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February 5, 2026

Funny Papers Again Column | 2026: Clearing Out the Old and Dealing With the New

Steve Wilson
It is one week into the new year and I have been clearing out old notes on scratch paper and photos and videos from my cell phone, some of which will appear in this column while the rest either ends up in the waste...

The lights are back on Broadway

Local column by Joanne Banuelos

Guest Column | Protecting Migrant Education Is a Moral Imperative for America’s Farmworker Children

At the heart of California’s $59 billion agricultural industry are the hardworking migrant farmworkers who harvest the food that feeds our nation. Their labor sustains our economy, but their children, who face extraordinary educational barriers due to the migratory nature of their parents’ work,...

Adventure Abounds Column: Playing Fowl

Getting an oddball pet can be a great motivator, especially when it provides food for you as well as bug control and an endless supply of fertilizer for the garden. I never thought I’d be one to raise a flock of fowl ever again in...

Guest Column | Fight the Flu by Getting the Vaccine This Fall

Rena Salamacha
Believe it or not, it’s time once again to talk about influenza. The typical flu season in the United States begins after Labor Day, and can extend into the early spring of the following year. Our best defense has always been, and continues to...

Worthy to Print Column | My Best Friends

George Worthy
Are you still saying ā€œHappy New Year?ā€Ā I suppose that you are tired of saying that to your friends or neighbors. I always say it for the first few days of the New Year. I don’t know why, just something to say while the ticking...

Funny Papers Again Column | Today’s Opinion Column Offers Some Opinions About Opinions and the Opinionated

Steve Wilson
ā€œOpinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world.ā€ I don’t recall whose words those are, if I...

Letter to the Editor | Support King City’s Future, Vote ā€˜Yes’ on Measure T

To the Editor: As business owners and residents in King City, we are dedicated to helping this community reach its greatest potential. We began a fitness academy here and have made many friends along the way. It is undeniable to say that we consider King...

Funny Papers Again Column | A Hapless Man, a Hopeless Leader and a Hopeful Reunion

Steve Wilson
The headline reads simply ā€œFunny Papers June 18 2025.ā€ Below the headline there is a blank page where on the left margin, expecting to go to work, the cursor waits, and waits, and waits. A quick glance at the clock on the wall lets...

Worthy to Print Column | Lazy Days of Summer

George Worthy
ā€œCome on, Honey, I promise you will like it. You know how you love swimming.ā€ Her tones were soft and inviting. I had been listening to her try and get me out of the house by going to the city swimming pool. It seems that the...
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