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David Bond: Ah, Ollie, you're draggin' up ancient memories here. However, I may hold the record at three (count 'em, 3) stints at the CdA Press. My recollections of the news staff there are still fond; especially Keith Erickson, Sandi Broadwater, Amos Clark, Ric Clarke, Shawn Vestal, etc. etc., and I hold a high degree of respect for Mike Patrick, a true gentleman. T.J., the sports editor who'd departed just before I was hired for the 1st time (by high-school chum Clark) in '78, was a piece of work. He began to believe that Duane Hagadone was merely a figment of Corporate's imagination and set out to divine whether demur Duane actually existed -- attempting first in vain to get him on the phone, catch him in person, and eventually camping out in the hallway of a hotel on the floor Hagadone was reported staying in. Not long after that confrontation did TJ seek other employment opportunities.

DFO: Mebbe we ex-Hagadone newsmen should have a reunion -- at Templins, of course. Oh, the stories we could tell. I had one courthouse reporter in Kalispell who was arrested while covering a trial because he had marijuana in his coat pockets. He also had a nasty habit of gluing a mirror to his shows and trying to look up dresses. Then, there was the weird photographer who always went out for a malt before lunch and later pimped his wife in Denver. You run into all kinds in the news biz, particularly at the smaller papers.

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