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	Former Key Center Marijuana Seller Gets 10 Years Staff Report July 2, 2016 Lance Gloor, 37, of Gig Harbor, the owner of the former KPN Cross medical marijuana dispensary in Key Center, was sentenced June 3 to 10 years in prison and five years supervised release for two federal charges related to drug distribution.
	Local Boy Scout Troop, Always Helping, Now Helped by Community Staff Report July 2, 2016 The 35 members of KP Boy Scouts of America Troop 220 raised nearly $10,000 in recent months to fund their summer activities, including a trip to a scout camp in Mount Hood in August
	Eagles Make A Difference Staff Report July 2, 2016 Under the leadership of its president (and Key Peninsula resident) Mirella Geyer, the Gig Harbor Eagles Post 2809 Auxiliary raised $12,369.10 for charities between June 1, 2015, and May 31, 2016.
	First Lifetime Member of KP Historical Society Staff Report July 2, 2016 Marge Summerfelt of Vaughn recently became the first lifetime member of the Key Peninsula Historical Society with a single donation of $1,000.
	Tiedman Neighborhood Launches Crime Watch Irene Torres July 2, 2016 After being the victim of a series of car prowls, Kristen Granroth decided she’d had enough; she formed the Tiedman Road KP Neighborhood Watch Group on Facebook.
	KP Man Featured in Black Film Festival Premiere Irene Torres July 2, 2016 When Theatre Puget Sound placed a call for auditions, Lake Minterwood resident William Michael Paul showed up with a smile.
	Bluegrass Festival Returns to LIC for Fifth Year Alice Kinerk July 2, 2016 On Saturday, July 30, from 2 to 6 p.m., the Bluegrass Festival will return to the Longbranch Improvement Club for its fifth year.
	KP Parks’ Fourth of July Event Returns Alice Kinerk July 2, 2016 After a successful debut in 2015, Key Pen Parks’ Fourth of July Community Hot Dog Social promises to be even bigger and better in 2016, according to Christina Hallock, the recreation coordinator for Key Pen Parks.
	Voter Turnout Essential for KP Fire Levy Renewal Lisa Bryan July 2, 2016 Key Peninsula Fire District 16 will ask voters to approve renewal of a four-year Maintenance and Operations (M&O) levy in an election Aug. 2.
	Countywide Earthquake Drill Stresses Self-Reliance Lisa Bryan July 2, 2016 In early June, Key Peninsula Fire District 16 participated in the first-of-its-kind FEMA Cascadia Rising 2016 Catastrophic Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Exercise.
	Final Season for Blue Willow Lavender Farm Colleen Slater July 2, 2016 "If you’ve never come to our lavender festival, this is the year to come," said Tracy Ketts, owner of Blue Willow Lavender Farm on Wright-Bliss Road in Vaughn.
	Geoduck Aquaculture: A Brief Review Sara Thompson July 2, 2016 There are 65 miles of waterfront on the Key Peninsula. Less than 2 miles are currently farmed.
	The First Independence Day West of the Mississippi Danna Webster June 27, 2016 On May 15th, 1841 the Charles Wilkes expedition identified Gig Harbor as the gateway to the Olympic Peninsula after establishing with their survey gig, the Porpoise, that the bay was too small for a ship but just right for a gig.

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