Here Comes the Sun (... and Change ...) (Editor's Note) (Editorial‪)‬

IT WAS AN UNUSUALLY LONG, COLD WINTER FOR THIS PART OF the country, and it seemed to take forever for the sun to warm the air, for the trees to bring forth their famous floral display, and for the tourists to arrive. But, like all winters (and recessions), it eventually came to an end. The days grew warmer, the cherry trees finally blossomed, and the tourists arrived (I know this because I have noticed a statistically significant increase in the number of "duck boats" loading up at Union Station). There has been a marked, if seasonal, improvement in the emotional tenor of the town. It is nice to see smiles on at least a few faces and to sense that we have, indeed, survived yet another long, cold, dreary winter.