Adelsbach helped to found the Central California Press Association and served as its first secretary-treasurer.
[8][9] Tragedy struck the paper in 1911, when a young printer, Harrison Teas shot himself in the head at the Kingsburg Recorder's office.
The apparent suicide was seen as unexpected, as the young man had not reportedly shown signs of despondence.
[14] In 1984, Roy Brock, publisher of the Recorder and Selma Enterprise won the Justus F. Craemer Newspaper Executive of the Year Award from the California Press Foundation.
[15] James Brock sold the Recorder and Selma Enterprise in 2000 to Pulitzer, Inc., along with a free advertiser, the South County News.