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Letter: The Tribune’s ‘Inquiring Editor’

(Photo courtesy of Robin Reardon Roberson) Grand County High School students do some last-minute cramming prior to appearing on The Salt Lake Tribune's "Inquiring Editor" program on KUTV-2 in April 1966. From left are Linda Lema, Cindy Wilson, Joe Warren, Robin Reardon, Dennis Neely and Jeff Taylor.

(Photo courtesy of Robin Reardon Roberson) Grand County High School students do some last-minute cramming prior to appearing on The Salt Lake Tribune's "Inquiring Editor" program on KUTV-2 in April 1966. From left are Linda Lema, Cindy Wilson, Joe Warren, Robin Reardon, Dennis Neely and Jeff Taylor.

As a high school senior in Moab in April 1966, five classmates and I were invited to represent our school in “The Salt Lake Tribune’s Inquiring Editor” live television quiz show on KUTV-2. Who remembers that?

Your newspaper article promoting the program said, “The Inquiring Editor is designed to better acquaint Utah high school students with the wealth of information found in their morning newspaper.” Editor H. F. Kretchman tested our knowledge of current events.

The words that appear on our award certificates he signed still apply: “In a time when our nation stands constantly on the brink of peril, good citizenship requires a thorough understanding of current news events and a constant awareness of happenings on local, national and international levels.”

I will miss my morning paper newspapers, but I’m sure I will learn to enjoy finding the wealth of your news on my computer screen.

Robin Roberson, Sandy

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