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Wellspring Fellowship held its first worship service July 8 at its new temporary location in Lakebay until its own church is constructed on land purchased in 2018.
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Staff Report
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8/2/23
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Fourteen years ago Mary McGriff was exhausted. Tired after more than three decades of powering through excruciating pain, bottling all her pent-up anger, hanging on to vengeful hatred and battling …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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8/2/23
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Born in 1931, Phyllis Henry was one of six children raised on the family farm in rural Iowa. Her education began in a one-room schoolhouse. She had one friend, Edna. They walked to school or took the …
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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8/2/23
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When Rear Admiral Henry Thomas Mayo (1856-1937) announced his retirement from the U.S. Navy Dec. 10, 1920, after 47 years of service, the news made the papers from his native Burlington, Vermont, to …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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8/2/23
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Ten years ago, then-state legislator Derek Kilmer considered running for Congress to replace the retiring Norm Dicks (D-6th), but he had some reservations. “I was conscious that if I was …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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8/2/23
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Bryce Hoover craves competition.
The 13-year-old incoming eighth-grader at Key Peninsula Middle School likes being on the baseball and football fields. He’ll even try to out-sing everyone …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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8/2/23
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It is a joy to come across a wasp like this. In the matted thick grass where my pasture will flood in winter, it dances along the stalks, wings flashing, blue-black body orienting this way and that. …
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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8/2/23
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Once you become the first person to circumnavigate the globe alone under your own power — 41,196 miles of rowing solo across the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans, …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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8/2/23
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I love my garden, but sometimes it makes me feel like I’m a contestant on one of those cooking shows where amateur chefs are given a basket of incompatible ingredients and have to make a …
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Kamryn Minch
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8/2/23
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It’s August, and the blackberries are ripe. That pie in the oven is distracting you from the monthly newspaper. Gardens are ascending to the peak of their harvest season, and there are fresh …
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Dan Clouse
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8/2/23
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If you’ve visited any parks around the Key Peninsula lately, you may have noticed the appearance of uniquely painted garden gnomes. The first community-wide Summer Solstice Gnome Hunt began …
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Lauren Trench, KP News
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8/2/23
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As someone who teaches college-level literature classes for a living, once or twice a year I find myself giving my students some version of this speech:
It’s no surprise to me that I only …
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José Alaniz
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8/2/23
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Key Peninsula Fire District 16 has often been in the news over the last year about money, as seen in public reaction to its purchase of Key Center real estate at the end of 2021 and calls from some …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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8/2/23
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Graphic notes on local life
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José Alaniz
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7/31/23
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Lucille (Lucy) P. Lehman Daniel died July 1, 2023. She was 103 years old.
Born in Tacoma, Lucy lived in the community of Home until the age of seven. The family moved to California, settling in …
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7/31/23
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We are sad to announce the passing of Richard Binion in 2023. Richard was born in 1944 and graduated from Onalaska High School in Washington. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War and …
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7/31/23
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Howard Ray Johnson of Palmer Lake passed away July 6, from injuries sustained in a house fire.
Howard was born July 15, 1951, to Richard and Barbara Johnson in Anaconda, Montana. He spent his …
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7/31/23
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The Key Peninsula lost a bit of luster May 21, 2023, when Phil Bauer died peacefully at his home in Vaughn, surrounded by family. He was 87 years old.
Phil was raised in rural Iowa on his …
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7/31/23
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“Cy” was born June 1924 and died June 2023, shortly after his 99th birthday. He was an honored military veteran who served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1971.
A lifetime member of …
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7/31/23
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