Anyone having doubts as to whether the print newspaper industry will continue to exist should take note of the following example of what a community newspaper is all about.

After reading about a Bowie family - the Andersens - and their trials and tribulations over the past two years, the Bowie Lions Club decided to answer the family's call for help.

Karen and Bob Andersen have nine children, five of them are adopted. Their house burned down two years ago and then Bob died a year ago this month. Karen was left with a large family and no home.

The Andersen family home - bought just before Bob and Karen married in the...