Letter to the Editor: Delightful Banners
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Window on the World Column | In the Bleak Midwinter
About this time of year ā February blending into March ā I can get really sick and tired of winter. Folks back home might have a chortle at that; because, yeah, I know, we donāt really have āwinterā per se in our neck of...
Guest Column | Movement is Medicine: The Lifelong Benefits of Exercise
Exercise is one of the best activities you can engage in for long-term health. It is a powerful and natural tool that enhances vitality and well-being throughout life. It builds strong foundations in childhood, supports stress management and physical health in adulthood, and impacts...
Worthy to Print Column | Itās About Time
Thatās what I told the guys working on my pickup. Itās about time you guys finished putting all the parts on my old Ford. I might have told you that I am in the middle of re-doing my truck. It was hard to let...
Window on the World Column | The Newborn
āWhy donāt we just adopt older dogs from now on. Letās make the end of their lives the best ever!ā We were all set. No more puppies, no toddlers with four legs. Our pack of near golden oldies (truthfully, more black-and-white than golden) ā...
Letter to the Editor | Rally to Protect Communities From Harmful Pesticides
To the Editor:
The organization Safe Ag, Save Schools (SASS) is working under the umbrella of Californians for Pesticide Reform to bring back, and expand to online, the posting of pesticide applications around schools in Monterey County and throughout the state of California.
Watch for...
Window on the World Column | Reconnections
We last saw each other when we were quite young. She showed me photos of herself frozen in time in my childhood cottage. It was definitely her, but I had no memory of it. But thereās something about family ties that makes it not...
Opinion | King City adopts 20-year Strategic Plan
Commentary by Steve Adams, City Manager, King City
Funny Papers Again Column | LOSSx3: A People We Cannot Lose, a Building We May Lose, a Group I Hope We Never Lose
For those of you who read last weekās column, I can honestly tell you I realized who the murderer of Roger Ackroyd was before it was revealed by the author. It was no great feat of detective prowess on my part, no great discerning...


















