Window on the World Column | Traveling Post-Covid
I cannot deny that the last several months have been a bit special for the small traveling public of which I was a member. Empty airports, reminiscent of the Tom Hanks movie, four seats per person in coach class and check-in desks where you...
Guest Column | Diabetes Awareness: Take Action Today
This year, the Monterey County Needs Assessment Collaborative, a partnership of Monterey County hospitals, health organizations and community agencies, completed a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to determine the healthcare needs of residents.
The 2025 findings identify diabetes as a persistent health issue in Monterey...
Letter to the Editor: Demand action now
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Window on the World Column: The Lucky Ones
It has been a most interesting year; what an understatement. I have never felt so fortunate and yet so frustrated. Iāve found skills this year I didnāt think I had. I have dug deep for patience I never believed I possessed. Four years ago,...
Letter to the Editor | SMCRWF Thanks Community for Support
To the Editor:
On behalf of the members of the Southern Monterey County Republican Women Federated, I would like to sincerely thank everyone for the unbelievable generosity and support we received for our annual Salad Bar Scholarship Luncheon, which was held on Friday, April 25.
We...
Window on the World Column: Happy Mother’s Day
Gilroyās early life started, well, in Gilroy. My friend and neighbor called me from the Gilroy shopping outlets and told me what she had found in the parking lot there. āWell, bring him on home!ā I told her, as you do. A few years...
Funny Papers Again Column | Will Americaās Past Dictate Americaās Future?
We have just celebrated this countryās 246th birthday, a new country born with the words āWe the people of the United States of America ā¦ā; this was the first time the name appeared to the world. This new country was democratically governed, economically capitalistic...
Worthy to Print Column | Take Your Shot
Big day today! Itās my favorite mother-in-lawās birthday. Nelda has reached a milestone and my favorite bride has, along with some favorite friends, taken her over to the Peninsula to slam down a couple of milkshakes to celebrate the fact that she can still...
Window on the World | Sisterhood
We worked together at the Salinas newspaper. When I
say, āworked 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 didnāt know each other really,...
Window on the World Column | Class Act ā To the End
It was one of those defining moments. Near reminiscent of the morning we watched one and then two towers collapse; when we got the news Diana died in a car crash. Not apocalyptic like that, but still shocking and time-defining. The newsflash came across...


















