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• Memorial Day Afternoon at the Newhall A&W 5-27-2014
• Tots and a Shake 5-13-2014
• Misplaced Fear 5-6-2014
• Burma Shave Billboards, Anyone? 5-4-2014
• Doing Right, Eventually 4-29-2014
• Movie Trailers on the E-boards? 4-15-2014
• Ballots and Red Lights 4-13-2014
• Stuck in the Sling 4-8-2014
• Counting Chickens 4-6-2014
• Vote Right, Vote Often 4-1-2014
• Our Obligation As Citizens 3-26-2014
• Billboards and Red-light Cameras 3-23-2014
• Hold Your Applause 3-18-2014
• You Can Keep Your HOA 3-16-2014
• St. Francis: Haste and Consequence 3-12-2014
• Boring Shades of Dirt 3-11-2014
• The Next Time We Meet 3-4-2014
• Just When You Thought You Knew... 3-2-2014
• Billboards On the Trail 2-25-2014
• I Have to Laugh 2-23-2014
• Blue Cheese and Blocked Traffic 2-16-2014
• Belt Your Dog 2-11-2014
• Land of Nuts and Flakes 2-9-2014
• A Joyful Noise 2-4-2014
• Shower With a Friend 2-2-2014
• Take Me Home, Country Road 1-28-2014
• Hart of Talent 1-19-2014
• The Horse Has Left the Barn 1-14-2014
• Chains in Awesometown, and Vice-Versa 1-12-2014
• Waiting for the Globe to Warm 1-7-2014
• Life at Pico, 1960s Style 1-5-2014
• Bound By the Years 12-31-2013
• Fun Political Times Ahead 12-24-2013
• Waiting for the Storm to Pass 12-22-2013
• Chillin' in Cadiz 12-17-2013
• I Won't Be Home for Christmas 12-15-2013
• Confessions of a Hart Band Geek 12-10-2013
• A Taste of Sunshine vs. Rotten Navels 12-8-2013
• Death In Perspective 12-3-2013
• What Christmas is About? 12-1-2013
• A Time to Heal 11-24-2013
• Starstruck in the Sticks 11-19-2013
• L.A. City, Your Dump-On-SCV Days Are Numbered 11-17-2013
• 29 Quiet Kids and 1 Giggler 11-12-2013
• If It Ain't Broke, They'll Break It 11-10-2013
• The Braying You Hear Isn't Political 11-5-2013
• Facebook and the Errant Ball 11-3-2013
• Greetings from Historical? Newhall 10-29-2013
• Life on the Road 10-27-2013
• Lions and Rattlers and Bears, Oh My 10-22-2013
• "A Silent, Dark History" 10-20-2013
• Dam Victims Deserve Recognition 10-15-2013
• There's No Place Like Home 10-13-2013
• Still Waiting for Mentryville 10-8-2013
• Life is Grand Up Here on the Hill 10-6-2013
• What Goes Around, Comes Around 9-29-2013
• There's Only One of You, So Take Care 9-22-2013
• Too Late, We're Already Fracked 9-8-2013
• Small Town to Small Town 9-1-2013
• Removing Our History, Piece by Piece 6-9-2013
• Perspectives Shape Memories of Mentryville 3-17-2013
• 'Round and 'Round We Go 3-10-2013
• Musing My Way Around Town 3-3-2013
• Remembering Dale Robertson, Newhall Walk Honoree, 1923-2013 2-27-2013
• Rivendale: Tread Lightly but Allow Use for All 2-24-2013
• Forgotten Facts of Mentryville Revealed in 'The Last Roundup' 2-17-2013
• Mentryville: The New Amityville? 1-27-2013
• Connections Mean So Much 1-20-2013
• 63 Years of Changes and Still Home 1-13-2013
• Come Visit SCV's Mother Township 1-6-2013
• Frozen Pipes, Chilly Horse 12-30-2012
• Great Memories of Christmas Past in Mentryville 12-23-2012
• Just Look for the First Yellow House on the Right 12-16-2012
• Mastery of Land, Sea, Space Didn't Come on a Laptop 12-9-2012
• Hello City Folk: Don't Pet the Black Kitty with the White Stripe 12-2-2012
• Life Was Simpler Then, but Could I Sit Still For It Now? 11-25-2012
• Ghouls and Goblins in SCV's Ghost Town? 11-18-2012
• All the 'Experts' Need to Do is Ask 11-11-2012
• Now And Then: A Reintroduction 11-4-2012

• The Road to Mentryville with Bob and Bing ... and Mike and Jeff? 12-10-2006
• Answer This, Mr. McKeon, If You Can 11-19-2006
• Pondering Blogs at 36,000 Feet 10-29-2006
• If They Can't Do the Job, Fire Them 10-22-2006
• Getting Back Into the Swing of Things 10-15-2006
• The Oil That Lubricated Our History 10-1-2006
• Watching SCV Change On TV 9-24-2006
• Stay What Course? Or Cut and Run — to Where? 9-17-2006
• What's In a Name?, 9-10-2006
• 'No, This Isn't the Air Force. It's Darryl, and I Was Navy.', 9-3-2006
• Snakes, Prostitutes and Politicians, 8-27-2006
• Unlocking the Doors to an Amicable SCV, 8-20-2006
• We Must Be Slow Learners, 8-13-2006
• Agreeing to Disagree, With a Smile, 8-6-2006
• Community Involvement As It Should Be, 7-30-2006
• More Police Service for the SCV?, 7-23-2006
• The People of 'West Ranch' Have Spoken, 7-16-2006
• Remembering Who Serves Whom and Why, 7-9-2006
• On the Drive From Newhall to Honolulu, 7-2-2006
• Home Rule or Subjugation? Your Choice, 6-25-2006
• Taxation Without Very Much Representation, 6-18-2006
• 'Stooge of the City Council' Gives Up His Title, 6-11-2006
• With a Little Help From My Spies, 6-4-2006
• Supes Couldn't Find SCV On a Map, 5-28-2006
• Recently In a Galaxy Not So Far Away..., 5-21-2006
• Give Mom an Extra Hug Today, 5-14-2006
• An Open Letter to Mister Antonovich, 5-7-2006
• West Ranch Council Members Have Gone Plumb Loco, 4-30-2006
• Why Wouldn't They Want Home Rule?, 4-23-2006
• Historic Pico Oil Town Needs Immediate Help, 4-16-2006
• Floating Down the River in Egypt, 4-9-2006
• Evolution Of The Local Rancho, Old Town Newhall Gazette, Mar.-Apr. 2006
• Happy 100th Birthday, Cemex!, 4-2-2006
• Stonecrest and Conspiracy Theories, 3-26-2006
• Ethics and the Public Service Power Trip, 3-19-2006
• Historical Fiction is Tougher Than Fact, 3-12-2006
• Honby Men and the Golden Valley Powder Keg, 3-5-2006
• Why Can't We Drive Into Mentryville?, 2-26-2006
• Problems Back Home in River City, 2-19-2006
• City Lawyers — You Gotta Love 'Em, 2-12-2006
• Maybe Y'all Need a Pat Robertson Prayer, 2-5-2006
• Can You List Five Reasons to Live in SCV?, 1-22-2006
• Oh, To Be County-less, 1-15-2006
• In Newhall, History Is All Around You, Old Town Newhall Gazette, Jan.-Feb. 2006
• Did Y'all Change the California Weather Law?, 1-8-2006
• Never a Dull Moment in the SCV, 1-1-2006
• Merry Christmas and Peace on Earth, 12-25-2005
• What's the Deal, Am I Living in Iran?, 12-18-2005
• Paper and Plastic and Ghosts of Christmas Past, 12-11-2005
• A Good Shepherd for the SCV Flock, 12-4-2005
• Working On My Annual Gratitude List, 11-27-2005
• I Was Told There Would Be Weeks Like This, 11-20-2005
• Now There Should Be 60% Less Griping, 11-13-2005
• 'We' and 'They' and Lyons Avenue Economics, 11-6-2005
• SCV Always Used to Lend a Hand, 10-30-2005
• Castaic Turns Its Back on U.S. Tradition, 10-23-2005
• History Goes 'Round and 'Round, 10-16-2005
• I Hereby Declare 'Wife's Day', 10-9-2005
• Your Chance to Buy SCV Land, Cheap!, 10-2-2005
• Mentryville is Taking its Time to Heal, 9-25-2005
• Ophelia, Whither Goest Thou?, 9-18-2005
• Looking for a Few Good Leaders, 9-11-2005
• Hurricane Katrina: A Long, Hard Road Ahead, 9-4-2005
• Taking the Escape Ramp to Castaic, 8-28-2005
• Learning to Appreciate a Hot Bath, 8-21-2005
• Back at Hart, We Dressed for Success, 8-14-2005
• What if California Went to War With U.S.?, 8-7-2005
• River? What River?, 7-31-2005
• What if Portolá Had to Submit an EIR?, 7-24-2005
• Way Back When We Had Only One High School, 7-17-2005
• This is War. Half Measures Don't Cut It, 7-10-2005
• Second-Worst Traffic in the Whole Country, 7-3-2005
• May I Repair Your Submarine?, 6-26-2005
• Aren't We Supposed to Be At War?, 6-19-2005
• If We Can See Live Oaks in Kansas, We Can 'Discover' WMDs in Iraq, 6-12-2005
• When the Bottom Line Trumps Real Freedom, We Lose, 6-5-2005
• The Roads Out Here Are Driving Me Crazy, 5-29-2005
• West-Siders: Annexation is Your Opportunity to Secede, 5-22-2005
• Adding Up the SCV's Building Inspectors, 5-15-2005
• Clicking the Ruby Slippers for Home, 5-8-2005
• Back in the Saddle Again, 5-1-2005
• Santa Clarita: Shades of the Old South, 4-17-2005
• Who Are the Illegal Aliens?, 4-10-2005
• Time, Distance and SCV Make-out Spots, 4-3-2005
• Lessons From Hardware, Auto Parts Stores, 3-27-2005
• Moonlight Rides and Lost Loves, 3-20-2005
• Party Lines and 'Number, Please?', 3-13-2005
• Secret of SCV: Acceptance of 'New', 3-6-2005
• What If They'd Never Discovered Oil in Pico?, 2-27-2005
• Straightening Nails: A Story of Reuse and Renewal, 2-20-2005
• Good Weather, Good Growth, 2-13-2005
• Going 'Back Home' After a Stop at Copycat Disneyland, 2-6-2005
• The Submariner from Pico Canyon, 1-30-2005
• A Hero Needs No Uniform, 1-23-2005
• The Great Unreported Pico Canyon Oil Spill, 1-16-2005
• Speaking With One Voice is Key to Overcoming Traffic Troubles, 1-9-2005
• Bob Downs, Hart High Music Instructor, 1960s, 1-2-2005
• The Gift That Kept On Giving (And Getting), 12-26-2004
• The Priceless Christmas Gift, 12-19-2004
• Why There's Wood Fences in Mentryville, 12-13-2004
• The Only Kid in Mentryville, Spring 1997

FAMILY PHOTOS

• Alton & Pat Manzer (parents)
• Alton Manzer & Dan Tibbitts (dad; brother-in-law)
• Darryl Manzer, Submariner (1971)
• Darryl Manzer (1968)
• Disneyland Visit (May 30, 1957)
• Gosport escort ship as a target (1989)