FIELD NOTES
THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, marks the 27th year since my father, Ben R. Ezzell, died after nearly 50 years as editor and publisher of The Canadian Record. It also marks the 27th year since I sat down behind this desk and—with equal parts fear and determination—joined my mother, Nancy M. Ezzell, in publishing this newspaper, an undertaking we shared until her death in 2013.
I think of my parents…