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Two remarkable events in the 18th century that were a consequence of the viral disease smallpox have lessons for us today: How a simple method for vaccination was reduced to practice and presented to …
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Richard Gelinas
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10/28/21
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Colleen was sitting on the steps in front of her brick house when my dad parked our green Dodge, and I rushed to see her. Her house was the biggest and nicest one in Lincoln, Iowa, very grand when …
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Phyllis Henry
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10/28/21
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Living on the Key Peninsula, growing older and more reflective, I have been reminded how life seems to be a circle — we often end up right where we started. For me, that’s small-town …
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Bob Perry
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10/28/21
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The pile of books at my bedside grew taller each week. A new book might appear almost daily, increasing the height of the pile by a couple of inches. My lifelong love of reading is not restrained by …
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Vicki Husted Biggs
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10/28/21
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I support Juanita Beard for election to the Peninsula School Board Nov. 2. Her experience as a mental health professional and a parent with children in our schools makes her very qualified for the …
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10/28/21
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As I count down my days as a school board director for the Peninsula School District, I reflect on the six years I served our students and community. I am proud to know in my heart that every …
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10/28/21
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As the Key Peninsula Partnership for a Healthy Community approaches its 6-year anniversary under the leadership of executive directors Ben and Susan Paganelli, the organization has filed for its own 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.
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Krisa Bruemmer, KP News
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10/28/21
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For the first time since 2017 the Key Peninsula Community Council will no longer have a paid office manager and will depend on volunteers to keep the office in the Key Center Corral open.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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10/28/21
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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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As I work my way down a forested draw in Filucy Bay Preserve, tree frogs call. Ferns and logs guide me through a series of pinch points where deer have squeezed before me.
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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10/28/21
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The Taylor Shellfish Co. moved one step closer in its quest to replace part of its existing Manila clam and oyster beds in Burley Lagoon with geoducks when it submitted a draft environmental impact …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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10/28/21
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Solo circumnavigator Erden Eruç, 60, of Wauna, resumed his second solo row across the Pacific Oct. 7 when he relaunched from Waikiki, Oahu, where he arrived Sept. 10 after an 80-day crossing from Crescent City, Calif.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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10/28/21
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The number of people experiencing homelessness in Pierce County increased 37% between 2015 and 2021, according to the county's Homeless Point-in-Time Count survey conducted last January.
The …
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Ted Olinger and Sara Thompson, KP News
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10/28/21
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When I was young, growing up here on the Key Peninsula, I loved to spend hours in the farm kitchen with my mother. By sixth grade I helped almost every evening with dinner. Mom was a fantastic cook …
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Lori Deacon
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10/28/21
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As the former spouse of a Vietnam veteran, I did not think I would ever read another book about that war.
For 16 years I absorbed everything I could find to understand the devastation Vietnam did …
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Maureen Reilly
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10/28/21
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Diane Grant, who lives in Lakebay, harvested a tomato this year that she had never seen before. She loved the flavor and was afraid she might never find it again. Could she save the seeds and rest …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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10/28/21
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10/28/21
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10/28/21
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KP News Wins General Excellence Award — and 16 More
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Key Peninsula News won second place for its first time win in the Newspapers of Excellence category. The award is judged on content, layout and overall impression from …
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Staff Report
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10/18/21
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Candidates for a variety of public offices appeared before about 75 Key Peninsula voters at an Oct. 12 online forum.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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10/16/21
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