What do Clairemont Bike Lanes and Climate Control have in Common?
Our political landscape is in a constant state of upheaval. The Paris Climate Accord was a hot topic last month, but yesterday’s news quickly grows stale as the citizenry get bludgeoned by the latest...
Clairemont Times Squaremont Columnist Bill Swank Wins 4 San Diego Press Club Awards
A big congratulations to Bill Swank our monthly Squaremont contributor. Swank took home Excellence in Journalism Awards at the 44th Annual San Diego Press Club’s held on October 24th with two second place awards...
God Bless them all, every one!
As a kid, I didn't know I'd end up looking the way I do. Just look at the skinny rustic above in the Squaremont box.
When you're a mature gentleman with a full white beard,...
Clairemont “Fourth of July Parade called Best in City”
The headline of the July 8, 1962 Clairemont issue of The Sentinel proudly proclaimed, "Fourth of July Parade called Best in City."
The first sentence of the front page article explained the headline. "The only Fourth of...
A Clairemont Probation Officer Reflects on the past…
2,500 years ago, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus the Obscure understood that the world is in a constant state of change.
Almost fifty years ago, as an obscure probation officer supervising a caseload of obscure juvenile...
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People have joked that my office is the food court at the Morena Boulevard Costco. I have certainly enjoyed meeting many interesting people under the red and white Kirkland umbrellas.
Last month, I was approached...
2019 Who’s Who in Clairemont
"Who's Who in Clairemont" has a modest history. In 2015, a call for nominations resulted in... nothing.
"Squaremont" was still a relatively new column at that time. It had not yet captured a base of...
“Christmas in San Diego” the Book
Owning and publishing this newspaper I have over the past four years met and spoke with a lot of local people. One such person is Bill Swank a long time Clairemont resident. The more...
Clairemont Family Day
By Bill Swank
In August 1956, Carole Gribbons McDowell was runner-up in the first Miss Clairemont contest held during the Flowers 'N Fun Fair at the Clairemont Community Center. When interviewed at the time for...
75th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Robert Garcia (97) and Stuart Hedley (95) are a couple of old salts who, for over 45 years, have lived a few blocks from each other in North Clairemont. A few days before Thanksgiving,...