Cookies and spilled blood

As I’m working on a story about Girl Scout cookies, I can overhear the Chief of the Toledo Police’s voice wavering with emotion in the background, talking about the fallen police officer originally from Monroe County. It really puts it in interesting conjunction – to state it lamely.

Doing the cookie story, I’ve been running through my memories of being a Brownie and marching in a parade as such. I was dressed, along with my troupe, as a cookie – a Samoa to be exact. The Police Chief just described Keith Dressel as a cross between Grizzly Adams and Milton Berle. The people who knew him are running through their own memories, probably not really involving cookies.

It’s difficult to focus on a story that seemingly means a lot less than another one at the present. Girl Scout cookies at a time like this? But it brings into focus the complexity of being human as well as the complexity of newspapers. Girl Scout cookies, and other things like it, are innocent enough to be crucial. And as we try to continue to nurture our newspaper into a living, breathing thing it continues to be part of the whole story.

Or at least, that’s what I’m going with for now. What do you think?

By: Stephanie Ariganello
Posted: February 26th, 2007 under Random things.
Comments: 6

6 Comments

February 26, 2007 @ 10:10 am #

The particular current subject regarding Girl Scout cookies is actually quite controversial. While the on-duty shooting of a police officer and its subsequent stories important, not only is it quite local, but after the one-year anniversary it may be all but forgotten by most. Girl Scout cookies are forever, decades old, loved by millions, and why they’re in the news right now may or may not have a bearing on those same millions. Local vs. national, the latter subject being far from innocent according to some (not by me though). It’s all in your perspective, really.

February 28, 2007 @ 7:44 am #

What exactly is it about Girls Scout cookies that’s controversial? I’m not disputing it, I’m just wondering where that’s coming from.
-Stephanie

February 28, 2007 @ 8:58 am #

The controversy is that there are some, including myself, who don’t agree that banning trans fats or absolutely removing them, as has been done with the cookies (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,254517,00.html) is worth doing. It’s certainly nothing goverments should be involved in banning, particularly since the FDA itself says trans fats are alright. I’ve done more than one blog entry on this, starting at http://www.blogsmonroe.com/food/?p=86.

However, whether you agree or disagree, yesterday’s “Wizard of Id” is hilarious:

http://www.comics.com/creators/wizardofid/archive/wizardofid-20070227.html

February 28, 2007 @ 4:12 pm #

Stephanie, I hate to break it to you.
Okay, I won’t.
But just Google Girl Scout cookies controversy and see what you come up with.
Hey, that’s the way the Samoan crumbles.

March 2, 2007 @ 10:55 am #

Don’t you mean Samoa? I will not stand by your blatant racism against the Samoan people.

March 2, 2007 @ 6:06 pm #

You two are just crumbelievable …

Stephanie, I have a comment from two days ago in this thread that’s still stuck in moderation. Help!

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