Letter: Holte dinners organizer bids adieu
In 1985 Marley Holte and his wife got together and instead of buying presents for one another they bought turkeys and cooked them at the community center in Hollister. Anyone that wanted to could show up for a Christmas dinner with all of the trimmings; this started a tradition that has since expanded to Thanksgiving as well. I came aboard the third year starting out in the kitchen carving up turkeys as they came out of the oven cooked whole. On our fifth year we moved to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Letter: Community must stick together to survive
Re: County leaders show support, Free Lance 6/27/25
Never before has this decision by our sheriff, Eric Taylor, in union with our neighboring counties been importantly decisive.
“The direction to my staff is that hardworking migrants …must be left alone.”
Because law is about being human; that...






