Is MS Publisher scawwy?

Our church secretary has had to rather abruptly step down from the job due to her husband suddenly falling ill due to what turned out to be cancer. We naturally let her go! The end result, however, is a loose group of disorganized people with good intentions trying to cover all the various things she did. So far the only useful contribution I've been able to offer was to come in on Fridays to help fold and stuff bulletins, but it would be golden if we had anyone who could work with MS Publisher to keep the newsletter going.

SO... I haven't said anything yet, but I'm thinking I might try to tackle that one, newsletters/stuff to write and read being a trend in my life, IF Publisher isn't as boneheaded and irritatingly non-compliant with the wishes of the user as most Microsoft products are - in other words, if I can figure it out and make it do what I want without ripping out my hair.

That said, any of you use Publisher? Is it Stoopid and Recalcitrant? Or is it understandable and usable? I'm going to hunt for something like a tutorial online.

My town's landmark is certainly, um... unusual

Mad_jaks was talking about finding a nice cross-stitch kit with a picture of one of the pretty, quaint mills she has in her area, which made me realize that I couldn't think of anything in my town that anyone would want to stitch. Or paint. Or...whatever.  Sadly, Aloha is one of those towns that grew up along/around a railroad station and it's sorely lacking in manmade prettiness.  Lots of pretty trees, hills, streams and such but pretty buildings? Meh....

The only thing we have for a notable landmark, aside from a water tower, is Harvey.  He's a giant concrete rabbit in a captain's outfit who presides over the Harvey Marina.  Every holiday he holds something different in his outstretched hand, such as a giant valentine heart, a lit up Christmas tree, a pumpkin, etc.  I remember him from when I was tiny and he makes a great navigation point for visitors (turn right after the giant rabbit), but I would never cross-stitch him.  He's kind of scary.

For anyone curious about the rabbit I see every week, Harvey has his own page over here:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2191

Ah, but for a quaint mill!