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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My first solo rescue call was an injured bald eagle spotted on the ground near the Stillaguamish River. The bird’s broken wing prevented any …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor, KP News
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9/1/19
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I like firearms — let’s get that straight. When my eyes were sharper and my back was straighter, I was a crack shot. Among other things in my …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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9/1/19
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The world recently lost one of the most profound voices of our time, Toni Morrison. This Nobel laureate and recipient of the Presidential Medal of …
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Meredith Browand
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9/1/19
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In July I spent a week in the North Cascades, in the shadow of Mount Baker. It reminded me that we are blessed to live amid some of the most …
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Dan Whitmarsh
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9/1/19
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As I walked down the dusty gravel road, carrying my brown paper lunch bag, happily anticipating the first day of school in the second grade, I twirled …
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Phyllis Henry
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9/1/19
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In the early hours of June 24, thieves forced entry into the Lakebay Post Office, stealing mail and packages and leaving security-minded post office box holders wondering …
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Alice Kinerk, KP News
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8/1/19
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The Case Inlet toxic bloom is one of several tracked around the Key Peninsula.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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8/1/19
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Unsightly and unhealthy, fresh water algae blooms are becoming more common.
On July 8, Don Thomson found himself posting signs warning …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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8/1/19
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The Key Peninsula is a community where being different turns out to be a very good thing. When the Key Peninsula News joined the Washington …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor, KP News
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8/1/19
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