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February 15, 2026

Worthy to Print Column | Kicking Up Your Heels — Not

George Worthy
I believe that if you didn’t have a good time these past couple of weekends, you must have been hiding. Our weekend started off having a great time and seeing friends that have been out of our usual destination. Let’s start out with a...

Funny Papers Again Column | Summer Solstice and the Last Word on Local Fun in the Sun

This is my last Funny Papers Again column for the Valley newspapers, so if you have been a fan over the past couple of years then, well, just read slowly, I guess. More on this at the end of this column. Last Wednesday was the...

Funny Papers Again Column | Fear and Loathing in America: The Grift Goes On

Steve Wilson
Because yesterday, Tuesday, March 19, was the Equinox, that happily makes this morning the first day of Spring and a long-established ritual assigned to this time of year is Spring Cleaning. In keeping with this What-Stays-What-Goes protocol, I have scrapped all my scraps. There...

Worthy to Print Column | You Are Never Alone

Have you read any good books lately? I have given up rating films as someone always has a different opinion. However, books are another thing. I’m always looking for good books. ā€œTo Kill a Mocking Birdā€ or ā€œThe Yearlingā€ are a couple of books...

Funny Papers Again Column | All the World’s a Stage, and That’s Fine With Me

I recently mentioned to my boss Ryan that Funny Papers Again seemed be leaning more to light stuff rather than some of the heavier stuff, and by stuff I mean every topic that may interest readers here in our little Valley, so I thought...

Worthy to Print Column | A Super Supervisor

You know I occasionally meet someone who has read my input for this fine periodical. They say something like, ā€œOh I love your column and my mother never misses it.ā€ Occasionally, I even get questioned about how much the paper is paying me for...

Worthy to Print Column | What’s the Deal?

Well, no matter how many times I tell you that I’m not going to mention our elected representatives again, they just can’t seem to help themselves. I listen to the news and find out they are doing something really stupid again. Have you been...

Guest Column | Don’t Forget to Enjoy the Great Outdoors

While home confinement kept us safe during the worst of the pandemic, good health always begins with a regular routine of physical activity. The evidence is quite clear: Those who keep active demonstrate a decreased risk of chronic diseases and a more positive outlook...

Worthy to Print Column | Special Times

George Worthy
What a week in the Salinas Valley! First, I want to mention the service for Francis Rubbo held last week at Eden Valley in Soledad. I bring this up first as it was a very sweet and solemn ceremony. As Commander of the American...

Funny Papers Again Column | Sights I’ve Seen at ā€˜the Sites’: Let Us Not Forget

This week’s issue of the Valley newspapers hits the stands three days from Sept. 11, 2021: the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the Twin Towers, in lower Manhattan. Known colloquially as simply 9/11, it is a date etched...
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