To everything there is a season and so begins the magical wonder of winter holidays. No other time of year is filled with such a deep sense of …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor, KP News
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12/6/19
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No child enjoys being scolded, especially by a beloved adult, but being personally reprimanded by Santa Claus is a special burden. It was 1966 or ’67. …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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12/6/19
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As 2019 rapidly comes to a close it’s natural to take a few minutes to reflect on the past year. If your year was anything like mine it flew by in what felt …
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Meredith Browand
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12/6/19
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Some words change our lives. “You have a full scholarship.” “The cancer is in remission.” “You will be giving birth to twins.” The words loom in our …
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Phyllis Henry
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12/6/19
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The darkness always surprises me. Our languid days of summer too quickly give way to winter’s darkness and, here on the peninsula, the …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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12/6/19
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Everyone is horrified by the mass shootings in recent decades, but I am still surprised when a gun owner says “I support banning of assault weapons.” It’s important we get our facts and …
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11/1/19
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I have been a commissioner for Key Pen Parks District for over eight years. I have been elected twice to Position 1. I’ve been president of the board four of the last six years. In an effort to …
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11/1/19
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We are two past presidents of the Key Peninsula Parks and Recreation Commission, better known now as Key Pen Parks. During our six-plus years of working together, we orchestrated the increase of park …
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11/1/19
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For the moment, let’s forget everything happening in Washington, D.C. An endless stream of breaking news alerts, notifications, dings, beeps …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor, KP News
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11/1/19
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My paternal grandmother was tiny, about 94 pounds fully-clothed and dripping wet. I seriously doubt that anyone ever described her as a …
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Carolyn Wiley, KP News
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11/1/19
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Fir: Hey Cedar, have you heard anything lately from your cousins, the white and black spruce trees in Alaska? I’m getting worried that they are dying because of …
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Rich Gelinas
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11/1/19
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As the rain returns to accompany us through winter, so do the banana slugs. It’s not that they go somewhere else for the summer — …
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Nancyrose Houston
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11/1/19
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If you find yourself in a rut and thinking you don’t have any opportunities to better your life, take the time to talk to someone who has immigrated to the …
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Jeff Minch
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11/1/19
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For the second year in a row, KP News will take top honors in a statewide newspaper contest. The Washington Newspaper Publishers …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor, KP News
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10/1/19
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Facebook would seem like the perfect platform to share political views. It isn’t. Let me explain why your political posts aren’t going to …
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Rob Vajko
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10/1/19
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Of the many questions we seek answers to across the infernal expanse of the internet, surely there was never one more …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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10/1/19
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On the 50th anniversary year of Woodstock, we look back on the pictures of that event with wonder. Thousands of strangers sharing music, …
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Vicki Husted Biggs
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10/1/19
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I am a gun owner and I commend Ted Olinger’s column about reducing gun violence (“I Like Guns, But…” KP News, September 2019).
Nearly 40,000 annual deaths (and 100,000 injuries) is a …
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10/1/19
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I would like to offer comments on two of the opinion pieces in the September edition of the paper.
Ted Olinger offers a well-reasoned opinion on the gun issue facing our country (“I Like Guns, …
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10/1/19
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Clam: Ouch! Watch where you’re walking. Homo sapiens (H sap): What are you doing on top of the sand? You’re usually buried a foot or so …
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Rich Gelinas
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10/1/19
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