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In the overwhelming wake of recent local tragedies, where friends, neighbors, and a beloved dog were killed, my own worries and problems feel small.
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Krisa Bruemmer
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4/29/26
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In Dubai, I experienced the world in a way I’d never known. I understood the country’s slogan: “We are all Emirati.”
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Marilyn Repinski
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4/29/26
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I don’t want anyone to sacrifice any one of those rights, no matter their political persuasion.
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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4/1/26
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The Peninsula School District should not give special access and favorable terms to outside organizations unless they provide equal access to all PSD families. Yet that is exactly what they are …
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Michael Perrow, Gig Harbor
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4/1/26
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I served my community for 20 years as a career firefighter and paramedic. I also served 10 years on active duty in the Marine Corps and 16 years in the Navy Reserves as a corpsman, with deployments …
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Thomas L. Mendenhall, Lakebay
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4/1/26
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To know that, in this place and in this time, we continue pushing forward, because this is the only time we have, and it matters, it all matters.
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Dan Whitmarsh
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4/1/26
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Sometimes, though, saying nothing actually is the right thing.
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Dan Clouse
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4/1/26
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We know the genes that lead to bipolar disorder. Collaboration brought success.
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Richard Gelinas
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4/1/26
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Who needs AI when librarians already exist?
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Madeleine Spencer
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4/1/26
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Sports remain one of the few public experiences where participation isn’t gated by status or determined by agreement.
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Meredith Browand
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2/25/26
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Congratulations on another year of putting out an outstanding newspaper that, in many ways, is the glue that holds this community together.
I don’t think I had ever read a feature on cooking …
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Bill Roes, Vaughn
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2/25/26
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Driving home last week, I was pleasantly surprised to see a group of high school kids protesting the militaristic crackdown on immigrants by ICE. I honked like crazy.
I was disappointed to see …
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John Pat Kelly, Wauna
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2/25/26
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History has shown that when young voices are ignored, they organize in a way that forces you to listen.
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Camri Clawson
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2/25/26
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Late in my junior year of high school, the Seattle SuperSonics won the NBA Championship. I had made it all the way to the end of 11th grade without skipping a single class, but I told all my teachers …
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Jonathan Bill
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2/25/26
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José Alaniz
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2/25/26
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With unlimited resources that we would pay for, WSDOT could solve all our problems. Another option is that we solve them ourselves with our own behavior.
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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2/25/26
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I was driving top down in the cold, accelerator against the floor, mambo on my mind, while our friend faced something we can only guess at.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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1/29/26
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Public libraries have always evolved alongside their communities, and today, that evolution brings extraordinary opportunity.
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Gretchen Caserotti, PCLS Executive Director
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1/28/26
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In the middle of all the political furies rising and swirling to fever pitch, I force myself to breathe and remember that civility is a practice.
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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1/28/26
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Love, I learned, is not fragile, not a candle in danger of being snuffed out. It endures in the spaces we hold it.
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Camri Clawson
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1/28/26
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