Guest Column | Tackling the Commercial Property Crime Epidemic
As the once-owner of Salinas Valley Ford Truck Center in Salinas, I find myself grappling with a profound sense of loss and frustration. For more than three decades, our family business provided excellent service to the local community and government agencies. Then, in the blink of...
Worthy to Print Column | Special Times
What a week in the Salinas Valley! First, I want to mention the service for Francis Rubbo held last week at Eden Valley in Soledad. I bring this up first as it was a very sweet and solemn ceremony. As Commander of the American...
Window on the World Column | Bucket Listed — Part II
The plane from the Isle of Man to London was only up in the air long enough to take a look at the clouds, and then it was back down again. We landed at London City airport in a timely fashion, hooked a cab...
Funny Papers Again Column | Fancy Meeting You Here of All Places
In my wanderings about the village, I get the occasional opportunity to get inside different buildings, some are older and designed for specific purposes as are the VFW hall, numerous SVF buildings and the MCDT studio. Many are older and re-designed from days of...
Guest Column | Mee Memorial’s Support of National Wellness Month in Line With Vision to Help Rural Community Thrive
Throughout August, Mee Memorial Healthcare System will celebrate National Wellness Month, in line with our vision to promote health and well-being while helping our rural community to thrive.
MMHS encourages South Monterey County residents to practice healthy habits on a daily basis to attain better...
Funny Papers Again Column | Thoughts and Words From Sources Known and Unknown
The good and bad aspects of choosing a title line (see above) for a column is once up there, the writer is bound to it throughout the piece. If the writer adheres to the subject of the title throughout all is well, but if...
Window on the World Column | Joy Seeking
I couldn’t think what to do with myself. My baby girl was lying in a hospital bed with a broken back when she should have been enjoying the vacation of a lifetime in Montana. She was heavily drugged and monitored. She slept a lot...
Guest Column | The Gift of Service to Others Can Be the Most Meaningful and Valuable
As 2023 comes to a close and I reflect on what seems to have been a whirlwind of a year, it is clear that our community has much to be grateful for. We have faced many challenges together over the years. Yet, I continue...
Guest Column | Let’s Not Neglect Our Real Hearts This February
We all live in a brainiac world, to be sure, but the heart remains the emotional, spiritual center of our being. It’s still such a symbol of love and emotion, with our language sprinkled with metaphors invoking the heart as the source of empathy,...
