Crime scenes a laughing matter? Hold that thought.
Success!
I am pleased to say that, after 15 months’ thumb-twiddling in Covid Purgatory, I was finally able to access the Gainesville Times archive and retrieve the final 25 columns written by my father. Maybe that’s begging the question a tad. The Times’ archive had been relocated to a newer Hall County library north of town. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the archive was closed to visitation. It takes hours to retrieve and scan microfiche records. The Times’ archive had yet to be fully digitized. Since I reside in another state, purposeful visitation time was rare. Naturally, the pandemic hit during this effort. Glad that’s over!
And Now … um … Then!
From August 30, 1988, comes a smattering of levity. Five anecdotes where crime became comedy gold. Oh, and to the ladies who read the last bit, that’s ’80s printbait … I think.
