Letter to the Editor | Protect Critical Funding to Safeguard Local Healthcare Services
To the Editor:
As the CEO of Mee Memorial Healthcare System (MMHS), I am writing to share an important concern that could have serious consequences for our hospital and clinics and the community we serve. There is growing discussion about potential cuts to Medicare and...
Window on the World Column | The Coronation and Other Important News
I was, coincidentally, in England right after the death of Queen Elizabeth. It was a most strange and eerie time in the country. The nation was in mourning well after the nation was officially mourning, as it were. I happened to walk along the...
Worthy to Print Column | It Could Happen to You
You know there are times in your life when bad things happen to you through the years that never leave you. Things that seem to never go away are forgotten when one finds love from his neighbors and family. I have to be honest....
Window on the World Column | Day in the Life of a Pre-Op Patient
As I sat on the shore watching my old friend and my daughter cavorting on paddleboards in the early morning sun, the North Sea an unusually flat blue millpond of joy, I could not help the envy rising inside and it was not a...
Worthy to Print Column | Happy Trails, Rene!
This past week started off in good shape. I got a lot of stuff done that I have had on my to-do list. Still working on my truck, but now I just need some more parts. Then, the bottom of the week dropped out.
We...
Window on the World Column | Life Happens
“Life happens when you are busy making other plans...” That was my Facebook post of a truck that was smashed beyond belief. It belonged to my daughter’s boyfriend, Aaron, and my daughter was the passenger.
Saturday night and I was nicely snuggled with my granddaughter...
Worthy to Print Column: Count Your Blessings
How are you doing? Still staying in the house? It’s getting a little old, don’t you think? I guess we just have to remember something that was told to me when I was elected to the council. We were in Sacramento for some classes...
Funny Papers Again Column | To Vote, or Not to Vote … That Is the Real Question
A recent article in the latest Rustler and Tribune editions informs of upcoming voting changes in the city of Greenfield (“Districtwide Elections on the Horizon,” March 24) and I thought I would take a few inches of newsprint to offer some opinions on the...
Letter to the Editor | Correcting the Past
To the Editor:
I enjoyed reading the article on the SAVHA walking tour of downtown King City (“History Buffs,” May 11). However, when people see something in print they assume it to be the way it was.
The article said, “the Reel Joy … had a...
