Ripon's 50th a Time to Reflect -Cagle

The booklet contained a timeline, photos and testimonies by longtime employees. Jeff Miller, a first shift web press crew leader and a 35-year Ripon veteran, penned a nostalgic look back at his career. He started off making $2.80 an hour as an 18-year-old, and took the gig because it offered health insurance (some things never change). He remembers his first encounter with four-color printing ("Wow, art class paid off") but, perhaps most of all, he reveled in the craftsmanship that enabled him to be expressive as well as productive.