Tag: Opinion
Guest Column | Goodwill Central Coast Celebrates the Power of Employment
Each year during the first full week of May, Goodwill organizations across the U.S. and Canada celebrate Goodwill Industries Week to highlight a crucial...
Worthy to Print Column | The Emperor Has No Clothes
Well, hello there! Did you miss me last week? I hope so because I missed that I had to get a column written. Sometimes...
Funny Papers Again Column | To the Two NCs: Come Get...
This is notice to Ronna and Jaime: Hit me with your best shots; convince me with actions not words. In fact, now that I...
Window on the World Column | My First Impressions
I’ve been living in America for 35 years now. Almost to the day. There you have it. I am either very old — or...
Guest Column | Salinas Valley Recycles Is Changing — Always
I’d like to start this piece with a quote: “In 2023, we must come together again in partnership for the planet. Businesses, governments and...
Worthy to Print Column | Family Times and Traffic Woes
I have been working out of my house for the past few weeks, and like the promises of AT&T the entire internet has gotten...
Funny Papers Again Column | The Wild Winds Usher in Pyotr...
It was almost exactly one o’clock in the afternoon on the first day of April when the window blinds in the studio began to...
Guest Column | Volunteerism Helps Stitch Together the Fabric That Binds...
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., spoke these profound words to an...
Funny Papers Again Column | Youngsters on Stage and Field Always...
I was very pleased with myself after hammering out a column well before the deadline with only one more proofreading before I sent it...
Worthy to Print Column | Time for Reflection
You knew it was going to happen. What’s that? You didn’t know. Well, let me tell you it’s true! Last week I got on...
Local News
Summer dance intensive sets stage for Salinas Valley ‘Nutcracker’ leads
SALINAS VALLEY — After three weeks of intensive training, dancers from across the Salinas Valley and surrounding communities took the stage last month to...
