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John Derby 81 posts 0 comments

Currently retired and living on the shores of Mexico, John Derby is the founder of the Merced County Times and Mid-Valley Publications. He is currently enjoying his time away from the newsroom he developed in 1964 by sailing through the waters south of the border while continuing to write his weekly From Ship to Shore column and other articles of interest to the readers of Mid Valley Publications' newspapers.

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UC Merced chancellor highlights progress

John Derby
It was obvious UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sanchez Munoz was both proud of meeting the challenge of the Covid pandemic and optimistic about the future of the university, which is rated as a Top 100 institution of higher education as well a a Top 40 public university. Before a large group of local community leaders last week, Munoz…
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The Many Newspaper Jobs In All The Years

John Derby
As the publisher of this grand newspaper, and turning 85 this week, I look back at the more than 60 years of being a newspaperman, and I can’t think of a better way to live. Thank you to all who have read about my wonderings and allowed me to write unbridled. I am still writing with a clear mind everyday, and when I wake up in the…
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We Are At War Today Just As We Were In World War II

John Derby
We do not know what it was like during World War II, only what we read in books; however, today must have many comparisons. First of all, the war went on and on and on. This country needed workers and the conditions were often difficult. People volunteered and made sacrifices. There were shortages and prices were high, with many things…

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