It’s a small terra cotta dog, a curio really, barely 6 inches high, sitting on its haunches, head tilted back and cocked to the side, one ear pointing up and the other sideways, the front legs …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis
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3/31/21
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When George Vancouver explored Washington’s inland waterways in May of 1792, he quickly came under the spell of “the serenity of the climate, the innumerable pleasing landscapes, and the …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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2/24/21
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“Run, Eva!” I tell her in an excited voice once we’re safely inside the gate and I’ve taken off her leash. “Eva, run!” And off she goes, zero to warp speed in …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis
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1/27/21
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It’s not as though Herron Island is isolated from the rest of the world. After all, our ferry, the 11-car red-and-white M/V Charlie Wells, plies the three-quarters of a mile between the island …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis
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10/29/20
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It’s late summer, early fall. Temperatures went from the near-unthinkable 100-degree mark for a few weeks down to the 50s in the evening. It feels like a blast furnace when you walk out into …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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10/1/20
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McMicken Island, a few hundred feet from Harstine Island to the west of the Key Peninsula, is a favorite destination for area boaters and kayakers. One of about 40 marine state parks in Washington, …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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10/1/20
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In the 1880 census Charles Pack, the first settler on Herron Island, was recorded as living on Ketron Island. Ketron is a small island on the opposite side of the Sound, across from Steilacoom. …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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7/30/20
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“A Journal of the Plague Year,” Daniel Defoe’s short book about the 1665 outbreak in London of what is believed to have been bubonic plague, is never a comforting read; it is even less so in these times of a global pandemic.
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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5/29/20
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“Stay safe,” the cashier at the checkout said as I was putting my groceries back in the cart and getting ready to head out.
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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5/1/20
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The community of Northwest archivists, historians, genealogists and writers as well as many ordinary citizens were shocked at …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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3/27/20
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I was in my junior year in high school in Greece. A shy, awkward teenager, I preferred to remain quiet in class. Even though my Greek forebears had …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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3/27/20
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Fifty years ago, in the early morning hours of Feb. 4, 1970, a fire of unprecedented proportions burned through several businesses in Key Center, leaving only ashes and charred rubble in its wake.
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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2/1/20
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It’s early December. Fall is winding down and winter is waiting in the wings, chomping at the bit. Exhausted, the garden is lying low and catching its …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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1/2/20
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An 1889 map showing Charles E. Pack (misspelled as Peck) as the owner of a portion of Herron Island. From Plummer's Complete Atlas of the County of Pierce, Wash. …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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12/6/19
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A weaver’s weaver, the accomplished artist will display her work during the Farm …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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10/1/19
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First to break the morning stillness is the drumming and wik-wik-wik of a flicker, muffled somewhat by a thick clump of alder and cedars. A band-tailed pigeon …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis
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8/1/19
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KPHS board members Bart Wolfe, Judy Mills and Paul Michaels have been leading the restoration of the historic Vaughn Library Hall. Photo: Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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7/1/19
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
The Delano Hotel ca. 1900. Collection of Laurie W. Austin
The beach at Delano Bay south of Penrose Point State Park extends in a graceful curve for nearly a mile. …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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5/1/19
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