Ning-ing to the Public

What a week. Trying to put together this story about Boonville's economy, finding time for my web projects on top of my other classes are definitely a challenge. Especially if your sources don't cooperate with you. Okay. Sorry for complaining because it's all part of the job, right?

But the good news is that I found an AWESOME potential web extra. While interviewing one of my sources, he mentioned that back in the 60's, Boonville's Chamber of Commerce took tons of ping pong balls and marked numbers on them. Then they took the balls on a helicopter and dropped it to the Main Street of downtown. Depending on the numbers written on the balls people got, they received discounts to the stores. It encouraged people to shop downtown.

And my source said he and his cousin have film footage from it! So hopefully, he'll be able to find it, and we'll be able convert it from VHS to Avid. Hopefully, I'll find more people who can tell the story. I'm super excited because it'll be a great side story for people to compare the changes in the town.

Another exciting news: KOMU's Ning site is going PUBLIC!! Yay! If you haven't signed up yet, nows the time!! We currently have 53 members, and our goal is to expand it to 1,000 people! We want to create a network where Mid-Missourians can share news and improve the community.