Worthy to Print Column | Happy Flag Day
I mean, you are not reading this on June 14, 2024, that is the real Flag Day. Well, not really. I mean it IS today, but you will be reading this after the fact. Due to the irregularities of the printing schedule, I have...
Guest Column | Bridging the Path to Equity in Monterey Bay Amid National Uncertainty
In Californiaās Monterey Bay region, residents face overlapping challenges that are crucial to creating an inclusive, prosperous community. Good jobs, health, education, broadband, affordable housing, accessible transportation, and climate resilience are interconnected needs that must be addressed with urgency and purpose.
In the wake of...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Fading Miracle, an Outrage, and a Worthy Day
Have you ever been to Macyās? I mean THE Macyās, the flagship store on 34th Street on the island of Manhattan. A couple of decades ago, I had the opportunity to wander about New York Cityās boroughs, all but Staten Island, and of course...
Worthy to Print Column | Storage and Music Memories
This has been a good week for cleaning out the old storage bin and start throwing away things that have been sent there to molder away. Of course they donāt just go away by themselves, so the city will be having a citywide garage...
Funny Papers Again Column | The First Financial Footing for Those College Bound
On a Monday evening nine days ago, I was one of many who participated in an event I consider the best thing we do as a community. The King City Community Scholarship Inc. (KCCS) Annual Banquet held in the Pavilion at Salinas Valley Fairgrounds...
Window on the World Column | Find Your Passion
No matter how much you love your work, I have discovered that it is an even more wonderful thing to lead a fulfilling life if you also have passions that you adore, which are disconnected from your employment. Your work life should feed your...
Guest Column | Goodwill Central Coast Celebrates the Power of Employment
Each year during the first full week of May, Goodwill organizations across the U.S. and Canada celebrate Goodwill Industries Week to highlight a crucial mission ā transforming lives and communities through the power of education and employment.
For more than 60 years, Goodwill Central Coast...
Worthy to Print Column: The lost papers
Do you remember the year 2000? I had forgotten a lot about that year until I had a chance to visit my brother, who lives in Idaho, last week. He loves Idaho, but I didnāt lose anything up there. However, it had been a...
Funny Papers Again Column | āI See the Train AāCominā; Itās Cominā āRound the Bend ā¦ā
āRide the train, ride the train, anywhere Iām going I ride trains; sleepinā in a boxcar in the rain, ride the train, ride the train.ā That is the refrain of a song by southern rock group Alabama, just one of many American songs where...




















