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December 17, 2025

Tag: Opinion

Funny Papers Again Column | A New Year Brings No New...

It is never easy to come up with the words for this column; there are so many issues and topics that one can become...

Worthy to Print Column | Happy New Year

I won’t ask you about how your New Year is or will be. Shoot, I don’t think anyone is enjoying our holidays when you...

Funny Papers Again Column | By Whatever Name You Please, He...

I was reading about the origins of Christmas and the various ways the day is celebrated around the world. It is a day with...

Funny Papers Again Column | Solstice, Schmolstice … Give Me a...

I loathe the 24 hours of Dec. 21-22, 2021. And it has nothing to do with this year. I hate Dec. 21 every year...

Guest Column | Successes Lead to Bright Future for Rural Health...

As we gather during the holidays and bid farewell to another year under the shadow of the pandemic, I wanted to shine a light...

Worthy to Print Column | Finding the Perfect Gift

I want to tell you ā€œMerry Christmasā€ and send out the love of my family and our wishes that you and your family enjoy...

Funny Papers Again Column | Note to Founding Fathers: ā€˜You Didn’t...

It’s 3:17 a.m. early Wednesday morning, nine hours before deadline for this column and I haven’t 1,000 cohesive words anywhere in my head: not...

Worthy to Print Column | A Day in My Life

Now, where was I… Dick pulled up to me on the highway and told me to put it second gear and ā€œGet on it!ā€...

Window on the World Column | Find Your Passion

ā€œWhy do you like it so much?ā€ he asked. You could ask a lot of people that same question and they wouldn’t be stumped...

Funny Papers Again Column | Missouri and Florida: Never the Twain...

I have always enjoyed words and how they are used, but as I have not kept up on the grammatical, I frankly admit to...

Local News

Wreath laying ceremony

Photos | Soledad, Greenfield students join 2025 Wreaths Across America ceremony

Members of Soledad High School Navy JROTC presented the colors during a wreath-laying ceremony Saturday to honor veterans at King City Cemetery, one of...