Published: October 23, 2009 08:25 pm      

And now, some good local news

Print and television media outlets are rarely short on disquieting news. The Goshen News is no exception.

The H1N1 flu has had its share of headlines. Elkhart County’s jobless rate, though declining by degrees, still tops the state. Too many local residents have been hurt in recent traffic crashes.

There is, however, a flip side to grim news. News readers who perused Friday’s edition have the proof.

The front page of the paper spotlighted the efforts of Fairfield High School football players helping with a Habitat for Humanity building project. The students only volunteered for part of a morning, but no doubt their combined effort was appreciated. We saw the photos, and know that moving cinder blocks is no easy task.

The Fairfield students were featured on Page 1, but positive community activities could be found throughout the newspaper.

A fund-raising dance, set for today in Elkhart and including donated services, will benefit the Ryan’s Place grief center in Goshen. An article about today’s “350” event highlighted plans by Goshen College students to express their convictions about climate change.

And that’s just from one day’s newspaper.

The articles mentioned above have a common thread. They involve people doing something for someone else, or making an effort to make the world better.

They are about people who aren’t apathetic. And these people can be found all over the Goshen area.

We’re happy to tell you about them.