{"id":11371,"date":"2014-05-23T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T20:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=11371"},"modified":"2014-05-17T21:40:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T05:40:34","slug":"from-the-aprmay-zephyr-the-zephyr-chronicles-the-first-25-years-pt-1by-jim-stiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/23\/from-the-aprmay-zephyr-the-zephyr-chronicles-the-first-25-years-pt-1by-jim-stiles\/","title":{"rendered":"(From the Apr\/May Zephyr) THE ZEPHYR CHRONICLES: The First 25 Years, Pt 1\u2026by Jim Stiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here\u2019s how far we\u2019ve come.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after The Zephyr\u2019s first issue appeared on newsstands, in mid-March 1989, I was at the old Main Street Broiler, eating one of Debbie Rappe\u2019s wonderful cheeseburgers and overheard a spirited conversation at an adjacent table. &#8216;This smart ass kid thinks he can just start a newspaper and then tell us how to live! His &#8220;Zephyr&#8221; garbage won\u2019t last three months.&#8217; His friend nodded, &#8216;I hear he\u2019s one of those environmental weirdos.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Jump ahead\u2014way ahead\u2014to the day last year when I\u00a0 found this post on our web site; it was in response to a story on extreme sports. &#8216;It\u2019s this geriatric community of do-nothings,&#8217; young Seth complained, &#8216;that wants to sit by and look at rock that is getting butt-hurt\u2026It\u2019s so sad watching you get old and bitter.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>From smart ass kid to old and bitter. Seems like only yesterday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To read more of Jim&#8217;s article, click the image below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/2014\/04\/01\/the-zephyr-chronicles-the-first-25-years-pt-1-by-jim-stiles\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11372\" alt=\"alienissue\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/alienissue.jpg\" width=\"402\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/alienissue.jpg 351w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/alienissue-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/2014\/04\/01\/the-zephyr-chronicles-the-first-25-years-pt-1-by-jim-stiles\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/2014\/04\/01\/the-zephyr-chronicles-the-first-25-years-pt-1-by-jim-stiles\/<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An excerpt: &#8220;Here\u2019s how far we\u2019ve come. Shortly after The Zephyr\u2019s first issue appeared on newsstands, in mid-March 1989, I was at the old Main Street Broiler, eating one of Debbie Rappe\u2019s wonderful cheeseburgers and overheard a spirited conversation at an adjacent table. &#8216;This smart ass kid thinks he can just start a newspaper and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11371"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11693,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11371\/revisions\/11693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}