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Former editor of the Bottineau Courant passes away
Scott Wagar
02/04/2014
The former editor of the Bottineau Courant, John Maynard, has passed away, but he left his legacy in the newspaper business in Bottineau County and the state that will always having a lasting impression.
The Bottineau Courant was informed this past Thursday that Maynard passed away on Saturday, Jan. 25, at the age of 75.
At the time of his death he was in semi-retirement, but serving as a pastor at the Good Shephard Lutheran Church in Franklin, N.C.
Maynard moved to Bottineau in March of 1976 when he accepted a position as the editor of the Bottineau Courant. He was employed with the Courant for three years, but left the newspaper and moved to South Dakota.
A year later, Maynard returned to Bottineau and became the editor of a new newspaper in town, the Hills and Plains Free Press under the ownership of Norman and Twilla Glinz. Shortly after being named the editor of the Hills and Plains Free Press, Maynard became the editor of the Courant after the Glinzs purchased the Courant and combined the two newspapers together.
During his tenure with the Courant, Maynard was known as a hard working media figure and watchdog over serious issues concerning the county.
He was also known for his ability as a newspaper photographer and creative wit in his writing and layout of the Courant, which granted Maynard numerous awards with the North Dakota Newspaper Association.
In 1976, Maynard left the Courant and became a Lutheran minister, serving God in Moab, Utah; Buena Vista, Colo.; Maysville and Augusta, Ky. and Franklin, N.C.
Maynard is survived by his wife of 50 years, Marion, two children, Peter and Karen, and a grandson, Louis.
Maynard will be remembered in Bottineau and the county as a larger than life individual in the publishing business, which has granted him immortality in the history of the Bottineau Courant.