MARK MCGUIRE, San Clemente
Thank you, Norb Garrett, for spearheading the paddle-out for Fred Swegles. Thank you also for your “no-brainer” decision to scoop up Fred for the SC Times when the Register foolishly cut him from its diminishing staff.
While Fred wrote columns for SC Times and voiced many of “Sunny Post’s” quips (both of which he did superbly), for decades, he was a beat reporter. His beat was San Clemente—and no reporter ever knew their beat better.
He grew up in and loved this town. He traveled to many other San Clementes, but he always came home. To have as talented a writer/reporter as Fred Swegles covering all things San Clemente for as long as we did was a great gift.
His body of work is an amazing legacy and precious town treasure.
