Worthy to Print Column | My Best Friends
Are you still saying āHappy New Year?āĀ I suppose that you are tired of saying that to your friends or neighbors. I always say it for the first few days of the New Year. I donāt know why, just something to say while the ticking...
Funny Papers Again Column | Homecomings: A (Short) Tale of Two Cities
This column about Homecoming appearing 12 days after the events of that week is not a mistake, I felt that coverage in last weekās edition needed nothing further about the subject, so it appears this week as planned.
A bit of confusion arose in my...
Worthy to Print Column | The Emperor Has No Clothes
Well, hello there! Did you miss me last week? I hope so because I missed that I had to get a column written. Sometimes I just canāt get everything done. Especially when I feel like a battalion of Ukrainian soldiers had camped out on...
Window on the World Column | A Year With Foster Cats
As I may have mentioned before, social media is really good for animal stuff ā not so great with some of the other. Just over a year ago, I see a posting that has been shared and shared. This family is in the Bay...
Providence and toilet āpreppersā
Forget the panic. Everywhere you look, including this very newspaper, you see the fallout from coronavirus. There is a difference betweenĀ logical response and panicked reaction. On one hand, you could be provident and prepared for any potential emergency, including an earthquake or fire, and...
Letter to the Editor | The Path to a Better Future
To the Editor:
Iād like to thank Estrella Cruz for her March 17 Letter to the Editor (āBidenās Immigration Billā). She explained provisions of the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 that can potentially shift the focus of the immigration ādebateā away from emotionally charged rhetoric...
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...
Funny Papers Again Column | Sadness and Gladness in Stormy Weather
āIt must first be said that with increased residential and agricultural use and improved water management, flood concern is not what it was a few decades back.ā
Regarding the above statement, if I can be forgiven for using baseball metaphors at the height of football...
Letter to the Editor | SMCRWF Thanks Community for Support
To the Editor:
On behalf of the members of the Southern Monterey County Republican Women Federated, I would like to sincerely thank everyone for the unbelievable generosity and support we received for our annual Salad Bar Scholarship Luncheon, which was held on Friday, April 25.
We...
Guest Column | King Cityās Sidewalk Improvement Project Underway
King Cityās sidewalk improvement project is finally underway. The project is being funded from a $3.5 million Community Development Block Grant the City recently applied for and received. It is a great example of the Cityās persistence and commitment to addressing needs in the...





















