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Spencer Abersold’s 21-year career as KGHP-FM station manager is coming to an end in June. He and 14 other Peninsula School District employees had their jobs eliminated due to budget cuts to help compensate for low enrollment.
KGHP’s Future is Up in the Air as Station Manager is Laid Off
KGHP-FM station manager Spencer Abersold saw the proverbial writing on the wall that his job was nearing an end. He had been hearing rumblings that the 35-year-old Peninsula School District … more
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Local beach combing kindled an outdoor pursuit for Shannon Fenton that entertains and inspires her to discover more about geology.
Can You Dig It? Rockhounding on the KP
“What’s the beach offering today?” Shannon Fenton asked herself. A recent storm had churned the water in Case Inlet. It was high tide and overcast on a late March morning, and … more
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Jim Watts of Watts Solitary Bees places wooden blocks with predrilled holes inside totes for female mason bees to lay eggs.
Keeping the Bees
For Jim Watts, spring means time on the road with hundreds of thousands of bees in his truck. One by one he visits an ever-growing list of home orchards, hobby farms, clearcuts and gardens. At each, … more
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Early Looks at the New Pentheroudakis Preserve
The wren is basically a mouse. It weaves through ferns. Then it appears on a stump not 10 feet away. It glances at us and, without a second thought, goes about its inspection of the stump’s … more
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Artist Chris Bronstad, left, with his portrait of Marcia Harris, center, and her husband, Jeff.
Veteran Educator is Key Peninsula Citizen of the Year 2019
Marcia Harris of Longbranch received the 36th Key Peninsula Lions Club Citizen of the Year Award during a ceremony and celebration at the KP Civic Center March 25 for her decades of service to the … more
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PSD Success Coach Jennifer Buys (left) congratulates Henderson Bay High School senior Hailey Ruckle on signing a letter of intent to play softball at Columbia Basin College next year.
Softball Star Shares Her Struggles, Successes
Hailey Ruckle isn’t afraid to admit it: School isn’t easy for her. She has a tough time reading. Big classrooms make her nervous. She doesn’t like when … more
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The 2023 Peninsula High School Unified Basketball District Championship team.
PHS Unified Basketball Team Wins District 3 Championship
Jennifer Buys quickly deflected all questions about her. As her team prepared for a tournament, the Peninsula High School Unified Basketball coach made sure the focus was on her team. Her … more
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Erden Eruç at the oars, crossing the Pacific alone for the second time.
End of a Dream: Wauna Man Stops Second Solo Journey
Wauna resident Erden Eruç, 61, ended his quest to complete his second human-powered solo circumnavigation March 15 in the Philippines … more
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Meet Brayden VanderDoes.
Third Grade Evergreen Cancer Fighter Tells It Like It Is
Sometime around Christmas 2021, Evergreen Elementary School second-grader Brayden VanderDoes lost his appetite. Then he began to vomit. Every day. In the coming weeks he lost his energy and … more
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Caldier was elected to her fifth two-year term last fall with more than 56% of the vote.
Rep. Michelle Caldier Reveals Sight Impairment and Introduces Bill to Help Others
In early December 2016, Washington State Rep. Michelle Caldier (R-26th) was awakened by a crushing pain on the side of her head. She suddenly lost vision in her left eye from acute glaucoma, a … more
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An accomplished grant writer, Wiley said “It’s fun to get money to do things you want to do.”
Carolyn Wiley: A Star is Recognized
Longtime KP booster Carolyn Wiley of Longbranch was honored with a Rotary Star Award Feb. 3 at the 11th annual dinner ceremony presented by the local Gig Harbor Rotary Clubs. Each Gig Harbor … more
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Dogs Mia and China Cat have learned to sit. The goats? Not so much.
‘Be Goatful for What You Have’ — A Deadheads’ Lakebay Goat-Milk Farm
For most people on the Key Peninsula, Himalayan blackberry bushes are a minor nuisance. For Farrell and Laurie Timlake, they were a major problem … more
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Leiston, 14, is one of only 18 players in the country in his age group on the national select team.
KPMS Athlete Makes Name for Himself on the Soccer Field
Leiston Stoddard was recently named to the U.S. Youth Soccer National Select team … more
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For Edwards, being a wildlife photographer demands intimate knowledge of her subjects that can only be gained with steady observation and patience in the field.
Izzy Edwards, Photographer and Conservationist, Sharpens Her Eye While Honing Her Skill
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Ed Gilkison is always on the job.
Nationally Renowned Motorcycle Expert on Local Life
Ed Gilkison is a creature of habit. The 67-year-old has lived in the same Lakebay area since 1966. He starts every morning with a cup of percolated Folgers coffee. He regularly digs through shoe … more
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Sue Taylor died at home October 20.
The Passing of Key Peninsula Icon ‘Chainsaw Sue’
Longtime Key Peninsula resident, champion tree-topper, Huckleberry Inn bartender and renowned leg wrestler Sue Taylor died peacefully at her Burley home October 20. She was 67 years old. more
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Lexy with her Emmy.
Working in Hollywood While Living the Key Peninsula Lifestyle
Late this summer Lexy Naut was in the backyard of her Key Peninsula home raking leaves. The chore isn’t as luxurious as her normal pencil-to-paper animation job, but it’s a nice break … more
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Beyond installation, design considerations essential in public art, like ADA Compliance, forces artists to be more creative.
Vaughn Couple Celebrates Installation of Bainbridge Island Public Art
Vaughn residents Anna Brones and Luc Revel celebrated the dedication of the installation of their work at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial in September. It is the … more
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Hannah Lekson, in her inaugural season at the helm of the Peninsula Seahawks girls basketball team, is taking over a young program looking to be regulars in the 3A state tournament annually. Lekson was a four-year season assistant for the Seahawks before being named head coach in June.
New PHS Girls Basketball Coach Wants Seahawks Soaring to New Heights
In 2018, Hannah Lekson had an itch she just couldn’t scratch. It had been a little more than two years since her last game with the University of Puget Sound Loggers womens basketball team. … more
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Congregants file out of their new facility on a recent Sunday.
WayPoint South Finds the Key to Home Through Grace on the Peninsula
Pastor Mark Klingler opened the new doors of WayPoint South for worship September 4 at the former location of Grace Evangelical Presbyterian Church on McEwan Road NW and Key Peninsula Highway NW. … more
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