I like the nightlife, I like to boogie ...

Beats were reassigned today at The Daily Union. Saju is leaving JC to run a newspaper on his home island of St. Kitts. Saju's beats were city, business, weekend/nightlife and cops/courts. Our hospital, education, agribusiness reporter (Kevin) got business. Andy, who covers the small towns in the region, got cops/courts. "I like both kinds of music: country and western" Stairrett got city and WEEKEND/NIGHTLIFE. Good lord. While this means a big reduction in page layout (hooray!), it means I must now venture out into the Junk's seedy nightlife underbelly.

Remember, this is the beat that produced stories like the one I posted on here May 27. You remember — the one with this little gem:

Thomas Kidd of Fort Riley said he would rather go to the Rodehouse than to a strip bar. "If Richard opens this place up it will blow up," Kidd said. "Tired of spending all of my money at the strip joints."

A little side note to that article: Saju said Kidd continued on about having to go home along and please himself, but the editor decided to cut it.

So just imagine it now, me covering the military, the Junk and nightlife in the Junk. Andy will surely be writing about me on his new beat. Now if I didn't already have a man, surely one of my beats would scare one up ... please pray for my innocent country soul.

Yeaaaaaaaaaahhhh! Okaaaaaaaaaaaaayyy! — AKS