McMullen: Comics changes overdue

Posted: Friday, December 18, 2009 12:00 am | Updated: 9:58 am, Wed Sep 5, 2012.

Some of my readers might recall that I found a stash of old copies of The Sedalia Democrat when I sorted through all the junk in my garage earlier this year when the house that I live in played host to a garage sale.

I like to think of it as my little newspaper archive, even though it can’t compare to the huge backlog of papers that they keep in the offices of The Sedalia Democrat. The bulk of the collection is from 1998 to 2000, with a couple random years thrown in for good measure. The paper itself is a little wider and a little shorter than the paper we’re used to these days, and the masthead is at least twice it’s current size. Familiar faces and places appear on the front page. Friends of mine and Sedalia landmarks such as the Hotel Bothwell appear on each yellowing front page. There’s even a picture of me on one of them — July 9, 1999 — depicting this opinion columnist eating ice cream out of a gutter that’s been set up on a series of picnic tables. (We had some crazy times at Boy Scout camp over the years.)

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