From 1995 to 2007 I was an active volunteer with the American Legion Auxiliary’s Girls State program. I lived in Indiana at the time and spent a week each summer volunteering at Hoosier Girls …
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Meredith Browand
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3/27/24
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I had almost forgotten about my first trip to the Key Peninsula until 2002 when I was driving my stepdaughter to a friend’s place in Lake of the Woods.
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John Pat Kelly
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3/27/24
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I sure hope every one of us has a 1972 to remember.
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Mark Michel
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3/27/24
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Another catchy title from the citiot’s desk, right? My last offering to this audience was “Math” in which I hoped to make some room in your heart for a topic that often frustrates. …
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Jack Dunne
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3/27/24
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"We have four requests for the district in our letter: acknowledge the problem, adopt a restorative justice model, expand districtwide training, and hire diverse staff."
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Peter Fraser
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3/27/24
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José Alaniz
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2/28/24
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Grandma got my 8-year-old daughter Violet a checkerboard for Christmas. She was giddy the first time we got it out, enthusiastic right up until the point when I jumped one of her pieces and removed …
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Krisa Bruemmer
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2/28/24
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It is almost spring, and spring gets me thinking about summer, and summer makes me think about camping.
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Dan Whitmarsh
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2/28/24
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Emerson observed in one of his early essays that when we reflect on our lives, “behind us, as we go, all things assume pleasing forms, as clouds do far off.”
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Dan Clouse
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2/28/24
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We in the Pacific Northwest have lived in a paradise of low-cost electricity for decades. It’s a mix of hydroelectric power (75%) supplemented by wind power (10%), natural gas (10%) and nuclear …
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Richard Gelinas
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2/28/24
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It was another gift — a small but powerful spell — except this time I had cast it,
unknowingly, and she had the integrity to act on it.
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Ted Olinger, Associate Editor
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2/28/24
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It came as a surprise to me when I recently learned that under the current Pierce County Comprehensive Plan, Purdy is designated as an Urban Growth Area (UGA).
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2/12/24
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I was fortunate to grow up in a household where the food wasn’t always good but there was always plenty of it.
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Ted Olinger
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1/31/24
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I have cultivated a new mindset in the past months, and it has carried me through a year of difficult personal decisions.
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Vicki Biggs
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1/31/24
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On the first day of the year, I stood in front of an outdoor fire and discussed the topic of delight.
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Anna Brones
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1/31/24
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Although I do not possess the courage to make formal New Year’s resolutions, I am on the annual lookout for character flaws in myself (and others).
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Carolyn Wiley
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1/31/24
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Perfectly timed, Valentine’s Day approaches and my heart is full of love and gratitude for the fact that we are here together making our way through this life we share.
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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1/31/24
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Support for possible new daycare center in Key Center.
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Madeleine Spencer, Longbranch
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1/31/24
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Pierce County 26th Legislative District Republican Precinct Caucuses
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Marc Christensen, Vaughn
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12/27/23
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Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. Humanity is being tested, and it’s not looking very good for us.
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April Godwin
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12/27/23
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