Rural Heritage June/July 2025

prints made of each roll of film and mail out the copies to the people pictured. Partly to encourage them to buy a bigger print, but also because he wanted them to have them. He would say, “When we showed horses we always enjoyed seeing photos of ourselves. Here are some photos I took of your entry at last week’s show.” Because he was there taking only photos, and not interviewing anyone for a story, he would stay in the background. Many people have told me they were surprised to see his photos of them because they did not know he was there. But he was there, always the quiet man behind the camera. Always showing up and always working hard. A celebration of life gathering will be held at Cravath Lakefront Community Center, 341 Fremont St., Whitewater WI 53190, from 1-4 pm Saturday July 19. ° ° ° ° I n my last column, I described some of the economic realities faced by magazines like ours. In essence, the challenge is to keep our content affordable despite rising production costs. We're trying something new with this issue, the June/July 2025 edition. Nothing is changed with the print version. It has the same specs as the April/May issue before it. However, the companion

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