Out Loud: Warm memories …
Jack and I found our children, their spouses and all the grandchildren — including little Finley, two months old this Tuesday — in our...
Out loud: Past and present …
Some of you may remember back in the 1980s a social column the TC ran called “Mountain views.” It was about the big and...
Out Loud: Pride and prejudice …
Let’s please be clear about something: The Town Crier is not “against” any personnel at any level of any local governmental agency. Nothing would...
Out loud: Public corruption …
Amongst the Halloween photos, columns and big news stories in this issue is a small article you may have missed and I don’t want...
Out loud: A Sacramento trip …
Jack and I took a short trip up to Sacramento last week where the California Newspaper Publishers Association hosted its quarterly meeting Friday.
Having visited...
Out loud: Living on the fringe …
“People are my bag,” summed up a Desert Sun School counsellor’s lifestyle in a 1972 Town Crier. He is shown sporting longish hair and...
Out Loud: A fun meeting …
Each Wednesday morning (except when Monday is a major holiday), our little news staff — me, J.P. and Jay — and Dolores gather to...
Out Loud: As he was saying …
Emax’s “As We Were Saying” column from Sept. 20, 1963, expresses perfectly my sentiments this Tuesday as I write this.
In fact, Jack and I...
Out Loud: Local Vineyards …
A few weeks ago, as guests of the Garner Valley Women’s Club, Jack and I covered a tour of vineyards in — would you...
Out Loud: The good side
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...