I should know better than to believe completely in anything that appears in print. In a previous post I referenced a Newport Daily News article that insinuated that Portsmouth HS Principal Littlefield's deadline for the yearbook might have been exaggerated.

One of my faithful readers, who has personal knowledge, tells me that, in fact, the senior pictures section did indeed go off to the printer on the date Littlefield mentioned, minus the page with Agin's broadsword picture. Yes, the drop-dead for the rest of the book is February, so there is some wiggle room, but the bottom line is that the principal did not lie.

I stand corrected. We may disagree with Littlefield's judgement, but it appears he was telling the truth.

As someone who's worked with printers, this doesn't surprise me. You can usually change anything right up to the time you're on press (with, however, price increasing inverse to time remaining.) Didn't get any info on whether there's going to be additional costs associated with delaying this page.

Hat tip to my unnamed source. Many thanks.