Funny Papers Again Column | Part III: When Wine Came to South County From Over the Western Hills
(Part III will finish up this story of the early days of grape growing in King City. We continue with the drive hauling grape rootings from Coalinga to King City over State Route 198.)
About two miles westward out of Coalinga there begins an incline...
Letter to the Editor: King City Police Chiefās Departure
To the Editor:
King City was fortunate to have had an excellent police chief like Chief Robert Masterson, and it will happen again.
The best chiefs, and other department heads, are found by the best city managers, and King City has just that in Steve...
Funny Papers Again Column | Phase One: KC to OKC (An American Travelogue Submission)
(This essay recounting an automobile excursion from the Midwest to the Florida archipelago in the Gulf of Mexico is offered by an amateur writer from central California. American Travelogue Magazine does not by habit publish articles other than submissions by professional travel writers, but...
Funny Papers Again Column | Bon Giorno! Day 1 in Switzerland
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...
Letters to the Editor for Week of June 21
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Window on the World Column | Best Nurse Ever
From a very young age, my baby girl had talked about going into nursing. When her auntie suggested that, maybe, vet school might be more up her alley, she responded that she could never work with animals; she loved them too much.
It was shortly...
Guest Column | Transportation: Surviving 2020 with Hope and Resiliency
It would be an understatement to say that 2020 has been a difficult year. By all standards, our world seems to have been turned upside down. From the small things that we took for granted, to larger, more important things, like our relationships with...
Letter to the Editor | Vote āYesā on King Cityās Measure T
To the Editor:
On Nov. 5, Measure T will be asking for your āYesā vote. This measure is to increase the sales tax in King City by 1/2 of a cent. This small increase is projected to bring an estimated $1.2 million a year for...
Funny Papers Again Column | Random Bits and Pieces
This week I am of a mind to not dedicate my word allotment upon one subject but rather touch upon a couple items gleaned from various sources. One source, our local Rustler, had three entries in last weekās issue; two were about the local...



















