Letter to the Editor: Delightful Banners
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Letter to the Editor | Mee Memorial Hospital Gift Shop Closes
To the Editor:
After many years, the Gift Shop located at Mee Memorial Hospital in King City is closing.
Service League volunteers spent countless hours contributing to the success of the Gift Shop. All profits were used to purchase needed equipment for our hospital and also...
Window on the World Column | A Rare and Crazy Adventure
It all begun in regular fashion. You are getting ready to go on a trip; so, therefore, things get really het up at work — not in a good way — and you are putting out fires, like California in summer — why does...
Window on the World Column | The Divided States of America
Deep in numb confusion that dulls the senses and creates quivers of fear for the sanity of the world and the civilized folk out in it, and during another white night of incredulity, with curdled brain, I toss and turn from hot to cool...
Guest Column | As the Pandemic Persists, It’s Even More Important To Receive Flu Shot
The Covid-19 pandemic has dominated the headlines for 18 months — and rightly so. But there is another respiratory virus that still demands our full attention.
I’m referring to the all-too-common influenza, a viral infection that can be deadly, especially in high-risk groups. The flu...
Adventure Abounds Column | Saying Goodbye
It’s not often that reporters get a swan song, so I’m grateful for the opportunity to say goodbye. Dear reader, next issue will be my last one with the King City Rustler and Salinas Valley Tribune.
You’ll see me out there collecting news and photos...
City to expand after-school expanded learning program
Commentary by Steve Adams, City Manager, King City
Worthy to Print Column | Nobody Can Beat Two People
I have a saying that is used just about every day: “Nobody can beat two people.” I know, it sort of sounds strange coming from a guy that hasn’t raised his hand against anyone in at least 25 years. I mention raising my hand...
Letter to the Editor | Time to Build Long-Proposed Lake Tunnel
To the Editor:
During the last two days of rain, it was announced that the rapidly filling dam at Lake Nacimiento had to release water into the rising Salinas River. This could have been avoided and that water saved if the long-proposed tunnel to connect...
