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October 17, 2024

Guest Column | Why Californians Should Keep Plastic Bags Out of the Recycling Cart

If you are a shopper of any kind, chances are you probably stash plastic bags under the sink or keep them nicely folded around the house for future use. But as convenient as they are, lightweight, single-use plastic bags represent an environmental concern. In King...

Funny Papers Again Column | Another Last, and Hard, Final Goodbye

Steve Wilson
ā€œIt was not my intention to end the column as it ended. But a call minutes ago informs me my life-long friend Stephen Carl Clark has passed away down in Mexico. For many years there were three of us who kept close since kindergarten;...

Worthy to Print Column | Enjoying Life

George Worthy
I think this is a time for confessions. I donā€™t want you to know about all my transgressions, but I will admit I am a Hedonist. Good grief! That looks pretty bad if you donā€™t know the definition. I actually discovered the meaning of...

Funny Papers Again Column | Phase Two: Indian Territory to the Gulf Coast

Steve Wilson
(In this issue we continue with the journal of amateur travel writer Charles Bogle. Editors.) Oklahoma has for over 150 years been home to Native American tribes who were forced to leave the lands they had inhabited for thousands of years, and as we rolled...

Funny Papers Again Column | It Takes a City to Raze a Building (Or to Save One)

Steve Wilson
I was pedaling around Greenfield the other day and it is easy to see the great strides the city has made in adding family homes and apartments; new businesses spring up and older businesses are upgrading appearances. Then I got to the main intersection...

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 | A Letter to My Sister ā€” Part II

Lucy Jensen
I told you Iā€™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...

Funny Papers Again Column | We All Lose When Fear Rules the Day

Steve Wilson
OK, so Iā€™m 21 years old and Iā€™m driving this flatbed dooley along the horseshoe canal and two guys come running toward me frantically waving their arms, and because I know these young men, I stop the vehicle. Good opening sentence, huh? Let me...

Worthy to Print Column | And So It Continuesā€¦

George Worthy
I want to take a moment of your time to tell you how much I have enjoyed writing of my life and my thoughts. I guess there are many reasons a person would do this. I was not sure if anyone would care about...

Guest Column | King Cityā€™s Transformation: How a Year of Beautification Efforts Revitalized the Community

The transformation of the appearance of King City in the last year has been nothing short of amazing, and I credit much of that to the yearly emphasis of ā€œbeautification.ā€ It was 32 years ago in 1992 that King City began the promotion of Beautification...
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