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EDITOR,

It’s not often I write about someone in my own family. As the editor of a newspaper, I have to be judicious about how I use space in the paper — and about 98 percent of the time, I leave my family out of it.

EDITOR,

Unspeakable tragedy has descended upon Newtown, Conn., and our nation is left once again pondering the aftermath of a senseless school shooting. Parents and students are understandably shaken, while police and school officials review their emergency protocols and ask “Are we doing enough?”

EDITOR,

Editor’s Note: This column is the first of a two-part series.

Ava Lynn Cowden was born at 9:01 a.m. March 24, 2010, to Michelle Lynn (Mason) and Clyde Ernest Cowden of Scotts Valley. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center.