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What I Remember on Memorial Day
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 … more
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The local office at the KP Civic Center has already been closed for some time.
Children’s Home Society/Akin Leaves KP After 30-Plus Years
The Children’s Home Society of Washington-Key Peninsula Family Resource Center said it will vacate its office at the KP Civic Center after more than 30 years on the KP. more
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‘Father and Son: A Memoir’ by Jonathan Raban, His Final Journey
The great travel writer Jonathan Raban survived a stroke while sitting at his Seattle dinner table one evening with his 18-year-old daughter, Julia. more
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Rates Down, Bills Up, Levies Mostly Steady
It’s that time of the year again. While tax rates are lower on the Key Peninsula, the price is higher. more
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‘The Lost Upland: Stories of Southwestern France’
I no longer remember when I first encountered the poems of W.S. Merwin, but it was likely in some snooty magazine back in the 1980s I had no business reading. Once discovered, I sought out his poetry … more
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The one-car rollover accident blocked KP Highway NW in both directions for 45 minutes.
Alleged DUI Accident Blocks KP Highway During Commute
A rollover car accident at approximately 5:15 p.m. March 5 blocked the Key Peninsula Highway in both directions just north of Key Center for 45 minutes, leading to substantial traffic at a busy hour. more
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Gifts Between Strangers
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. more
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Alena Tolmacheva, a refugee from Kramatorsk, with one of her five Dobermans.
Local Animal Rescuer Tom Bates Home From Ukraine
Tom Bates returned from three months shuttling supplies to frontline areas and getting abandoned animals out on his third trip to the war. more
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About That Awkward Holiday Dinner
I was fortunate to grow up in a household where the food wasn’t always good but there was always plenty of it. more
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Greyson’s thank you note and photo are the only things on the fridge at the Home fire station.
Key Peninsula Fire Department Saves Life of Palmer Lake Boy, 7
Greyson Reichelderfer of Palmer Lake, 7, faced a medical emergency on December 6 but survived because of his dad, Paul, and the quick thinking of Key Peninsula firefighters. more
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Her first book, published in 1956, is a rare window into early thinking about the modern nation of Israel and all of her people.
Violence in the Holy Land: 'Bible and Sword'
It was a long evening with old friends and their children, who outnumbered us at our long table, all in college or college-aged, as we found our way through a cold ceviche, warm pear salad, and a … more
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Marine plywood panels stitched together with copper wire before being glued together with fiberglass.
Creating ‘Elena’ — KP House Builder Turns Boat Designer
It started a year ago, or maybe 60 years ago, when John Carlson, 75, built his first boat. Or maybe it was just 40 years ago when John and his wife Helen bought their 28-foot wooden sloop Rozinante. more
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A History of Free Speech
Violence tests us in unexpected ways. It strains our identity when the time comes to defend all those fancy principles we think we hold. I was already suitably humbled when I heard the … more
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After 30 radiation doses, 44 chemo infusions, five surgeries, three blood transfusions, 51 inpatient hospital days, 87 outpatient appointments and seven trips to ER, Brayden VanderDoes, age 9, rings the bell at Seattle Children’s Hospital in August signaling the end of more than a year of treatment for a brain tumor.
Fourth-Grader Graduates from Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor
Lakebay resident Brayden VanderDoes, 9, stood in front of a large brass ship’s bell mounted in a Seattle Children’s Hospital lobby, surrounded by family, staff and fellow patients. more
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Ballots will be mailed Oct. 20. Drop boxes will open Oct. 20 and close Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. Mail-in ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 7.
Election Update: Former KPFD Chief Announces Write-in Candidacy for Fire Commission
Retired Key Peninsula Assistant Fire Chief Hal Wolverton registered with the Pierce County Auditor’s office as a write-in candidate Oct. 5 for fire commission position No. 3, opposing incumbent … more
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Heart Like a Wheel
It was 1979 or ’80. My dad informed me I would accompany him to a business dinner. I put on my three-piece suit, like his, and he drove us in his 1968 Volvo P1800 bone-white coupe with red leather … more
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KPFD Volunteer Jerry Marsh on the scene.
KP Fire Department Volunteer Marks 50 Years
The Key Peninsula Volunteer Firefighters Association and Fire District 16 honored its longest-serving member at the Sept. 12 commission meeting, commending Jerry Marsh for 50 years of service … more
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Station 45 at 12310 Wright Bliss Road NW.
KPFD Assistant Chief and Family Rent Wright-Bliss Fire Station
Key Peninsula Fire District 16 Assistant Chief Chris Beswick moved into Station 45 near the northwest corner of State Route 302 and Wright Bliss Road NW with his wife and daughter Aug. 1 … more
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Candidates seated from left to right: Kip Clinton, John Pat Kelly, Cambria Queen, Chuck West, Natalie Wimberley, Deanna Keller, Kristin Ang and Dave Bryant.
Election Candidates Answer KP Questions at Forum
The Key Peninsula Civic Center hosted candidates Sept. 12 for what has become a perennial KP election season tradition. Eight contenders participated in a 90-minute Q&A and reception to explain … more
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Doug MacLeod on stage in Europe.
Bluesman Doug MacLeod Returns to Play the KP Oct. 4
Doug MacLeod first picked up a guitar in 1960 or ’61. “I wish I could say it was a great artistic vision, but I wanted to get girls,” he said. Since then he has written … more
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