Christmas is best appreciated with a childlike heart
I think just about everyone becomes a kid again when Christmas rolls around.
It’s kind of the same feeling as when entering the gates of Disneyland; it just automatically brings out the kids’ heart in a person.
My enthusiasm for the holiday has changed over the years, of course. As a kid I used to get so excited about Christmas that I would get a stomach ache come Christmas Eve because that was the night to open gifts and when family would fill the house with warmth, words, delicious food, hugs, and more gifts.
Council should revisit garbage can visibility
Now that we have a new Ceres City Council perhaps it will reverse the policy recently set that allows residents to keep their garbage cans in public view seven days a week.
As you may remember, the city had a law on the books that said you had to hide away your cans unless it was during the hours you could set them out for collection. In November 2019, three members of the old council changed that, saying they had no problems with cans being stored next to a house or garage. Those three – Chris Vierra, Bret Durossette and Mike Kline – are gone now. If Couper Condit is anything like his brother, he would vote to change back. Linda Ryno didn’t believe in letting cans be viewed from the street either. It remains to be seen how Bret Silveira and Mayor Javier Lopez would vote on the topic if it’s revisited.