A recent call for authors . . .
. . . by the Union-Tribune alumni blogster prompted me to recall, and then to write, this.
It was my writing of a book made possible by a 1967 Canadian centennial grant matched by the H.J. Heinz Co. that financed a six-week vacation to California I cajoled out of my newspaper boss and that convinced me we had to move there.
Titled “The Tomato Capital,” it was (is, if there are any copies around anywhere) a history of the southern Ontario city of Leamington on the north shore of Lake Erie that’s the HQ of the Heinz company’s Canadian operations.
More recently, I collaborated in San Diego with a TV anchor and two daily newspaper columnists with whom many 919ers are familiar to write “Close Encounters With the 4th Estate,” which is a bit more readable and was much more fun to produce.
Written by Cecil Scaglione
February 5, 2022 at 3:00 am
Posted in Memories & Milestones
Tagged with authors, H. J. Heinz Co.., Leamington Ontario
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