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Washington State is located in the soggy northwest corner of the continental U.S. The Key Peninsula is the southernmost peninsula of Puget Sound, an inner …
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Alice Kinerk
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8/1/19
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8/1/19
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Thank you for another great edition of the KP News in July. I’ve had the honor to pilot a couple of Honor Flights. We treat these as an opportunity to show our respect for the …
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8/1/19
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An accidental summer guest flew in on a wing and quickly realized he’d made a big mistake. Like most startled birds, he instinctively flew …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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7/1/19
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To my knowledge, scientific inquiry into the topic of Corpulent Polarity is limited. My serious research began in the early 1980s, …
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Carolyn Wiley, KP News
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7/1/19
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Because an earthquake could happen at any moment, a wise thing to know is what to do when that earthquake begins. Here are the first of nine steps that emergency …
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Curt Scott
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7/1/19
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Remember the last time you were wading at the shore in your bare feet, anticipating the next wave, letting the water rush over your toes and up your ankles and …
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Vicki Husted Biggs
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7/1/19
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Last fall my wife and I were approached by a good friend of ours who has a developmentally delayed (we shall henceforth refer to this as DD) son of …
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Rob Vajko
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7/1/19
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Lisa Bryan
Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor, KP News
It began with a chorus of frogs heralding the arrival of spring, a profusion of hardy flowering bulbs, followed by blossoming fruit trees – …
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6/1/19
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On a hot Saturday night in July our family ate supper a bit early and then Dad washed the dishes while Mom got the rest of us ready to celebrate the marriage of my …
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Phyllis Henry
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6/1/19
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Frank Slater
Civil Civics
A front-page article in The New York Times April 7, 2019, entitled “A More Perfect Civics Lesson?” raised the issue of “whether the United States is a unified …
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6/1/19
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Anne Nesbit
Responding to Mental Illness
Most of us would know how to help if we saw someone having a heart attack—we’d start CPR or at the very least call 911. How many of us would know …
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6/1/19
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Dan Whitmarsh
Dan Whitmarsh
Be the One Who Helps
In my previous column (“Five Thoughts on the Opioid Crisis,” KP News, March 2019), I made reference to a story Jesus told, known as …
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6/1/19
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Lisa Bryan
Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor, KP News
The official opening day of boating season, the KP Livable Community Fair, the Lakebay Fuchsia Society’s annual sale, Mother’s Day, …
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5/1/19
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Meredith Browand
Reclaiming Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day 2019 marks the 111th anniversary of Anna Jarvis creating the holiday to honor her own mother and acknowledge the profound role of …
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5/1/19
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Nancyrose Houston
In Praise of Stinging Nettles
Until last year, my relationship with Urtica dioica, commonly known as stinging nettle, was less than positive. I got to know stinging …
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5/1/19
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Dawn Kinzel
Confessions of a Newbie Farmer
I gave birth to our fourth child on a Monday. On Friday we moved to the Key Peninsula. So began our crazy, exciting farming adventure on the Key.
I …
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5/1/19
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Ed Johnson
On the List
We had a little get together in our community in April at The Mustard Seed Project’s Crandall Center in Key Center. It was advertised as an “open mic” reading.
I …
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5/1/19
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Ted Olinger, KP News
Phil Bauer at his 80th birthday party in July 2016. Photo: Ted Olinger, KP News
Phil Bauer, 83, has been a staple of Key Peninsula culture for more than 30 years. He served …
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4/1/19
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Lisa Bryan
Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor, KP News
It’s spring and time to get out and play. The first day was bathed in warmth as windows were thrown open to air out the dust of winter. Along …
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4/1/19
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