My very first newspaper job where I actually got paid was in 1968. It involved writing various sports stories and the "Spotting the Sports" column for the St. Tammany Farmer newspaper in Covington.
Here are some of the articles that were part of that summer between my high school graduation and starting college at Southeastern. Bob Landry, the editor of the Farmer, usually wrote the Spotting the Sports column but he was on vacation.
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The Covington Community Center Story
