Window on the World Column | Mapping Through Nevada and Into Idaho
Crossing Nevada is similar to my memory of crossing Texas. It goes on forever. And just when you think it has to end, it carries on. Acres of mining, solar panels and corrections. Electricity poles line the freeway for miles, as if there were...
Worthy to Print Column | The Definition of Insanity
Iāve heard it said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Well, thatās the very first thing I thought of when I heard that the Dad Gum Govmint was going to have us...
Funny Papers Again Column | An End to May Columns ā in 6-Part Disharmony
It is a little after 4 a.m. Monday morning and I donāt have a column written for the noon deadline. In fact, I have only the words you are now reading on paper and no more in my head to follow with. So, I...
Window on the World Column | The Dump Trailer
You know you are middle-aged, or frankly on the wrong side of the bridge, if you get excited about a dump trailer. Itās a long story; but weāll just call him Scotty. Right at the beginning of our home remodel of sorts, we looked...
Guest Column | Be Part of the Solution by Taking the 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment Survey
Hospitals and local governments play a critical role in supporting the health and well-being of their local communities. But how do they determine which services, programs, or initiatives are most needed?
Every three years, a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) is conducted to determine the...
Funny Papers Again Column | 001, 249 AD; The Day I Ran Over My Ego With a Tractor
If the first part of above appears as random numerical gibberish at first reading, that is expected, let me explain. America, along with other nations, refer to the Gregorian calendar to mark our time and have done so for millennia. How the calendar we...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Brief Tutorial on TV News Reporting
I have written prior about my past educational forays at college and university level, so I thought passing on standards of operation regarding television studio and field reporting may interest some. The field report, or onsite report, consists of two separate footages edited together...
Window on the World Column: A week of firsts
Iāve been digging rather deeply recently to try and find the good stuff in the world. Iām sure Iām not the only person to say that life is currently pretty tough. Coupled with my husbandās illness and our financial stress, the wide open spaces...
Window on the World Column | The Coronation and Other Important News
I was, coincidentally, in England right after the death of Queen Elizabeth. It was a most strange and eerie time in the country. The nation was in mourning well after the nation was officially mourning, as it were. I happened to walk along the...
Worthy to Print Column | Coming Home Early to See Dad
Did you have a good Fatherās Day this weekend? I think this was just about the best Fatherās Day I have had in awhile. Of course I say that every year. They always seem to find a gift that I didnāt even know I...
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Monterey County Sheriffās Office investigating suspicious death in Ventana Wilderness
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey County Sheriffās Office is investigating a suspicious death in the Sykes Hot Springs area of the Ventana Wilderness in the...























