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9/29/21
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The Peninsula High School Seahawks beat the Gig Harbor Tides 35-28 Sept. 17 at Roy Anderson Field in a stunning come-from-behind win for their sixth consecutive Fish Bowl victory.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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9/29/21
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The banner stretched over Key Center announcing the annual scarecrow contest, along with a fresh crop of scarecrows lining the road, brought a big smile to my face. For an instant I wanted to close …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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9/29/21
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Key Peninsula Fire Department Chief Dustin Morrow has applied for the job of chief at Central Pierce Fire & Rescue in Puyallup, the largest fire district in the county. He advanced to the last …
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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9/29/21
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Some thoughts as an offering to my new neighbors: Yes, I’m another transplant with something to say about our glorious home on the Puget Sound. I offer them in the conviction that sometimes …
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Jack Dunne
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9/29/21
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Sometime in 1988, I think, I was an editorial assistant at G.P. Putnam’s Sons in midtown Manhattan when I happened to come out of the elevator to find Kurt Vonnegut trying to get past the …
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Ted Olinger
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9/29/21
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Something unexpected happened this summer: I stopped refilling my bird feeders.
I’ve been keeping my backyard feeders stocked for years, only missing a day or two now and then. Nothing but …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis
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9/29/21
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“Look here,” my wife said, pulling back the thick vines growing in our backyard garden. I saw a flash of red deep in the shadows. Reaching in, I gave a gentle tug and pulled out our first …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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9/29/21
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Back in March of 2020, I wrote a column here called “Moving to Reduce Medical Expenses” where I stated that my wife and I were going to be moving to Portugal, the cost of medical bills …
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Rob Vajko
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9/29/21
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As a Vaughn resident, I urge my neighbors to vote for Jennifer Butler for the Peninsula School District Board of Directors.
Jennifer’s commitment to representing the whole community and …
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9/29/21
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It has been an honor to serve on the Peninsula School Board these past eight years. I have served as vice president for four years, and I am currently board president.
We often learn the most …
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9/29/21
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Kristin E. Olson died peacefully at her home in Port Orchard Aug. 15 at the age of 71. Born Feb. 13, 1950, to parents C.T. and Delores Olson, Kristin grew up in California and earned her …
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9/29/21
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Gerald D. (Jerry) VanNoy died Aug. 29. He was born in Tacoma Aug. 23, 1934, to Marion and Helen VanNoy.
Jerry attended the College of Puget Sound, now University of Puget Sound, and Southern …
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9/29/21
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Hospitals across the state are at or near capacity as the highly contagious delta variant of COVID-19 spreads among the population, according to the Washington State Department of Health.
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Kamryn Minch and Ted Olinger, KP News
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9/29/21
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In the 2020-2021 school year, the number of homeschooled students more than doubled to 802 students from 514 families.
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Krisa Bruemmer
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9/29/21
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Fall again. Hea vy sunflower heads have fallen and the clouds of goldfinches that came for their seeds have scattered into the trees. Rain falls and rotting resumes. Down come the soggy stems of …
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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9/29/21
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Who among us has not been awestruck by the mystery and majesty of the mountain that seems to disappear and reappear at her discretion? That mountain, called Mount Rainier since 1792, when Captain …
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Lynn Larson, Special to KP News
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9/29/21
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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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The Pierce County Council voted to adopt the recommendations of the Citizens Advisory Board to the Conservation Futures Program to begin negotiating the purchase of conservation properties.
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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9/29/21
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