June 2021 issue

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In this issue

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  Father’s Day Dinner — The Ultimate Chili Dog

  Wednesday, May 26, 2021

  Whenever we ask Dad what he wants for dinner on literally any occasion, the question is usually posed tongue-in-cheek because we know the answer. It’s never steak, salmon, or burgers, …

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  Battalion Chief Chuck West Retires

  Wednesday, May 26, 2021

  After nearly 40 years with the Key Peninsula Fire Department, Battalion Chief Chuck West is retiring.

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  District Appoints New Fire Commissioner

  Wednesday, May 26, 2021

  Longtime Wauna resident Randy Takehara was officially sworn in as a Key Peninsula Fire District 16 commissioner by the board of commissioners during its regularly scheduled meeting May 11 via Zoom.

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  A Pandemic Silver Lining: RNA Drugs

  Wednesday, May 26, 2021

  As vaccination rates against COVID-19 plateau in the U.S. or fall short of the number needed for herd immunity, it’s worth reminding ourselves how significant a breakthrough these vaccines are …

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  Vice vs. Age

  Wednesday, May 26, 2021

  It seems eons ago that the pool closed, but we were finally back in the water and relearning the water aerobics routine. I was huffing and puffing through the moves when Chris, the lifeguard, …

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  Anatomy of a Feeding Frenzy

  Wednesday, May 26, 2021

  A commotion has been building outside. It has been building for days now. Some sort of forage fish is massing along the shoreline, and it has drawn a feeding frenzy of gulls, mergansers, cormorants, seals and eagles from miles around.

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  From Seattle to Olympia via Vaughn: E. G. Edrington’s Dream

  Wednesday, May 26, 2021

  The summer of 1895 was a busy and exciting time for Edmund G. Edrington of Vaughn. All the parts of an idea he had been working on for a couple of years seemed to be coming together; it was time to form a company, raise the capital and make it happen.

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  American History: ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X’

  Wednesday, May 26, 2021

  His name still evokes fear, anger and admiration five decades after his murder. Alex Haley interviewed Malcolm X more than 50 times from 1962 to ’65, and the result was a book alive with the same intensity as their all-night talks about racism, protest and brutality that seem little changed since then.