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I have been playing sports all my life, from water polo to flag football to golf, but I fell in love with baseball. Over
the last several years, I have been so focused on my …
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John Browand
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5/1/24
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The birdsong begins early. It’s better than any alarm clock. Sweeter, gentler, more alive.
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Anna Brones
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5/1/24
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José Alaniz
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5/1/24
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An early spring sailing regatta out of Shilshole Bay got me thinking about reassessing my definition of fun.
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Carolyn Wiley
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5/1/24
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My dad, Raymond Olinger, joined the Army in 1945 after graduating high school at the top of his class of 20 in Buxton County, Kansas, when he was 17 years old. He was in Minot, North Dakota, that …
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Ted Olinger
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5/1/24
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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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