Co-publisher and Editor Becky Clark is recovering well from a small heart attack suffered last month and is expected to return within weeks. Thank you all for your concern.
Jack Clark, Co-Publisher/General Counsel
Out Loud: October 22, 2015
By Jack Clark

Co-publisher and Editor Becky Clark is recovering well from a small heart attack suffered last month and is expected to return within weeks. Thank you all for your concern.
Jack Clark, Co-Publisher/General Counsel
Editor’s note: Jack’s turn again this week. Shortly after the 2013 Mountain Fire that destroyed homes and caused the evacuation of thousands from our Hill, the cost of suppressing that fire was estimated at about $27 to $28 million in taxpayers’ dollars, the greater portion of which was borne by the U.S. Forest Service. Two…
It’s not all complaints from people who don’t like the facts you print or that you print both sides of their controversy. There really are many feel-good times in the running a small-town newspaper. For example, every day we get to see the good things that people are doing for our community — sometimes as…
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The last time I wrote this column was for the Aug. 10, 2017, issue. Last week, when JP was out and I ran the news meeting, an attendee asked if I was ever going to write it again. He wanted it back. A couple of other people supported that request so here it is. I…
Time passed me by since I coined an opinion in this column, and I’m surprised I’ve evaded some readers’ pointed observations of that. Several “other” newspaper business deadlines involving press association, management and other print products overfilled my plate like a Paul Bunyan burger at the Lumber Mill. But those deadlines are memories for another…