Letter to the Editor | Support Measure T for a Brighter, Safer Future
To the Editor:
Join us in supporting public safety by voting yes on Measure T in the upcoming ballot measure.
By adding a second School Resource Officer to better support our schools, we ensure our children have dedicated support — enhancing safety and helping to prevent...
King City working on community clean energy program
The City Council recently took the first step in an effort that could potentially make King City a future leader of local clean energy production.
Funny Papers Again Column | After a Bad Year, We Look to a New Year With New Hope for Renewed Unity
Greetings on the last day of 2025. And what a year it has been. As I look back on this year, I think about what those of us in our senior years, that being anyone 70 years old and up, have seen happen in...
Guest Column | Preventing and Managing Diabetes: A Proactive Approach to Healthy Living
Throughout the year, and especially during November, National Diabetes Month, Mee Memorial works to educate the community about diabetes prevention and management.
Diabetes starts when the body cannot properly regulate blood sugar levels. It is a health condition that impacts many individuals in South Monterey...
Guest Column | Delivering Healthcare With Heart
Believing nursing to be her divine purpose, a young British woman set out to reform healthcare in the 1800s — influencing the quality of care we take for granted in modern times.
Florence Nightingale changed nursing forever during the Crimean War in 1854, leading a...
Funny Papers Again Column | On the Wings of Time Grief Flies Away
We all have what we nostalgically refer to as our “hometown,” that place where we spent maybe not the most years of our lives but surely the years we recall with sharpest memory; and as decade follows decade the people and places we knew...
Window on the World Column: The Fabrics of Memory
It was the 1960s in England. The country was still recovering after the war and things were used and re-used; almost until they turned to dust. Looking back, it was a time of great thriftiness and creativity. Hand-me down clothing was standard in every...
Letter to the Editor | A Call for Unity Beyond Election Day
To the Editor:
After failing to write a letter to the Rustler in time for this year’s election, I realize this one is far more important. It will be published the day after Tuesday, Nov. 5th’s vote, at a time when the character of our...
Worthy to Print Column | Family — What’s Next?
Here we are, another week or month of information that we have compiled as we go through the days and nights of life. Today I would like to mention a new member of my family. No, it’s not me nor is it any of...
