Worthy to Print Column | And Then There Was One
So Iām sitting in my favorite chair lacing up my tennis shoes when the phone rings. Iām only a little concerned because Lorraine pays all the bills and she has not advised me that we are in trouble. I look at the phone only...
Guest Column | Take Steps to Achieve Fitness Resolutions
Statistics show that nearly 3 in 10 Americans actually make New Yearās resolutions in an effort to hold themselves accountable. Such a practice is not new. Some 4,000 years ago, the ancient Babylonias made annual promises to the gods to pay their debts and...
Window on the World Column | Time Waits for No One
Motherās Day just passed us by in America and Australia. England celebrates theirs in March. Why the world canāt align days like this, I will never know. Itās probably along the lines of why humanity canāt get along with humanity; but I digress.
My...
Guest Column | Protecting the Most Precious Gift We Hold in Life ā Our Health
In 1948, the World Health Organization defined health as āa state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.ā WHO published further clarifications in 1986, citing health as āa resource for everyday life, not the objective...
Worthy to Print Column | A Time for Reflection
I know we have a few more weeks to go, but I have to write when I have a thought or the week is lost. I thought this might be a good chance to discuss the season and some of the things that make...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Little Card Shop That Is So Much More
I am sure you who read this column have no doubt noticed recently Iāve been a day late and a dollar short, to torture a metaphor. A couple weeks ago I mentioned Maddie and Tae, a singing duo advertised at the Fairgrounds, and as...
Opinion | King City hosts 2nd annual District Watch block parties
Commentary by Steve Adams, City Manager, King City
Funny Papers Again Column | School Daze⦠in Two-Part Harmony
It is not uncommon that readers will occasionally offer nice comments about Funny Papers Again, and because Iām only good at speaking to people when they are an audience and Iām working from a script written by someone else, I usually find myself tongue...
Window on the World Column | The Christmas Cracker
In England, the shops are now full of Christmas crackers ā every shape and size and decoration of cracker can be found, lining the shelves of every grade of Christmas area ā from low to high end. āOh, you must take some crackers home!ā...





















