Funny Papers Again Column | Another Last, and Hard, Final Goodbye
āIt was not my intention to end the column as it ended. But a call minutes ago informs me my life-long friend Stephen Carl Clark has passed away down in Mexico. For many years there were three of us who kept close since kindergarten;...
Letters to the Editor for Week of April 26
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Funny Papers Again Column | Random Musings From the Past to the Present
A friend on an errand was heading up to Greenfield the other day and asked if Iād like to tag along, and because the town had been on my mind of late, I readily took her up on the offer. I was feeling a...
Funny Papers Again Column | And a Good Time Was Had by All
Last Sunday one of the readers of this column listened, patiently I suspect, to my not uncommon lament of having a deadline in the near future and not a single word written, whereupon he responded that I say that every week and every week...
Funny Papers Again Column | The Question of Nature vs. Nurture
On Nov. 1, 2023, a high school student by the name of Jacob accompanied his friend to a confrontation with another student, the theft of a pair of earphones and a vape pen the week prior the cause. This was one of those predetermined...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Brief Tutorial on TV News Reporting
I have written prior about my past educational forays at college and university level, so I thought passing on standards of operation regarding television studio and field reporting may interest some. The field report, or onsite report, consists of two separate footages edited together...
Worthy to Print Column | The Lone Ranger
It seems I missed the deadline for last weekās paper. I could go on and tell you about how I was captured by some of the folks swimming across the Rio Grande and held until Prez Biden paid for my release. Of course, you...
Kudos to police for attempt to clean up āCarfieldā
Guest Commentary by Lourdes Villarreal, Greenfield Resident
Guest Column: King City Makes Improvements to Local Sports Fields, Facilities
The City of King has experienced a serious problem for several years regarding the condition of its parks, particularly the sports facilities. They have deteriorated due to deferred maintenance, overuse and a lack of available funding and staff to make necessary repairs.
In response, the...
Window on the World Column | Shop and Support Local
I was going to finish my traveler tales this week ā my account of when we went to pay homage to the Queen of England and then what we did after that ā but I got distracted. No, I felt the need to paint...

















