community news-magazine. And during the relatively short span of ten
years, we at the GAZETTE never gave much
thought and attention about counting
the years. We were too
preoccupied about working hard to make sure that these days, weeks, months or
years would really count.
As the recognized one and only
barangay/community publication of its kind in the whole of Quezon City -- if
not in the whole metropolis and the country for that matter -- which comes out
regularly, the GAZETTE has been receiving feedback -- countless testimonials
and endorsements not only from the residents of the community but also from the
general public in Quezon City and elsewhere in the metropolis.
And although the feedback that we at
the GAZETTE have been receiving have not always been flattering to us, these
have been eliciting the best response from us. The good words have cheered and inspired us to continue doing what we
consider a good job. But the critical
feedback have goaded and spurred us to work even harder for excellence in the
performance of our task.
But all things considered, we
believe that we have done a good job and that for this, we have so many reasons
to celebrate and be proud of.
But if we have
good reasons to
celebrate, we feel we have even more special reasons to be
grateful of and so many people to be
thankful to. And
we, at the
GAZETTE, certainly do not
want to pass
this opportunity to
let those who
have helped and
supported us, in
one way or
another, know that we
deeply appreciate what
they have done and
are still doing
for us.
To our Barangay officials headed by our out-going Chairman, Atty.
Renato U. Galimba (now on the last few months of his unprecedented third and
last term of office) and the previous
and new sets of Sangguniang Barangay members, for their full and unqualified
support, without which this publication would never have seen print.
To the editors and staff members,
including our consulting and contributing editors and writers and
the rest of the officers and employees of
the Local Government of Barangay Greater Lagro, for providing
their services for free and for spending their time, effort and sometimes
their personal resources to help
advance the cause of the GAZETTE.
And to our numerous
Special Friends --- well-meaning
individuals, associations,
companies and institutions -- who have
supported and stood by
us since the
onset of this undertaking. Their
invaluable support came
in many ways and
forms.
But
what we appreciate
and cherish most are
their good and
encouraging words -- and their critical,
constructive advice, comments
and recommendations. If we were to mention all the names of these
“Special Friends” here, it would probably need a whole page of this
publication to accommodate the complete list. We are sure however, that whoever
and wherever they are and if they are reading this piece now, deep in their
hearts, they will know they belong to this special group.
We, at the helm of the GREATER LAGRO
GAZETTE, would like to think that by this unprecedented show of generosity and
support, these “special friends” have manifested their “extra special” and
unconditional trust and confidence on our capability and competence to
really come out with a fairly
respectable publication such as the “GAZETTE”.
It was a most humbling but
encouraging thought and if the results of the forthcoming barangay and SK
elections should find us still in a position to continue with this noble
undertaking, we give our word that we shall continue doing our best to live up
to their expectations. But for now, we
could only take our hats off and express our appreciation and gratitude to everybody
in the most simple of terms:
“Thank you! Thank you ever so much!” (Felciano U. Galimba, Jr.)
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