Funny Papers Again Column | Old School Is Now a New School
I was cruising around Greenfield the other day and noticed the construction at the old Greenfield Grammar School, which is what back many years ago we called the present-day Mary Chapa Academy. I noticed that the buildings being renovated were a couple of the...
Worthy to Print Column | Memorial Day Memories
Another Memorial Day has passed and Iām still here. A lot of the folks that I met are no longer with us. A lot of them are schoolmates that just got too old. I know Iām getting up there, but days like today allow...
Window on the World Column | The Sparkly Glasses
On the occasion of my sisterās 50th birthday ā were she still alive ā I was up in San Francisco with my friend. I really struggled with the fact that sister should be celebrating her big milestone birthday with the world who loved her,...
Guest Column | Mee Memorial Recognizes Team Approach in Healthcare During National Hospital Week
Providing quality healthcare in the modern world requires effective teamwork ā a strategy that can immediately and positively affect both patient safety and outcome. Due to the increasingly complex specialization of care, itās rare to find a lone medical professional able to solely deliver...
Guest Column | King Cityās Commitment to Agricultural Employee Housing
The City of King has implemented a comprehensive effort aimed at attracting and increasing quality housing for our local agricultural employees.
There has been a significant amount of misleading information in the community regarding the Cityās position involving the permitting of a local temporary seasonal...
Funny Papers Again Column | What Is the Problem With No Problem?
I have always been a reader. Back in the Paper Age people had a set of books in their homes which was known as an encyclopedia; comprised of two Greek words meaning ācomplete education.ā They were a very comprehensive resource used by millions for...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Long Look Back: A Seniorās Prerogative
For those of us with multiple decades behind us as we continue our personal journeys toward some inevitable end, it seems the compulsion increases to reminisce about the time known as the Holiday Season. Or maybe it is just me.
How the marked days at...
Window on the World Column | From the Shattered Glass of Broken Dreams
Itās the call no parent ever wants to receive. Saturday night and you are relaxing at home. You receive the news that your child has been in a bad car accident far away from home and is trapped in the wreckage. Time stopped still...
Funny Papers Again Column | An End to May Columns ā in 6-Part Disharmony
It is a little after 4 a.m. Monday morning and I donāt have a column written for the noon deadline. In fact, I have only the words you are now reading on paper and no more in my head to follow with. So, I...




















