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Ron Swift
Small town has large impact
In recent weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to read many issues of the Patterson Irrigator from the World War II era.
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Outdoor feline faces food competition
Important things first. Our raccoon (well, not personally ours, exactly) has again been paying nightly visits to our backyard, dining on dry cat food just outside the backdoor. Not a mature raccoon...
May 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ron Swift
Gift to graduate inspires reply in kind
Now here’s a story that deserves retelling.
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ron Swift
Some technology goes too far
As most readers know, I do use email for corresponding with friends far and wide. (No, I don’t mean “fat.”)
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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One-time editor faced postwar financial dilemma
Newspaper people are always getting picked on. No, I haven’t been picked on recently — but here’s a tale of what did happen nearly 70 years ago.
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ron Swift
Another look at local losses in World War II
Those few people who have pored through pages of the Patterson Irrigator published during the latter stages of World War II have expressed amazement at the losses of military personnel from this ar...
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Daily news leaves majority painfully jaded
by Ron Swift | Patterson Irrigator
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
It is apparent — and with good reason — that many of us are becoming jaded about the daily loss of lives at the hands of others.
Closet cleaning an occasion for reminiscence
by Ron Swift | Patterson Irrigator
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
When many of us get to a certain age, we circle the wagons, contemplate the past and begin to clean out the closets.
Return to trustee areas may mean worse elections
by Ron Swift | Patterson Irrigator
Mar 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
It appears that the election of seven trustees who govern the Patterson Joint Unified School District will soon be by trustee areas.
Who's using the postal service: A tally
by Ron Swift | Patterson Irrigator
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
With the U.S. Postal Service in bad financial straits, I’ve been keeping tabs on my incoming mail so as to determine just who is using stamps these days.
Time ripe for focus on downtown
by Ron Swift | Patterson Irrigator
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Now that Walmart has opened its doors, it’s time for Patterson to get serious about resurrecting its unique downtown business district.
No end of interest in perusal of past
by Ron Swift | Patterson Irrigator
Feb 21, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
One of the true pleasures I enjoy weekly is writing the “Patterson’s Past” column that appears in this newspaper.
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