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October 2, 2025

Tag: Opinion

Letter to the Editor | Get the Shot, Not the Flu

To the Editor: As we enter the fall season, I would like to remind our community of the importance of protecting yourself, your loved ones...
Steve Wilson

Funny Papers Again Column | Notes on Pomona to KC After...

We are now one week past the Autumn Equinox, the day defined as having an equal number of hours of sunlight and moonlight. Autumn’s...
Lucy Jensen

Window on the World Column | Reconnections

We last saw each other when we were quite young. She showed me photos of herself frozen in time in my childhood cottage. It...
Steve Wilson

Funny Papers Again Column | A Way to Get a Barrelful...

There has been a bit of a ruckus over some recent comments made on social media, a lousy debate forum as it offers space...
George Worthy

Worthy to Print Column | Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend

This has been a rough week. It might look different to most of you, but for me it’s just another reminder of the test...
Mee Memorial Healthcare System Rena Salamacha

Guest Column | Longevity Starts Here: Daily Habits for Healthy Aging

September is both Healthy Aging and National Self-Care Awareness Month, making this the perfect time to spread the word about how self-care can positively...
Steve Wilson

Funny Papers Again Column | A Few Rants on the American...

ā€œI think it’s worth it. I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we...
Lucy Jensen

Window on the World Column | Training It

I landed at London Heathrow Airport, as I have done many times these past 37 years. I checked into my fave airport hotel —...
Steve Wilson

Funny Papers Again Column | Greetings From the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chippewa...

Whenever a case arises with this over-abused old frame of mine and a visit to Mee is required; I am always quick to tell...
George Worthy

Worthy to Print Column | Rollin’ Down the River

Wow!! It’s already getting too hot to do yard work. At least that is the excuse I am going to use. I have to...

Local News

Jim Gattis

Salinas businessman to be inducted into Airshow Hall of Fame

SALINAS — The International Council of Airshows (ICAS) has announced this year’s Hall of Fame inductees, and Salinas businessman and one of the founders...