Three years after COVID-19 stopped its work, Friends of the Key Center Library is reconstituting to continue supporting the library and Key Peninsula community, and they’re looking for …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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4/27/23
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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2/1/23
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Late this summer Lexy Naut was in the backyard of her Key Peninsula home raking leaves. The chore isn’t as luxurious as her normal pencil-to-paper animation job, but it’s a nice break …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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11/30/22
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Vaughn residents Anna Brones and Luc Revel celebrated the dedication of the installation of their work at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial in September. It is the …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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10/27/22
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Key Center bustled with color and live music amid strong winds as the seventh annual Key Center Art Walk kicked off.
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Lauren Trench, KP News
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8/31/22
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Lace knitter Peter Rowe was selected to be the featured artist for the 2022 Longbranch Fiber Art Show on October 1.
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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8/31/22
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Anyone exploring the byways of the Key Peninsula has seen them, and maybe even been startled. Wooden bear cubs clinging to a tree, an enormous eagle perched atop a roof peak, a life-sized Sasquatch …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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7/27/22
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Chris Bronstad is painting for Ukraine.
The retired Key Peninsula Middle School teacher and local artist, who lives in Vaughn, spent the last few years concentrating on his award-winning artwork. …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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4/26/22
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Laura Harbaugh always wanted to be an artist.
Her father worked as professional photographer and her mother worked for the county as a conservationist, racing to protect heritage farmland in the …
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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3/31/22
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Longbranch resident Ava Tisino, 10, won a first place trophy for mastery of the piano in her category at the annual Gig Harbor Music Teachers Association Music Olympics Nov. 20 at Harbor Covenant …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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12/30/21
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Sonja Nesta of Lakebay won first place and $175 in prize money with “The Yellow Brick Kids” in the annual Scarecrow Contest. Tina McKail, KP News
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10/28/21
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Painter Sandy Newhouse stood in the studio of her Vaughn Bay home, tapping an unfinished canvas heavy with layers of acrylic paint.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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9/29/21
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Band leader Roes did some digging to verify the new band’s 30-year history and identify some highlights.
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Carolyn Wiley, KP News
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9/1/21
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On a given Friday in recent months a crew of enthusiastic painters gathered at Whiteman Cove, between Joemma State Park and Camp Colman. The number may fluctuate depending on other commitments and …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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8/28/21
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The notorious Down Home Band directed by Dr. William Roes will throw off the shackles of the pandemic to (safely) begin rehearsals for its 2021 “Back from Behind” season June 24, 7 p.m. …
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Staff Report
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5/26/21
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A passion for art, a love of water and a capacity for nurturing that comes with being the eldest of five children — these are a few of the things that have shaped the arc of Vaughn resident Margo Macdonald’s life.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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2/24/21
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Board member Cathy Williams had read about the Downtown Storefront Mural Project in Seattle, a plan to transform boarded up storefronts into canvases. Although Key Center is not plagued by plywood windows, TWAA decided to run with the idea.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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1/27/21
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Local students Angelina Cruz and Kyleigh Helland each won first place in the Pierce County Library System’s 24th annual Our Own Expressions Teen Writing & Art Contest, which celebrates the creative visions and voices of Pierce County youth and awards winners cash prizes and publication.
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Krisa Bruemmer, KP News
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12/2/20
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Two members of Peninsula High School’s junior class, Indigo Clark and Issabella Marchio, qualified for the All-Nationals Mixed Choir, part of the National Association for Music Education’s All-National Honors Ensembles (ANHE) program. They are the first PHS students to be accepted.
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Krisa Bruemmer, KP News
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12/2/20
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Key Peninsula writer and teacher Alice Kinerk has self-published her first full-length novel.
“The Octopus Under the Bridge” follows the adventures of Jay, a 14-year-old who lives in a …
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Matthew Dean, KP News
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10/1/20
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