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February 4, 2026

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Window on the World Column | Going to Montana

Lucy Jensen
Bucket lists are funny things. Most people forget to empty their buckets as they fill them, or they notice there are a few holes in the bucket, and everything is then a bit pointless. It has been my dream forever — since I was...

Funny Papers Again Column | To the Two NCs: Come Get Me

This is notice to Ronna and Jaime: Hit me with your best shots; convince me with actions not words. In fact, now that I look at that sentence, I will change ā€œnoticeā€ to ā€œchallengeā€ because the present politically reported situation calls for it. With...

Guest Column | How Farmworkers Outlawed ā€˜El Cortito’ 50 Years Ago

For decades in the Salinas Valley, the short-handle hoe, known as ā€œEl Cortito,ā€ was used for weeding and thinning rows of crops that kept farmworkers stooped over for long hours each day. Workers were only able to stand and stretch when they reached the...

Window on the World Column | Mapping to Cowboy Country

Lucy Jensen
You cannot be in Idaho without thinking potato. For most of the uninformed world, that is its claim to fame. We noted on the map that husband’s tribe, The Blackfoot or Blackfeet tribe, had their own town of Blackfoot on our route and, not...

Letter to the Editor | Different Views

To the Editor: I appreciate that the Rustler has the good senseĀ to carry two columnists who make the newspaper interesting. In today’s world, I think that is somewhat unusual. And I, along with others, would like to see this continue, good journalism. Both are family men...

Worthy to Print Column | Family Is the Greatest Treasure

Wow! Has it been a week already? Do you find that it seems like time is rushing by while we wonder if we should wear a mask to go to buy groceries? What have we learned in these crazy times? I mean, we knew...

Funny Papers Again Column | ā€˜I See the Train A’Comin’; It’s Comin’ ’Round the Bend …’

Steve Wilson
ā€œRide the train, ride the train, anywhere I’m going I ride trains; sleepin’ in a boxcar in the rain, ride the train, ride the train.ā€ That is the refrain of a song by southern rock group Alabama, just one of many American songs where...

Funny Papers Again Column | The Travails of Patient and Customer

Steve Wilson
I am grateful for Mee Memorial Healthcare System, I really am. In the past decade I have had more contact with the folks there than I wanted to, but as one ages one must face the realities of natural physical deterioration or, as in...

Funny Papers Again Column | Lost in Transit

This week’s column was about cowgirls and cowboys and their dedication to the sport of rodeo and to the Western lifestyle. It was filled with quotes from participants of California High School Rodeo Association from three districts within the state who gathered at the...
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