Worthy to Print Column | Paratrooper Boots
Today is one of those days where the memories came flooding in. I got up and dressed in my usual attire ā sweater, light jacket and paratrooper boots. Thatās when I saw it, a Jump Certificate from Sky Dive Monterey. The name on the...
Funny Papers Again Column | On the Road With Steven C. Wilson
Some years back, not so very many, I was prepared to say that I had done all the traveling my pocketbook would allow and I was content with that until in October of last year an opportunity arose, to wit: money. I had set...
Worthy to Print Column | Love Is a Wonderful Thing
Did you say, āI love you!ā to anyone today? Or maybe someone said that to you. I ask because Iām curious about how you describe love. What do you mean when you say āI love youā? Do you love someone like I love my...
Guest Column | Seismic Shifts: How the 2030 Seismic Mandate is Impacting California Hospitals
In response to the 1994 Northridge earthquake, California enacted stringent seismic safety standards for hospitals under the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act. While crucial for ensuring the safety and functionality of hospitals during and after seismic events, this mandate has presented...
Funny Papers Again Column | Golf Program for Local Youth Hits a Hole-In-One
I do not know much about the game of golf. Not sure even if golf is referred to as a game, or a sport or a hobby or what. What I can see about the game, let us stick with game, is that a...
Funny Papers Again Column | America the Beautiful: From Sea to Shining Sea
As I get back into the swing of things here in South Valley, I want to offer up some random thoughts, or comments, garnered from notes taken over the past few weeks both here at home and on the road. The first observation is...
Worthy to Print Column | Will You Be Mine?
Aahhhh February! This has to be one of my favorite months. For a month that only has 28 or 29 days, there are a lot of days that we celebrate this month. Of course, we have Valentineās Day. This is the day Saint Valentinus...
Letter to the Editor | Weekly Gatherings to Amplify āWe the Peopleā
To the Editor:
Thanks to the Rustler for publishing last weekās letter explaining why a group of concerned people gathered Friday night at the King City sign. We were standing against increasing authoritarianism in our government, and the dismantling of many services regular people rely...
Window on the World Column | Love Is All That Matters
Iāve never got hung up on Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers ⦠if we grew up together, then you are mine, and sometimes you are mine if we didnāt. Most of my family are bits and pieces from all over the place and I think...
Window on the World Column | Sending Congratulations to Morghan and the Team
Sometimes it is a hard old universe to still be in old-style media, as opposed to social media that most people are familiar with in this modern world. Iāve been in, on or around newspapers most of my adult life and I still love...


















