Tag: Opinion
Guest Column | Goodwill Central Coast to Give Away Hundreds of...
Goodwill’s goal has always been to strengthen communities by eliminating barriers to opportunity and employment — and education has long been the foundation of...
Worthy to Print Column | A Dog Like No Other
Honey, can you come here? I rolled over and took a look at the clock on my nightstand. “Yeah,” I replied, not knowing if...
Window on the World Column | Sister Sheryl
Our first meeting was an interesting one. I had been hired as her boss at the local paper. She took me to see one...
Funny Papers Again Column | Summer Solstice and the Last Word...
This is my last Funny Papers Again column for the Valley newspapers, so if you have been a fan over the past couple of...
Window on the World Column | Happy Birthday, Dear Rita
I hadn’t seen her for a while, and when I did, I realized that she was very unwell. I was doing a book signing...
Worthy to Print Column | Moving to Gonzales
“Honey, when did we move to Gonzales?” I asked my marriage mate as she (Rainy) flittered around the corner doing things that women do...
Funny Papers Again Column | Ringo and Sara and Lisa and...
There is something about eye contact that lets two people know that for just a split second, just a flicker of time, there has...
Window on the World Column | Boy Town
It started off as a nice offer from the husband. “He can come and stay with us for a while!” We were talking about...
Worthy to Print Column | Coming Home Early to See Dad
Did you have a good Father’s Day this weekend? I think this was just about the best Father’s Day I have had in awhile....
Funny Papers Again Column | An Anonymous Donor and Familiar Dairyman...
Any opinion columnist, or letter writer, whose words appear in public is aware that there could be repercussions either laudatory in nature or quite...
Local News
Greenfield man admits to prison smuggling scheme
GREENFIELD — A former California prison lieutenant from Greenfield pleaded guilty Oct. 20 to conspiring to smuggle contraband into Salinas Valley State Prison in...
