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November 22, 2025

Guest Column | A Healthy Brain Requires a Proper Diet as Well as Physical and Mental Exercise

Rena Salamacha
Brain health is a critical piece of our overall health. Our amazing (and still mysterious) brain underlies our ability to communicate, make decisions, problem-solve and live a productive and useful life. At Mee Memorial Healthcare System, we will observe the 10th annual World Brain Day...

Letters to the Editor | Published Jan. 8, 2020

Editor's Note: We welcome Letters to the Editor of local and general interest to our readers. Letters should be typed and include the writer’s first and last name, home address and phone number for verification. No anonymous letters will be printed. Letters may be edited...

Worthy to Print Column | Running Away From Home

George Worthy
When you were young did you ever run away from home? I had two older brothers that caused me to think real seriously about where I would go and what I would do if I were to ever leave my home and parents. Usually...

Worthy to Print Column | The Good Ones Always Leave Early

In 1940, American author Ernest Hemingway wrote a book named ā€œFor Whom the Bell Tolls.ā€ It wasn’t his best book, but it had a few passages that reminded me this past week that he certainly had a way with words. The title of the...

Worthy to Print Column | The Good Old Days

George Worthy
I had an occasion this week to walk across town. My roommate reminded me that she had walked our best friend, Ranger, for the past couple of days and she would appreciate some assistance. She was pretty busy today working with the American Legion...

Letter to the Editor | Vote ā€˜Yes’ on King City’s Measure T

To the Editor: On Nov. 5, Measure T will be asking for your ā€œYesā€ vote. This measure is to increase the sales tax in King City by 1/2 of a cent. This small increase is projected to bring an estimated $1.2 million a year for...

Window on the World Column | Reconnections

Lucy Jensen
We last saw each other when we were quite young. She showed me photos of herself frozen in time in my childhood cottage. It was definitely her, but I had no memory of it. But there’s something about family ties that makes it not...

Worthy to Print Column | 33 Years and Counting

Thirty-three years. I started to just put the numbers on the page, but no matter whether you spell it out or use the numbers, it is a long time. Or, we could be more specific, a long time to be married. Fortunately, I happen...

Funny Papers Again Column | Meet the Nippers and the Nipper’s Nippers

Steve Wilson
If any of you readers have paid attention over the past few years, you know I do not include a lot of family stuff; we all have family stories, so my use of space in a newspaper as a journal about my family seems...

Funny Papers Again Column | On the Big Stage We All Act, Sing and Dance

Steve Wilson
William wrote: ā€œAll the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man plays many parts ….ā€ If you are one who has been smitten, or stricken (as the case may be),...
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