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Worthy to Print Column | What Really Happened?

George Worthy
Hello! Have you seen any good movies lately? I ask that because I have been busy watching some films made a couple of years ago. They weren’t made by some fancy Hollywood director, but rather a few hidden cameras and a couple of shaky...

Letters to the Editor | Published Feb. 5, 2020

Editor's Note: We welcome Letters to the Editor of local and general interest to our readers. Letters should be typed and include the writer’s first and last name, home address and phone number for verification. No anonymous letters will be printed. Letters may be edited...

Funny Papers Again Column | Greetings From the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chippewa Nations

Steve Wilson
Whenever a case arises with this over-abused old frame of mine and a visit to Mee is required; I am always quick to tell as many staff in both hospital and clinic who will listen that my first visit to Mee Memorial Hospital, now...

Window on the World Column | TAILS in Soledad — Part III

Lucy Jensen
There is no doubt, when you look around the room of trainers and trainees that this is a perfectly symbiotic relationship of the incarcerated in society, with little hope and aspiration in life, training the unwanted pups, which were rescued from death row. On...

Funny Papers Again Column | Bon Giorno! Day 1 in Switzerland

Steve Wilson
Every fine time is far more enjoyable if first one experiences some minor hardships along the way. As I write I am sitting on a second-floor balcony at the Hotel Lake Maggiori in Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland. It is 10 minutes after four in the...

Worthy to Print Column: What might have been

I would like to tell you that we can come out of hiding from the virus. I’d like to tell you that we can walk around without a mask; that we can fling open the doors and play with our kids, come out of...

Guest Column | CSU Monterey Bay Earns Carnegie ā€˜Research College’ Classification for Research Excellence

Vanya QuiƱones
The Carnegie Classification is a leading framework for recognizing the diversity of U.S. higher education institutions. Last fall, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching updated the framework of classifications and now includes a new category — ā€œResearch Colleges and Universitiesā€ — which...

Guest Column | Mee Memorial’s Support of National Wellness Month in Line With Vision to Help Rural Community Thrive

Throughout August, Mee Memorial Healthcare System will celebrate National Wellness Month, in line with our vision to promote health and well-being while helping our rural community to thrive. MMHS encourages South Monterey County residents to practice healthy habits on a daily basis to attain better...

Funny Papers Again Column | A Short Column Today, Folks, Cuz Deadlines Don’t Wait for Nobody

Steve Wilson
Growing up in Greenfield in the late 1950s through the ’60s and beyond, we (ā€œweā€ meaning those whose parents, grandparents and beyond spoke English) were introduced to foreign languages and English with idioms and accents previously unknown to us. I doubt I’m alone of...

Guest Column | Delivering Healthcare With Heart

Believing nursing to be her divine purpose, a young British woman set out to reform healthcare in the 1800s — influencing the quality of care we take for granted in modern times. Florence Nightingale changed nursing forever during the Crimean War in 1854, leading a...
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