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As vaccination rates against COVID-19 plateau in the U.S. or fall short of the number needed for herd immunity, it’s worth reminding ourselves how significant a breakthrough these vaccines are …
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Richard Gelinas
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5/26/21
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“There’s no accounting for taste” the saying goes. You could annoy someone with the Latin version, “de gustibus non disputandum est” (“In matters of taste, there …
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Dan Clouse
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5/26/21
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It seems eons ago that the pool closed, but we were finally back in the water and relearning the water aerobics routine. I was huffing and puffing through the moves when Chris, the lifeguard, …
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Carolyn Wiley
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5/26/21
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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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I was so happy to see we had a state bill this year which would bring the option of ranked-choice voting to Washington. Though we will have to wait until next year to see if it passes, the momentum …
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5/26/21
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Gail Ann Bonn passed away in her sleep May 4 at Cottesmore of Life in Gig Harbor following a stroke and complications from cancer. She was 79.
Gail grew up and graduated from high school in …
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5/26/21
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An arrest was made April 28 in connection with the burglary of the Lakebay Post Office April 3 and the break-in at the Belfair Post Office in Mason County April 17. The two cases were earlier …
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Staff Report
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5/26/21
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A commotion has been building outside. It has been building for days now. Some sort of forage fish is massing along the shoreline, and it has drawn a feeding frenzy of gulls, mergansers, cormorants, seals and eagles from miles around.
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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5/26/21
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By now, Grace Bennett is an old hand at lizard keeping. She is 5 years old, and her pet for the last year has been a northern alligator lizard named Baraka.
Grace lives on a 5-acre farm near …
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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5/26/21
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After 34 years in the postal service, including eight as Vaughn postmaster, DeeDee Emmett will retire June 30 at “a very young 59-and-a-half” years old, she said.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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5/26/21
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The summer of 1895 was a busy and exciting time for Edmund G. Edrington of Vaughn. All the parts of an idea he had been working on for a couple of years seemed to be coming together; it was time to form a company, raise the capital and make it happen.
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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5/26/21
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His name still evokes fear, anger and admiration five decades after his murder. Alex Haley interviewed Malcolm X more than 50 times from 1962 to ’65, and the result was a book alive with the same intensity as their all-night talks about racism, protest and brutality that seem little changed since then.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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5/26/21
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It’s summertime and berry season is upon us. Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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5/26/21
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I would like to thank the firemen who got my cat out of a water drain.
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5/26/21
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Funding needed to complete the Recreational Boaters Association of Washington Marine Park Conservancy purchase of Lakebay Marina from owner Mark Scott is guaranteed.
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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5/20/21
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4/29/21
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I could hear this morning arrive before opening my eyes. A solo American robin performed his clear, full-throated first call that pierced the dark silence in the seconds before sunrise. A song …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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4/28/21
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4/28/21
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What does it take to become an Eagle Scout? Between earning at least 21 merit badges and demonstrating scout spirit and leadership within the troop, the journey can take up to six years to …
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Kamryn Minch, KP News
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4/28/21
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A group of KP residents have organized online to deal with roadway trash on the Key Peninsula.
The first “Key Pen It Clean” event was started by Sierra Fairley in mid-December 2020. …
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Matthew Dean, KP News
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4/28/21
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