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We have to talk about it. Asking someone if they are having suicidal thoughts will not give them the idea of ending their life. Instead, it creates an environment where they will feel safe asking for …
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Anne Nesbit
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12/28/22
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It was a sunny fall day, so I went for a run at Gateway Park. When I run, I like to give folks a half smile and a little wave when I pass them. I get something similar in return or the opposite, …
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Arissan Nicole
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12/28/22
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Quite a while ago I had an opportunity to host a group who shared unique recreational interests. We were discussing future development of some vacant property and quickly got into a brain-storming …
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Mark Michel
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12/28/22
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This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of Key Peninsula News.
Of course, we might not really be 50. Could be 48; maybe 51? We’re celebrating anyway.
The front page of …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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12/28/22
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I am writing to help Taylor Bay resident Dale Lyman improve his letter to the editor from December’s issue.
First, avoid stereotypes, such as the slow driver with the liberal bumper …
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12/28/22
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Time and again I’ve heard that “all politics is local,” but I’m beginning to wonder how true that is. We already know the outcomes of the November 8 election, but before we …
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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11/30/22
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I can’t walk anymore, so I move around in a power wheelchair. One young friend was surprised to learn that the chair must be plugged in at night to recharge. Because she had never seen me move …
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Phyllis Henry
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11/30/22
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I woke early on those cold winter mornings, the jangling alarm clock wrestling me from blissful Christmas dreams. As the rest of the family slept, I pulled on my wool socks and long underwear, topped …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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11/30/22
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Senioritis. The urban dictionary defines it as “A crippling disease that strikes high school seniors. Symptoms include laziness, an excessive wearing of track pants, old athletic shirts, …
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Grace Nesbit
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11/30/22
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The signs were unmistakable, but also unexpected. There was the change of leaves and the return of rain-soaked school buses, of course, and the annual appearance of the local bear on her hind legs …
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Ted Olinger
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11/30/22
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This is a humble note of thanks to the Key Peninsula community. Our family dog ran away from Bayside Animal Lodge November 7. We were out of town but after quick phone calls friends and family …
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11/30/22
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I respectfully ask you to post this in your biased editorial next to all the amateur writers so bent on constantly voicing their community gripes. Some of those you provide this outlet seem to be …
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11/30/22
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Your article about WayPoint South and Pastor Mark (“WayPoint South Finds the Key to Home Through Grace on the Peninsula,” November) made me want to go to church there — and I …
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11/30/22
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Graphic notes on local life
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José Alaniz
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11/28/22
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The season to be thankful and generous in spirit is just around the bend. It comes not a moment too soon. It’s finally time to snuggle up inside after a dry summer that lasted longer than any in …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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11/1/22
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The Temptations’ Motown classics, “My Girl,” “Get Ready” and “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” were music highlights of my high school years.
The songs …
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Dan Clouse
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10/27/22
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My granddaughter and I have a new tradition, something I never could have predicted. We demonstrate for women’s rights together. Today we stood on a corner in Gig Harbor along with other women, …
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Vicki Biggs
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10/27/22
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“What happened?” It’s a fundamentally human question, maybe the closest we get to simple curiosity. And it’s not simple, not at all. Eyewitness accounts can be flawed, even events from my …
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Jack Dunne
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10/27/22
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In the August edition, you published a column by Bruce Cook that strongly supported Rep. Jesse Young and trashed Sen. Emily Randall.*
The column then reappeared as a paid political ad in …
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10/27/22
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Meredith Browand’s column in the last KP News regarding attacks on public education needs to be expanded (“A Tribute to Teachers,” October). If we fail to see this as just one part …
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10/27/22
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