NEWS

	Habitat for Humanity dedicates two new homes to Key Peninsula families Hugh McMillan December 1, 2004 A very happy, fulfilled group of about 70 gathered in Horseshoe Lake Estates just off State Route 302 on the Key Peninsula on a November Sunday.
	KPFD’s Wauna Fire Station opens officially Hugh McMillan December 1, 2004 On lucky Saturday the 13th in November, after 10 years of coping with a superabundance of codes, regulations, environmental concerns, money shortfall, etc., the Key Peninsula Fire Department finally was able to hold an open house opening day ceremony at Wauna
	Civic Center elects new officers, gains new energy Danna Webster December 1, 2004 The critical challenges of the Civic Center were met head-on with determined supporters at the Nov. 11 annual meeting. Over three dozen neighbors took seats at the board meeting ready and willing to serve.
	It’s a dog’s life Irene Torres December 1, 2004 Smokey Olson, as he is known to the mail carrier and his veterinarian, is the unofficial “mayor” of Key Center. Smokey makes tracks around the community nearly every day, to meet his constituents and his friends.
	The new Brookside Restaurant opens Colleen Slater November 1, 2004 Owning an eating establishment has long been a dream of Ron Bustad, owner of The New Brookside Restaurant.
	KPMS’s NASA Explorer program lifts off Rodika Tollefson November 1, 2004 The mission control room was really just a decorated gym and the astronauts in training were ordinary middle school students—but the liftoff of the Key Peninsula Middle School’s NASA Explorer program was nonetheless impressive.
	The Trading Post is a treasury of antique stoves Various Contributors November 1, 2004 Wood stoves, cook stoves, coal stoves, heat stoves, when you step into Don Fegley’s Key Center Trading Post, history abounds.
	The Key Center Moreland corner has a new owner Danna Webster November 1, 2004 Moreland and Sons had planned to move their corner shop at the flashing light in Key Center in about 18 months, but Eric Moreland and Steve Skibbs, of Windermere, reached a mutual agreement that made now the right time.
	Task force works to lower crime Bill Dietz November 1, 2004 A group called the Key Peninsula Crime Prevention Task Force is working with personnel from the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department to bring the crime numbers down.
	Civic Center faces critical challenges Danna Webster November 1, 2004 The Key Peninsula Civic Center Association (KPCCA) has been hard hit. Rising costs and executive officer vacancies challenge the association’s ability to keep the Civic Center doors open for community use.
	Wauna Fire Station opens Staff Report November 1, 2004 The grand opening for the new Wauna Fire Station-1 is Saturday, Nov. 13.
	Home Park has a new owner Danna Webster October 1, 2004 The new agreement designates Key Peninsula Metro Park District as the official owner of the Home Park property.
	New shoreline directions under study Irene Torres October 1, 2004 A portion of land use regulations for Pierce county is written in a little 300-page booklet called “Directions for protecting and restoring habitat,” more commonly known as the Directions package. Directions is the county’s attempt to balance their responsibility to protect critical environmental areas and, at the same time, provide predictable and equitable growth regulations.
	The Wreck of the John B. Bill Dietz October 1, 2004 Sunken vessels have a romantic quality, and are often fun to look at, unless you happen to run into one of them while you’re water skiing! And that’s what Key Peninsula resident Bill Trandum worries might happen to a wreck which he nicknamed the sloop John B.
	26th Legislative District candidates answer KP News questions Staff Report October 1, 2004 As part of our paper’s effort to provide our readers with information they need to make informed decisions, KP News wrote to the candidates for the 26th Legislative District and asked them to address issues that pertained to the Key Peninsula.
	Thanksgiving comes early for the KP fire district Danna Webster October 1, 2004 The month of September was busier than usual at the Key Center firehouse. It was a time of elections, promotions and Labor Day commotion. Along with his routine duties, Fire Chief Eric Livingood Nelsen helped wage a campaign to lift the lid on a levy and at the same time was in the middle of filling staff vacancies.