Does it have to end? The R-G gets a local interest story to fill space (and maybe some advertising in return) and Alice Carlsen gets a nice little jump start to her new business, a welcome thing after the investment something like this requires. Everybody wins, even the employees who still have a job. My guess is some R-G employees will even be happy to stop in for a morning jolt since they are right down the street. It certainly could not happen to nicer people than Alice and Brad Carlsen; I have not seen them for some years, but they are truly very nice people.