LAKEPORT — Gary D. Dickson was named as the new publisher of the Lake County Record-Bee, according to Steve Smith, vice president of community newspapers for the California Newspapers Partnership, and Dickson started his duties Monday.
In addition to the Lake County Record-Bee, Dickson, 56, will oversee the Clear Lake Observer-American, the Penny Slaver and the Willits News.
“After a short hiatus as a financial advisor with Edward Jones, I am happy to be back in the media business, which I”ve been a part of for over 30 years,” Dickson said.
“I look forward to my work at the paper, and being active in the community,” he said.
Dickson, a native of Wichita, Kansas began his career in circulation in the 1970s, and held positions in Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, and Louisiana.
A well-traveled veteran of the industry, Dickson was previously publisher of the Crowley (Louisiana) Post-Signal, Carlsbad (New Mexico) Current-Argus, Los Alamos (New Mexico) Monitor, and two stints leading the Telluride (Colorado) Daily Planet.
For the past year, Dickson and his wife Billie, a Registered Nurse, have resided in Delta, Colorado, which is 40 miles south of Grand Junction. Dickson has two daughters, Melanie, who is a teacher in Montrose, Colorado, and Allison, a student at Fort Lewis College in Durango.
Dickson”s wife, Billie, will be joining him in Lake County shortly after closing the family”s affairs in Colorado, he said. He also noted his daughter Allison”s upcoming college graduation in English Communications later in April.
