Oxnard—With Veteran’s Day upon us, it makes me think about The Sarge, Sergeant Colin R. Frost, and Good Old Pop, who both proudly served our Country. POP served in World War II as a Petty Officer in the Navy and fought against Japan. When I was a young man, he didn’t speak much about his time in the service, but he did have a scar on his knee, which he attributed to falling down a ladder. H...
Chris Frost · Nov 17, 2023
Oxnard--I know that I’m a little offbeat, but there are times that I just don’t follow the standard go-along-to-get-along persona. IT started simple: I’m running out of blood pressure medication, so I called my doctor and asked for a refill and was told that I had to make an office visit first. I asked why and was told I hadn’t been to the office in quite a while and the doctor needed to ch...
Chris Frost · Nov 10, 2023
Oxnard--Do you ever have a day when things are going well, and it feels like smooth sailing no matter what? THAT perfectly describes my Sunday; I woke up, ate breakfast, started writing, watched a little TV, did some more writing, and then decided to do the invoices to get them out of the way. That was going well; then, I got a message that my printer was out of ink. No problem! I bought...
Chris Frost · Nov 3, 2023
Oxnard--I’m going to take a few minutes to talk about my oldest son Travis, who most of you know by his nickname, “The First Responder,” who will now be known as “The Paramedic.” THIS is exceptional because it has not been an easy path for him since he has Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), which means he learns at a different pace. Regardless, he set his sights on becoming a Paramedic and n...
Chris Frost · Oct 27, 2023
Oxnard--So, I’m less than normal, that goes without saying, but sometimes even I think, good grief, I need to slow down a little bit. SO, I spend my days balancing many things and trying to keep everything moving forward. I teach, assign stories, find out people who make promises, don’t keep them, and do it all myself. The weird part is the busier I get, the happier I become. I guess that’s...
Chris Frost · Oct 20, 2023
Oxnard-- For once, my weekend wasn’t too bad. I had time to get the grocery shopping done and clean the kitchen, always one of my favorites. I got to sit and watch the Jets game on television; they won the game, and the bonus was they beat the Broncos. Know I lived in Denver for many years, but I grew up on Long Island and have been a Jets fan since Joe Namath beat the Colts in Super Bowl III...
Chris Frost · Oct 13, 2023
Oxnard-- I keep changing and getting older, and it amazes me how the older I get, the more I crave things to be neat and orderly. admit I wasn’t the neatest guy in town when I was younger. When I was a teenager, my mother bought me a sign that said, “Please Clean Up Your Room,” and my father hung it in my room. I’m sure my Mother and Father are looking down at me and laughing at how I’ve change...
Chris Frost Tri County Sentry · Oct 6, 2023
Oxnard--Life keeps rolling along for the city mouse out in the country as I keep trying to train journalism basics to people who have the desire but don’t understand structure. IT amazes me to teach who, what, where, when, and why, then get nothing in return. I guess it’s a moral victory when reporters show up and realize this is not a glamorous position; we’re worker bees dedicated to infor...
Chris Frost · Sep 29, 2023
Oxnard-- I was working the other day when one of the employees at my current location started complaining that he was using his personal computer to produce the paper and was wearing the machine out. OKAY, it seems like a point, so the management brought us new computers and said to use this computer instead. The problem, which is partly due to me being spoiled a little bit by my computer,...
Chris Frost · Sep 22, 2023
Oxnard--My typical week is busy, by definition, as I spend almost all my time running the Sentry, helping new reporters at my project, and trying to balance a potpourri of issues ranging all the way to dealing with the J-Train. LET’S dial back to September 8, when I was looking at a ton of stories and getting people to cover the events. Meanwhile, things were happening that required me to in...
Chris Frost · Sep 15, 2023
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