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December 12, 2024

Worthy to Print Column | Proud to Be an American

Itā€™s been over a year since we have been locked into our homes and out of our schools and restaurants. I hope by now you are armored up by the vaccine. Do you feel any safer? I donā€™t seem to feel any better as...

Guest Column | Greenfieldā€™s Speech and Debate Program Deserves to be Treated Fairly

On Dec. 18, 2020, the Competitive Speech and Debate Program at Greenfield High School was canceled. By eliminating this program, the South Monterey County Joint Union High School District Board of Education is depriving students of critical college scholarship opportunities. Perhaps more disturbing are...

Letter to the Editor | The Rest of the Story

To the Editor: Mr. J.J. Burnes, thank you for your letter to the editor regarding Black history (ā€œBlack History,ā€ Feb. 24). The information on Mr. Bass Reeves, 1838-1910, the first Black American Deputy U.S. Marshal in Oklahoma Territory, was very informational. Let me be your Paul...

Window on the World Column | The Therapy of a Passion

Years ago, Iā€™d never received the memo that you work for your life and not the other way around. Gradually as the grey hairs grew and the wisdom pearls hatched a little from dusty eggs of experience, I realized that most of us are...

Worthy to Print Column | Love Is a Wonderful Thing

Did you say, ā€œI love you!ā€ to anyone today? Or maybe someone said that to you. I ask because Iā€™m curious about how you describe love. What do you mean when you say ā€œI love youā€? Do you love someone like I love my...

Letter to the Editor | The Path to a Better Future

To the Editor: Iā€™d like to thank Estrella Cruz for her March 17 Letter to the Editor (ā€œBidenā€™s Immigration Billā€). She explained provisions of the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 that can potentially shift the focus of the immigration ā€œdebateā€ away from emotionally charged rhetoric...

Worthy to Print Column | The Things I Know

Have you ever been shot? Kind of a crazy question at the beginning, but I have a reason that Iā€™ll tell you about. First, I want to tell you how I got into a situation that ended with a shot. I have told you...

Who will fulfill the vision of Cesar Chavez?

More than three decades ago, Cesar Chavez, founder of the first successful union for farmworkers, predicted a future in which the cities of California would be run by people who looked like him. ā€œHistory and inevitability are on our side,ā€ he said in one of his best-known...

Letter to the Editor | King Cityā€™s Architectural Gem

To the Editor: Recently, I was reading the extensive Wikipedia Art Deco history website. In it, I was pleasantly surprised to see a photo of King Cityā€™s Stanton Auditorium featured as one of only four examples of ā€œLate Decoā€ architecture. Like so many things, you can...

Window on the World Column | The Marvel of a Vaccine

It was 2020 and, like a champ, I had the flu and the pneumonia vaccination in one foul swoop. It was recommended for us folks of a certain age. We weathered mild side effects from both shots, and I didnā€™t get either virus. Resultā€¦...
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