Herald Examiner Reunion Party

Hi,

I'm searching for an Herald Examiner employee that worked there at least during the months of May June or July 1969. Anyone out there?? I'm looking for anyone who knew Judy or Judith Strickler (Shellenberger was her maiden name)who put me up for adoption in March 1970 and my father worked there during at least these months. I was born 3/18/70 and Judy (Judith) had a 1 1/2 yr old son at the time. I have found the birth mother, but she doesn't recall his name.

Any information would be greatly appreciated and thank you for reading my post.

Sincerely,
Stacey Strickler
staceystrickler@yahoo.com

I was so sorry to have missed this event. I grew up hearing about the Examiner. My father, Burt Sims, started working there when he was a teenager. Burt stayed through the strike, through various editorial changes; was news editor, picture editor; finally left in the 80's after he'd made Asst. Managing Editor. Loved it in the beginning, a little bitter at the end--he said he felt like a maintenance man toward the end of his tenure, and I gather that many of the old faces had simply been broomed out of their jobs. He left prior to the paper's final folding, moved to San Juan Capistrano, and continued to edit some of the (Times-owned!) OC papers, freelanced and wrote about skiing. He died in 2005. I have some odds and ends left from his life at the paper and am wondering if there's a collector's society or similar nonprofit group devoted to remembering the Her-Ex that might be interested in looking at them. I can be reached at LAcopy@aol.com. My name is Linda Forman.

I didn't even know about this until I read about it just this morning! I wish I could have been there. I wasn't a reporter or was related to anybody at the Her-Ex(although somebody I went to high school with-Caren Cusolito-was a reporter at the Her-Ex for awhile in the years before the paper folded)but I really loved the Herald-Examiner(as did my father), we subscribed to it for many years, and I miss it to this day...especially when a big news story has happened, local or otherwise, and I always wonder,"How would the Herald-Examiner have covered this?" or "What kind of fantastic headline would the Herald-Examiner have given this story?" I know I am not alone in saying that L.A. DESPERATELY needs a paper like the Her-Ex again, and I know I am not the only one who misses that paper!
If there is another Her-Ex event, I will be there with bells on! I also wish there could be some type of coffee-table type book about the Her-Ex's history packed with reproductions of front pages, etc. This would be similar to something the Times did about 20 years ago with a book with front pages of important news stories(terrific for any history or newspaper buff)and there was also a similar book but on sports pages. Can any Her-Ex alumni out there let us know if there might even be a remote possibility that a book like this could be produced?

Alma Lopez
calchick82@yahoo.com