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April 9, 2026

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Window on the World: Column by Lucy Jensen

Window on the World Column | The Call of the Sea

I was born on the East Coast of England and many of my formative years were spent by, in and on the North Sea. To this day I still feel the call of the water. It’s so primal. Not just that water, all bodies...

Worthy to Print Column | Friends Forever

George Worthy
ā€œWho is at the door?ā€ I asked my wife as I rolled over stretching my arms above my head. Lorraine responded,Ā  ā€œDid you forget that Gordon is coming over to help you with the truck?ā€ I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I couldn’t...

Funny Papers Again Column | Diagonals and Rounds and Painted Walls

As reported in last week’s edition of the Rustler, the City of King has altered the direction of parking on a section of Broadway as a means of providing a safer downtown environment. All the ins and outs of this trial run can be...

Funny Papers Again Column | If I Were King

We don’t have kings in the United States of America; yet how many of us have at one time or other wished we had ultimate authoritarian power? Remember, even the Cowardly Lion wanted to be ā€œNot queen, not duke, not princeā€ but ā€œKing of...

Funny Papers Again Column | If Grandma and Peter Did It, Why Not Me?

Steve Wilson
I have for many years been a reader of biographies, a habit I got into way back in the early 1960s after my parents purchased a set of encyclopedia, which included a series of biographies of famous Americans, one a month for a year....

Funny Papers Again Column | A Brief Call to Those Interested in Public Service Involvement

Steve Wilson
I have often mentioned either here in words or in conversation that coming up with one thousand words every week, words that one hopes are more than just personal drivel, can be a bit daunting when subjects don’t readily come to mind. When I hit...

Window on the World | Sisterhood

We worked together at the Salinas newspaper. When I say, ā€œworked together,ā€ she was on the computer side of things and I worked in advertising and management; plus, it was a huge building. In other words, she fixed what I broke. We didn’t know each other really,...

Worthy to Print Column | War Is Hell

George Worthy
It’s going to be a short scribble this week. First because the fluid situation in the Mid East and second because I am on my way to the VA Hospital up in Palo Alto, where they will be taking the film off my eyes...

Worthy to Print Column | Presidents Day

So today is Presidents Day. Well, it is as I am writing this. I can remember when I started to understand what a President does in the four years, or more, that he serves. I remember some Presidents that were older than me and...
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