This issue marks the return of The Winfield Register to the community after an absence of almost three years.

It suspended publication when its publisher, Stan Zegel, 67, retired in the summer of 2009.

“I hoped then that someone else would step up and take over the paper, but no one did. And now Winfield has gone three years without a general circulation newspaper, and the bad effects are showing.

“Ronald Reagan inspired great action when he asked “If not us, then who? If not now, then when?”

“Because no one else has provided a large circulation Winfield newspaper since I retired, maybe the answer is still me and now” Mr. Zegel commented.

As before, the paper has no profit motive and invites volunteers who want to do something for their community to cover events and write stories for the newspaper. Those interested should contact Mr. Zegel at (630) 510-0544 or Publisher@WinfieldRegister.info.

Not everyone will welcome having a newspaper in Winfield, especially one that has built a reputation for reporting facts of officials misleading the public or doing improper or unethical things. Those involved and their friends resent that scrutiny.

The Winfield Register deals with issues, not personalities, a separation not everyone realizes.

“Businesses are already receiving anonymous phone calls threatening boycotts if they advertise in The Winfield Register,” Mr. Zegel reports. “One business woman publicly discourages boycott talk but eagerly has her family’s 4th-generation business joining in this one anyway,” he commented.

Without sufficient advertising to cover expenses, twice-monthly distribution must now shift to those who have made donations of $29.95 or more, but sample copies will occasionally be sent to others too.