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December 4, 2025

Guest Column | Practicing Healthy Habits Every Day Will Pay Dividends in the Long Term

Rena Salamacha
Many of us lead such busy lives that we often don’t take the time to invest in the small daily habits that, when practiced over the long term, keep us strong and healthy and contribute to the prevention of disease. A recent community survey conducted...

Funny Papers Again Column | People Become Picklers and Parents Become Dancers

Steve Wilson
When Sen. Anna Caballero was in King City recently, she presented a check of $400,000 to City Manager Steve Adams and Recreation Coordinator Andrea Wasson and cut the ribbon on the newly acquired ladder fire truck, which officially put the rig on active duty....

Funny Papers Again Column | A Royal Mess, a Royal Lady and Nonsense

This week’s Funny Papers Again column will not appear in this space. Instead, some other nonsense will appear here. The reason for this is because to present an articulate position in a concise manner on the subject chosen I had to do a little...

Funny Papers Again Column | The Question of Nature vs. Nurture

Steve Wilson
On Nov. 1, 2023, a high school student by the name of Jacob accompanied his friend to a confrontation with another student, the theft of a pair of earphones and a vape pen the week prior the cause. This was one of those predetermined...

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Window on the World Column | My Big Birthday

Lucy Jensen
It was likely about half a century since I had even paused at the bend of that place. It was created as a playground in the 1920s by Ogilvie, a Scottish barrister, this watery wonderland boating lake, which was inspired by his friend JM...

Window on the World Column | Unmasked and Unaware

Lucy Jensen
I had always been pretty proud of us. From the moment we were able, it was off to the pharmacy we went. Another shot? Yes please. With all the horror stories and truths from 2020 still fresh in everyone’s minds, we did not want...

Funny Papers Again Column | Final Words for One You Love, a Very Tough Assignment

Steve Wilson
Some 30-plus years ago I was employed by what was then known as the Greenfield News, we now know it as one of the triune Salinas Valley Tribune editions, which include the once Gonzales Tribune and Soledad Bee. The title Editor included citywide reportorial...

Window on the World Column | The Dog Noodles and Other Sad Stories

Something just crept up inside my tiny brain and said, ā€œOh, you have vacation coming up next month with a lot of moving parts. Maybe you should check on some of those pieces?ā€ I do listen these days when the female intuition kicks in,...

Worthy to Print Column | Choosing the Right Candidates

Another week in our beautiful town and another week closer to the election that will determine who is to lead our fair city for the next few years. I am a follower of all things political that is happening in our nation’s capitol. In...
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