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February 25, 2026

Worthy to Print Column | What’s the Deal?

Well, no matter how many times I tell you that I’m not going to mention our elected representatives again, they just can’t seem to help themselves. I listen to the news and find out they are doing something really stupid again. Have you been...

Guest Column | Strong Mind, Strong Body: Why Men’s Health Deserves Attention

Mee Memorial Healthcare System Rena Salamacha
While conversations around health are becoming more inclusive, many men still face social and internal pressures that discourage them from prioritizing their well-being. Men’s Health Month, observed each June, aims to break down those barriers — fostering honest dialogue, healthier habits, and proactive steps...

Funny Papers Again Column | Variation of Three Dot Journalism

When I was a lad I read the San Francisco Examiner’s renown columnist Herb Caen, the inventor of Three Dot Journalism; a form this column ofttimes mimics. Caen wrote his column as a series of items separated by ellipses … the word is Greek...

Window on the World Column | A Letter to My Sister — Part I

Lucy Jensen
ā€œYou’re here.ā€ I hear your whisper. It comes down on a wisp of wind from the mountains above your home. Where your shell now lies still, and your spirit is at peace. Once listless and always searching, you finally slowed your quest to live...

Letter to the Editor | Community Food Pantry Thanks Longtime Leader

To the Editor: Community Food Pantry of King City would like to give a ā€œshout-outā€ to Donna Myers for her 16 years of dedicated service to the organization. Donna worked diligentlyĀ toĀ ensure that those in need of food in King City and the surrounding communities of South...

Funny Papers Again Column | 001, 249 AD; The Day I Ran Over My Ego With a Tractor

Steve Wilson
If the first part of above appears as random numerical gibberish at first reading, that is expected, let me explain. America, along with other nations, refer to the Gregorian calendar to mark our time and have done so for millennia. How the calendar we...

Worthy to Print Column | Out of the Hurricane

George Worthy
Alas, Dear Reader! Here is hope that your waning days of the dog days of August are filled with light and laughter. As for me and my dependents, the sun doesn’t shine as bright as I would have hoped. I had spent long hours...

Funny Papers Again Column | All’s Fair in Love’n the Fair War

(NOTE: After completing this column, I was informed there will not be a talent show at this year’s Salinas Valley Fair, but I’m going with this anyhoo. —SCW) If the title of this week’s Funny Papers Again confuses or confounds you, then think how I...

Guest Column | Fight the Flu by Getting the Vaccine This Fall

Rena Salamacha
Believe it or not, it’s time once again to talk about influenza. The typical flu season in the United States begins after Labor Day, and can extend into the early spring of the following year. Our best defense has always been, and continues to...

Funny Papers Again Column | A Way to Get a Barrelful of Hope and a Scold for Regular Readers

Steve Wilson
There has been a bit of a ruckus over some recent comments made on social media, a lousy debate forum as it offers space for quick one-sentence responses; such responses often just a curse word or two and the suggestion the commenter go to...
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