Bill Salter (Poor William) was Publisher of the OA from late 1994, until June 2003 when he was named publisher emeritus. He has been in the newspaper business as "printer's devil" reporter, photographer, editor and publisher for more than 45 years. He is a native of Brady, Texas, but has lived all over Texas and also in Florida and New Mexico. His column, "William Tells," has been published since 1962, and has appeared in 12 different newspapers. He is married (Sherry, who appears as "Miss Kitty" in his columns) and has a son (Jeff, who appears in some columns as "Yellowbeard Jr."). As publisher emeritus, Salter continues to write his columns, editorials, oversee Texas Freedom Comics and take on other projects for the OA and Freedom Communications, Inc. He also is active in civic, charity and church affairs in Odessa For more on William Tells columns and photos please visit www.williamtells.com