Guest Column | Preventing and Managing Diabetes: A Proactive Approach to Healthy Living
Throughout the year, and especially during November, National Diabetes Month, Mee Memorial works to educate the community about diabetes prevention and management.
Diabetes starts when the body cannot properly regulate blood sugar levels. It is a health condition that impacts many individuals in South Monterey...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Royal Mess, a Royal Lady and Nonsense
This weekās Funny Papers Again column will not appear in this space. Instead, some other nonsense will appear here. The reason for this is because to present an articulate position in a concise manner on the subject chosen I had to do a little...
Worthy to Print Column | Got Stuff ā and More Stuff
I woke up this morning and I tripped over my camera gear. Iām sure God will forgive me for the words I muttered out loud. Lorraine doesnāt like clutter, but sometimes we leave things in the wrong place. I keep telling myself Iām going...
Worthy to Print Column: Itās Just a Phone
Do you have a āsmart phone?ā Iām not sure what makes a smart phone or a dumb phone, but Iām pretty sure I got the dumb one. I mean, I see folks walking around all day looking at their phones, and if the phones...
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 to be very sporadic in reception. I was mumbling to myself when I was asked to go to the store...
Window on the World Column: Motherhood is Not for Wimps
How did my child just turn 26? It sometimes feels as if it was yesterday that she popped into the world. I recall so clearly the labor ā 24 hours and counting in all, before they cut her out of me (when initially I...
Funny Papers Again Column | Not Feeling Grounded? Go Barefootinā and See What Happens
No matter how I may wish to deny I am old, at two years and seven decades it is nonetheless a fact and, having never been old before, I am unrehearsed for the role. I am not alone in that realization, evidenced by how...
Funny Papers Again Column | The Old and the New on Mildred Avenue
The history of King City High School Auditorium, home of the Robert Stanton Theater, is pretty much known to most residents of South County, and of those who are unaware of its significance they will probably come across this knowledge sometime in their lifetimes....
Worthy to Print Column | No Hurry to āGo Electricā
Have you been down to the local electric car dealership to compare the prices between gas and electric? If you havenāt, I might be able to save you a trip. The fancy looking Tesla runs in the neighborhood of $66,000. There are cheaper ones;...
Local News
Gonzales Police Department receives traffic safety grant
GONZALES ā Gonzales Police Department has received a $30,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,...























