Worthy to Print Column | Happy Birthday, Jack
Everyone can put away their fur coats, wax your skis and polish up their convertibles. It appears that we may have beat away the cold mornings and the pitiful amount of rain this year. I get up and get dressed by simply putting on...
Window on the World Column | Happy Birthday, Dear Rita
I hadnāt seen her for a while, and when I did, I realized that she was very unwell. I was doing a book signing at a King City coffee shop and she was selling her amazing pies at the same venue. She had lost...
Letter to the Editor | Lauding the Landfill
To the Editor:
Last weekās paper contained a letter detailing one way in which government agencies have failed (āNo Happy Ending for Bridge Plaque,ā March 23). Iād like to share a story that balances that experience with this letter about how they are succeeding.
Last Thursday...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Royal Mess, a Royal Lady and Nonsense
This weekās Funny Papers Again column will not appear in this space. Instead, some other nonsense will appear here. The reason for this is because to present an articulate position in a concise manner on the subject chosen I had to do a little...
Funny Papers Again Column | Hopeful Words From a Former Cult Member
In this column, let us venture into the sociological world of politics in the present age through the eyes of a former member of a cult. This particular cult, like most cults, was grounded in religion, in this case Christianity.
This person would have claimed,...
Funny Papers Again Column | School Daze⦠in Two-Part Harmony
It is not uncommon that readers will occasionally offer nice comments about Funny Papers Again, and because Iām only good at speaking to people when they are an audience and Iām working from a script written by someone else, I usually find myself tongue...
Window on the World Column | Our Childhood Memoir
My friend and I have been writing the story of our shared childhood. I say āmy friendā meaning my oldest friend in the whole world. The story goes that she fell into the boating pond in my hometown (all of 2 feet deep) when...
Letter to the Editor | Grateful for First Tee
To the Editor:
I would like to express my deep appreciation to the First Tee program at the King City Recreation Center. As an aunt, I was looking for something meaningful for my niece to do over summer break ā something beyond simply being on...



















