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March 28, 2024

Funny Papers Again Column | Motorcycle Mayhem: Part Two

Steve Wilson
I donā€™t know how the whole thing began, but it happened on Thanksgiving Day of 1969. My friend Dennis was a motorcycle rider, and for one reason or other I was going to ride one of his smaller bikes from Point A to Point...

Worthy to Print Column | The Gift of Poetry

George Worthy
Last evening I walked out to my mailbox to check and see if I had any mail. I didnā€™t, but something better was given to me. My neighbor was playing some music while he played with his children. It was really cool listening to...

Guest Column | Healthy Habits Create Healthy Families

Mee Memorial Healthcare System Rena Salamacha
March is National Nutrition Month, an excellent time to examine your eating habits and make small incremental changes that will positively impact your health for the long term. We all know that life can be busy and stressful at times. Itā€™s easy to fall into...

Funny Papers Again Column | Part One: A Story of Motorcycle Mayhem

Steve Wilson
Here is a little story about one little incident back in my days of riding motorized two-wheeled transports, also known as motorcycles. Like many of my stories, this one takes place in Greenfield back in the halcyon days of teenhood. (Hey, if there can...

Worthy to Print Column | And Then There Was One

George Worthy
So Iā€™m sitting in my favorite chair lacing up my tennis shoes when the phone rings. Iā€™m only a little concerned because Lorraine pays all the bills and she has not advised me that we are in trouble. I look at the phone only...

Window on the World Column | Habitual Early Mornings

Lucy Jensen
I was under the, apparent, misunderstanding that it takes three weeks to form a habit. (Some bad habits maybe sooner, but a life-changing habit, that is!) Come to find out in a study published by the European Journal of Social Psychology (I guess they...

Guest Column | Letā€™s Move District 18 into the Future with Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren

The vast majority of American politicians are in the business of kicking the can down the road, with one notable exception: Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren. I know ā€œkicking the can down the roadā€ is an old clichĆ© used to reference the arms race, federal budget, childcare,...

Funny Papers Again Column | A Digest of Abridged Subjects

Steve Wilson
The following were subjects for full columns, columns I now know will, to use an archaic adage, never see the light of day. The research of these subjects runs to dozens if not scores of hours and each would use up the 1,000-word limit;...

Worthy to Print Column | Owning a Dog

George Worthy
I donā€™t know if other writers run into the same problems that I do. I have to find a thousand words to contribute to this paper every week, so I am constantly looking for a hint of something that you might find interesting enough...

Window on the World Column | The Olden Days of Newsies ā€” Part II

Lucy Jensen
When I began my newsie career in 1991, the newspaper had a circulation of about 25,000 on Saturdays and slightly less during the week. Circulation was therefore a key department as well, because the well-oiled machine of putting the paper out was really no...
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