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January 23, 2026

Window on the World Column | The Gammy Leg

Lucy Jensen
ā€œYou’re limping again,ā€ he said (again). ā€œYES! FULLY AWARE AGAIN OF THE FACT I’M LIMPING. DON’T MENTION IT ALL THE TIME!ā€ (I don’t think he will for a while.) I’ve had a gammy leg, as father would say, for over six months now. When you...

Funny Papers Again Column | Monday Countdown: 6 Hrs. 39 Min. To Deadline

The past couple of weeks were filled with One Thing or Another and now I find myself in a predicament of words, one thousand of them to be exact. This happens to all of us once in a while, and whether it is This...

Window on the World Column | The Dreams of a Rescue Pup

Lucy Jensen
ā€œThe beautiful dog awoke from its deep sleep dreamland. Before remembering his recent rescue, a bolt of concern ran through him from all those rude awakenings, and days and nights of fear. He could hear the comfortable long snooze of his new best friend...

Guest Column | Tackling the Commercial Property Crime Epidemic

As the once-owner of Salinas Valley Ford Truck Center in Salinas, I find myself grappling with a profound sense of loss and frustration. For more than three decades, our family business provided excellent service to the local community and government agencies. Then, in the blink of...

Guest Column | Practicing Healthy Habits Every Day Will Pay Dividends in the Long Term

Rena Salamacha
Many of us lead such busy lives that we often don’t take the time to invest in the small daily habits that, when practiced over the long term, keep us strong and healthy and contribute to the prevention of disease. A recent community survey conducted...

Worthy to Print Column | Past = Future

George Worthy
The other day my wife’s cousin and his wife gave me a little book of memoirs written by a young man who had been drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War. I sat down to read a few chapters and it got me...

Funny Papers Again Column | A Few Rants on the American Political Landscape — Just One Man’s View

Steve Wilson
ā€œI think it’s worth it. I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.ā€ Well, the man that stood by that statement got...

Window on the World Column | Life-Saving Measures

I knew she had been unwell for some time. When I say ā€œsometime,ā€ I mean years. It was quite shocking when I saw her the last time. The liver disease was really taking its toll on her, and she told me that she was...

Worthy to Print Column | Secrets and Confession

I’m going to tell you a secret. Oh, it’s nothing nefarious or secretive. It’s just something I decided to do a few years ago and it hasn’t been a tremendous success. I’m getting older you know. People usually are nice enough that they say,...

Adventure Abounds Column: Preparing for an Emergency

Do you have proper emergency preparation in place? The recent wildfires should be a reminder to everyone to have emergency plans ready. The idea is to be prepared, whether the threat is a wildfire, earthquake, flood, long-term power outage or some other widespread problem. A...
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