Guest Column | Gratitude Builds a Path Toward a Happier and Healthier Holiday
Each holiday season comes with high expectations for happy, carefree gatherings. Itās all too true, however, that once the calendar turns to November, feelings of sadness or anxiety can sometimes take hold.
Beyond major depression or severe anxiety disorders (which require professional help), itās common...
Worthy to Print Column | The Sun Just Behind a Cloud
Things have sure been happening fast, havenāt they? No trouble finding all sorts of things to write about. My blushing bride asked me to write only good pleasant things or humorous things and I tried. Honest! Itās difficult to write happy things when our...
Worthy to Print Column | A Real Hero
Iām not a movie critic. I donāt even play one on TV. In fact, I only go to the movies once in a while. Iām paying a fortune to see all sorts of movies on TV, that I donāt even watch very often. In...
Worthy to Print Column: Is Everything All Right?
Is everything OK? I mean no one has gone bonkers about having to stay inside? Of course there are a lot of things not getting done since we canāt do a lot of the things we took for granted getting done. My youngest said...
Funny Papers Again Column | Tis the Time to Gather and Remember
The body politic of a school campus is known as the student union, so it follows that when a class graduates from the institution, those students are no longer part of the union. There is a tradition within societies that members of a particular...
Funny Papers Again Column | Fact: What Dick Did. Opinion: What Donald Will Do.
Letās look at part of the record of Richard āDickā Cheney of Wyoming, first the part that ushered in a new phase of American media where required balance of news coverage no longer existed. In this new era of media, most prominently television, we...
Letter to the Editor | Privileged to Have Worked for Late King City Attorney
To the Editor:
I recently lost my employer of 52 years, Attorney Peter Anderson, when he unexpectedly passed away after heart surgery. He was one of the hardest working, kindest persons I have ever known.
He would always stop what he was doing to answer your...
Letters to the Editor for Week of June 7
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Guest Column | The Healing Power of Food
When a person is in the hospital, their relationship with food takes on a new significance. It becomes a source of nourishment not just for the body but also for the spirit. A thoughtfully prepared meal can offer solace and provide a sense of...
Worthy to Print Column | Keep Our Troops in Your Thoughts
I suppose there is a time in everyoneās lives that stand out as a particularly emotional passing. Perhaps you can remember this time with a smile or maybe you get a tightness in your chest. I never have a hard time remembering times that...






















