Completing the FOCUS preparation for consultation with our LibDem members prior to getting it to the printers whilst also dealing with the aftermath of the boisterous boys’ activities in the pool yesterday and conducting press interviews after news of our plans for Ross McKay had leaked out.
My main pre-occupation today was with the need to get the FOCUS copy ready for going to the printer. The day started a bit traumatically as Diana discovered that the boys had broken Amy Law's polystyrene surf-board in half during their horse-play last night and so we had to get him out of bed early to go and promise the Law family that he would replace it. The gardener was back today and so I could leave him to the chores, but I did have to feed the fish which were quite hungry with the water temperature being what it is. I telephoned Percy who came round today to work on the final FOCUS, but we first had to get the Ross McKay press release out.
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We had a call from Derek Giles who had been talking to Celia Chignell of the Citizen and the news of our plans was out. We quickly completed the amendments to the press release and sent it by fax to Celia and the other newspapers and radio stations and I was then interviewed by her and answered some difficult questions quite well, I thought. The rest of the day working on the FOCUS with all other tasks taking second place. With Percy, I checked through the printed copy and then spent the rest of the time laying out the copy into artwork. The whole process came to a climax in late evening as each time I finished an issue and printed it out, Percy drove off to distribute copies of it to the relevant ward councillors for their comments and corrections. This until after midnight.