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July 4, 2025

Worthy to Print Column | They Can Do It to You!

George Worthy
I might have scared off a few readers with that title, but I think it is important for you to believe and understand what I am going to write. When I got out of the Army in 1974, I got a job as a...

Window on the World Column | Happy Birthday, Dear Rita

Lucy Jensen
I hadn’t 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...

Worthy to Print Column | The Gift of Poetry

George Worthy
Last evening I walked out to my mailbox to check and see if I had any mail. I didn’t, but something better was given to me. My neighbor was playing some music while he played with his children. It was really cool listening to...

Window on the World Column | Saying Goodbye With Peanut Butter

Lucy Jensen
It was ending up as a regular Sunday — for some a long holiday weekend even! Our old Queensland had been struggling for a while. Not running down the meadow like he used to or playing chase around the pool with the other canines,...

Worthy to Print Column | How Was Your Christmas?

George Worthy
I don’t know if I will see you or speak to you before Good Old Santa comes sliding down the chimney. I like to tell folks ā€œMerry Christmasā€ during this holiday. I sometimes forget to say it if the conversation is short. But most of...

Funny Papers Again Column | Midsummer Musings of Street Names and Reunions

Steve Wilson
I have given myself over to the theory that the Feds have in the interest of brevity or clarity or something meddled in our affairs regarding the city’s street names. This theory is based upon both the musings of a knowledgeable citizen and a...

Worthy to Print Column | Tis the Season to Be Jolly

George Worthy
I have written before about why I believe in Santa Claus. Perhaps more than you want to read, but there are many reasons I love this time of the year. The whole idea that we greet each other with a smile, even if it’s...

Letter to the Editor | Facts Matter, or Should

To the Editor: The Oct. 7 mass slaughter of 1,100 Israeli civilians by 3,000 Hamas gunmen in Israel shocked part of the civilized world. Even more macabre was the kidnapping and rape of 300 other Israeli civilians.Ā  Most Americans recognize Israel’s right for self-defense. And also,...

Window on the World Column | A Letter to My Sister — Part II

Lucy Jensen
I told you I’d come back, and I did. I did not say that I would keep coming back. I miss you being here, translating for me. I miss you laying down the law and providing the guidelines over here. I miss you. Period. I...

Window on the World Column | Our Childhood Memoir

Lucy Jensen
My friend and I have been writing the story of our shared childhood. I say ā€œmy 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...
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