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Weightless in Texas
KPMS teachers get unique opportunity
A
six-member crew comprised of four Key Peninsula
Middle School teachers and two former KPMS
students fly to Houston, Texas, to conduct a
weightless science experience aboard a NASA
low-gravity aircraft.
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Living off the
grid: By choice or necessity
Some Key Pen residents choose to live without
electrical power for environmental reasons,
others are doing it to be self-sufficient or simply
because they can’t afford to pay for power.
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Community service project tangled up in
county permitting net
Former KP Lions Club president gives up working
on a community service project at Home Park
following a long and frustrating battle with
Pierce County over permits.
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New parks commissioner appointed
Greg Anglemyer, a
retired businessman, wants to bring fresh
perspective to the board that has been recently
entangled in controversy.
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Palmer Lake set to become shooting-free
A
resolution to be discussed by Pierce County
Council in March would make Palmer Lake
off-limits to recreational shooting.
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Horseshoe Lake ‘park’ uncertain
The 350-acre
Department of Natural Resources property dubbed
“Horseshoe Lake” is once again on the list for a
potential transfer to KP Metro Parks for a
park—but just like in the last biennium, the
transfer may not happen again.
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‘Tide begins to turn for unregulated
aquaculture
Legislature, county council, industry,
opposition square up
The last article in
the geoduck farming series further focuses on
regulatory changes that are likely to be
introduced in order to have better control of
this new industry.
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Outpouring of support shown for injured resident
When something
critical happens on the Key Peninsula, there is
a history of benefit fundraisers called
spaghetti dinners. Those dinners express the
heart and soul of the community. At Phil’s
dinner, the Key Pen pulse was strong.
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Tornado twists
through Vaughn living room
A tornado
ripped through a Vaughn area home during
December’s windstorm, and signs of the unusual
occurrence still remain through the house.
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Renowned North Pole explorer to visit Key
Peninsula
National
Geographic explorer and international speaker
Helen Thayer, the first woman to circumnavigate
the North Pole and walk across the Sahara and
Gobi deserts, will share her experiences about
living among Arctic wolves at the Key Pen
library.
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Evergreen hosts ‘Reflections’ and movie
Several Evergreen Elementary students will
compete in the annual statewide “Reflections”
art competition, thanks to the school’s PTA,
which organized the event at the school.
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KPMS a candy-free zone
Key Peninsula
Middle School’s PTSA pulls sweets from the
student store in hopes to encourage healthier
eating, following new food guidelines adopted by
the school district.
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Windermere office is moving to Brookside
The New
Brookside Restaurant will soon become a real
estate office, following the building’s sale to
Steve Skibbs, co-owner of Windermere Key Realty.
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Two businesses land at The Landing
After months
of renovations, the owners of The Landing open
doors to the new retail and office building,
with two tenants ready to move in.
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A mystery on the Key Pen
A petroglyph of unknown origin graces one of the
Key Peninsula beaches, one of only a handful
such petroglyphs in the Puget Sound area.
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Spotlight on Encore! Theater
Kathleen McGilliard lends her talents and
passion for performance to Encore! community
theater in Gig Harbor.
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