A decade with The Honolulu Advertiser as a copy editor and wire editor came to an end last night, but it was not my saddest day in the newsroom. Not even close. Nine years ago, The Advertiser launched a short-lived PM Edition for those who preferred to read their newspaper in the afternoon or evening.

Food, memories and good wishes continued to pour into The Advertiser newsroom yesterday as the staff prepared to put the state's largest newspaper "to bed" for the final time. Reporters, editors and photographers continued to dump notebooks, reports, books and business cards, uncovering desktops that had not been uncluttered in years.

Word of Life Academy's final graduation ceremony yesterday was a bittersweet affair for 22 seniors heading off to the next phase of their lives and more than 300 underclassmen who will spend their remaining high school years at other schools, but there was more celebration than sadness at the event itself.