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PALS program a boon to Key Pen Parks and middle...

It started last fall, when Jessica Smeall, recreation coordinator for Key Pen Parks, needed volunteers to help with the annual Harvest Festival. “We needed help with the hayride, so I went to the...

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Annual Vaughn Aisle of Honor event returns

On May 26, the Key Peninsula Veterans will host its annual Aisle of Honor event at the Vaughn Bay Cemetery,...

Former KP resident makes Olympic women’s hoop...

All through middle school and high school, Megan Blunk excelled in sports. She ran track and played basketball in...

Jeff Harris named Citizen of the Year

Longtime Key Peninsula resident Jeff Harris was recognized as the Citizen of the Year at the end of March. Harrison was...

Serenity Salon celebrates 10 years of service

Earth-toned walls set the mood in the Serenity Salon and Spa. It is a cozy place where clients are welcomed with tea...

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Community Café forum comes to the KP

The Mustard Seed Project of Key Peninsula hosted its third Thursday Community Forum on April 18 at Key Peninsula Community Services (Home Senior Center). They were asked by Pierce County Aging and...

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KP company holds benefit for Key Peninsula Civic...

Key Peninsula Master’s Dry Carpet Cleaning business started April 28, 1998. Last month, owners Tom and Julie...

New Arcadia Montessori school has huge KP...

By Scott Turner and Charlee Glock-Jackson, KP News Cyndi Cashman and her husband have lived in the Key Peninsula for...

Annual pinewood derby rolls through Vaughn

Last month, the Key Peninsula Lions-sponsored, Boy Scout Pack 222 rolled into the Key Peninsula Civic Center. The...

Homecoming

Photo by Scott Turner, KP News Jaxin Patrick got a surprise visit at his Evergreen Elementary school...

Popular KP winery is up for sale

Before it was Trillium Creek Winery, it was a tiny ad in the Tacoma newspaper that read: Three parcels of land totaling...

Spring Fling draws a crowd and needed ca…

07-05-2013 Hits:284 May 2013 more II Staff Report

Two Waters Arts Alliance held its annual “Spring Fling” in early April and met their goal of raising $10,000 for the Artists in Schools program. Area artists displayed their talent...

The Chehalis Gap, The Coriolis effect, a…

01-05-2013 Hits:358 May 2013 more II William I. Trandum

Our fall, winter, and springtime weathers here on the Key Peninsula pretty much come from the same place. The Chehalis Gap. And no, you can’t buy jeans there. This gap...

In the game of life, results matter

01-05-2013 Hits:260 May 2013 more II Dan Whitmarsh

There’s a story about two brothers. Their dad asks them to get out in the field and do some work. One says, “Sure dad.” but then gets lazy and forgets....

Breaking down the Second Amendment histo…

01-05-2013 Hits:373 May 2013 more II Rick Sorrels

The Pragmatic Sophist Recent events involving guns and dead bodies have triggered proposed changes to our right “to keep and bear arms,” a guaranteed right under the Second Amendment to...

May KPN Calendar

01-05-2013 Hits:276 May 2013 more II Connie Renz

Now Youth orchestra Peninsula Youth Orchestra is accepting applications for experienced string students (9-19 yrs old, 1+ year’s string experience) to join the PYO for String Camp 2013. Camp will be held...

Key Peninsula Fire Department For the pe…

01-05-2013 Hits:335 May 2013 more II Staff Report

Total Calls: 123 EMS: 85 Fire/service: 15 Other: 23 March 17 Firefighters and a Washington State Patrol trooper were sent to investigate a man slumped over the steering wheel of a silver Mercedes on the...

Tunnel garden for winter vegetables comi…

01-05-2013 Hits:443 May 2013 more II Karen Lovett

Before Gig Harbor ceased operation of the Key Peninsula Farmers Market, local farmers brainstormed to come up an alternative plan to market fresh local produce. Holly Hendrick and Barb Schoos...

Popular KP Livable Community Fair is bac…

01-05-2013 Hits:282 May 2013 more II Colleen Slater

The 12th annual Key Peninsula Livable Fair runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 11 at the Key Peninsula Civic Center. The organizations, agencies and individuals who help maintain...

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May 2013 E-Edition

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Filing deadline for 2013 elective office

Rick Sorrels

Anyone interested in becoming a candidate for elective office must file their candidacy for the November general election by May 17. A candidate must be a registered voter within their...

KP emergency preparedness fair coming

Staff Report

On May 11, the Key Peninsula ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is hosting a community emergency preparedness fair. Church members are inviting the community to spend...