Worthy to Print Column | Shining My Shoes
When you meet someone for the first time, do you ever notice a personās shoes or boots? I always do. Not just a manās footwear, but womenās shoes and boots too! In my family we polished our shoes because we didnāt get a lot...
Funny Papers Again Column | The Last Goodbye Is the Hardest
When I began writing this weekās column I had it in my mind, and in my notes, to cover high school stage productions, local law armory and a couple other short pieces. But, as the old saying goes, āstuff happensā (paraphrased for publication) and...
Funny Papers Again Column | From Loop to Loop: Roads We Once Drove
Funny how the mind works. Today I was blankly sitting in front of my laptop with no idea what to write about, tuned to KCBX, the local NPR radio station, when a report from Chicago mentioned the famous circular downtown roadway known as the...
Window on the World Column | Tucker the Wonder Dog
I first saw him in the back pages of the Auto Shopper ā yes, a car magazine. If you are an animal lover, you just cannot help yourself. You are always looking for the animals, whether or not you can actually accommodate said animals,...
Letter to the Editor | Correcting the Past
To the Editor:
I enjoyed reading the article on the SAVHA walking tour of downtown King City (āHistory Buffs,ā May 11). However, when people see something in print they assume it to be the way it was.Ā
The article said, āthe Reel Joy ⦠had a...
Worthy to Print Column: Better to Give Than to Receive
Whatever you may think about having a day dedicated to our thankfulness, you have to admit that California, with all the problems we all face this year, will have plenty of places to say āthank youā for the huge number of volunteers that want...
Worthy to Print Column | Saying Goodbye to a Legend ā Eddie Silva
They say that the āGood Die Young.āĀ I donāt know about all of the young, but I do know that there is one young man who left this mortal coil way too soon. He left us with memories that will last forever. This particular young...
Letter to the Editor | Reduce Energy Costs and Bill Fluctuations This Summer
To the Editor:
We understand no one likes energy bills that are higher than expected. Heat waves are causing customers to crank up their AC, which can lead to higher energy bills.
PG&E does not add any markup on the energy we buy for customers, neither...
Window on the World Column | Friendsies Til the Endsies
When you have been friends for the best part of six decades, you finish each otherās sentences, you have a lifetime of inside jokes, your sisterhood is seamless without any of the baggage one can accumulate with actual sisters. I miss her when I...



















