KP Metro Parks Executive Director Scott Gallacher and volunteer John Thornton of Belfair interrupt their work tidying up Home Park Saturday to display the Parks’ Day banner.

Photo by Hugh McMillan

More than 40 volunteers are working on Parks Appreciation Day to beautify the Civic Center in Vaughn.

Photo by Hugh McMillan

Karleen Wilkinson, one of the Home Park cleanup volunteers, takes a break to ham it up for the camera.

Photo by Vic Renz

Sean Haberman (bassoon) and Sara Wilson (oboe) are performing as part of the Key Peninsula Middle School Woodwind Quintet during a concert for the public  at the school.

Photo by Rodika Tollefson

Sidney VanScoyk, age 3, lends a hand at a Firefighters Association’s fundraising car wash to help her 10-year-old brother, Hunter, make the People to People Ambassador trip to Europe.

Photo by Hugh McMillan

Students of the PHS National Honor Society chapter during the Campus Clean-Up program and completion of the "Green Courtyard" project.

Photo by Hugh McMillan

Some of the work in progress during the Green Courtyard project.

Photo by Mindi LaRose

The first weekend of the courtyard project ended with about 70 percent of the work complete.

Photo by Hugh McMillan

Peninsula High School seniors, Allison Bill, playing one of Cinderella’s hateful sisters, Miranda Matson, as the sharp-tongued stepmother, and Kelsie Abel, also playing a vicious stepsister, before going on stage prove to really be very helpful ladies as they assist each other to make their costumes are perfect for their school’s musical, “Cinderella,” which continues through May 4.

Photo by Hugh McMillan

Key Peninsula Firefighter Robert Fisher joins a NASA official in demonstrating to KP Middle School students the efficiency of a heat-absorbing tile from the space shuttles. With a blow torch, a “silver” quarter lying on the tile was heated to almost white hot heat yet a bare finger could be placed one inch away from it on the tile and suffer no injury. Fisher demonstrated the amazing ability the KPFD heat seeking camera which firefighters use to locate concealed flame or humans and animals not visible in smoke filled rooms.
Photo by Hugh McMillan

Left to right, Alexandria Skrivanich and her mother, Dale, browse through the Pierce County booth set up inside the Livable Fair, after shopping outside at the annual plant sale put on by Lakebay Fuschia Society.

Photo by Mindi LaRose

Brady Ellzey and Kim Bauer handle questions at the promotion booth for the Breast Cancer 3 Day fundraiser bingo game at the KP Civic Center June 21 from 7 - 9 p.m.

Palmer Lake resident Vickie Edwards and her grandkids, Trenton Edwards Hallett, 4, and Avionna Caldwell, 2, enjoy the hands-on reptile booth at the fair. Trenton is shown here holding a ball python for the very first time.

Photo by Mindi LaRose

Evergreen Elementary School kindergartener Chawndra and her first-grader sister Iahna Hicks demonstrate what static electricity from their plastic firefighters helmets can do when you lift the cap and your hair follows it into space. The helmets were among the goodies handed out at the livable fair.

Photo by Hugh McMillan

Members of Key Peninsula Business Association enjoy breakfast (courtesy KPBA) after cleaning up Key Peninsula Highway as part of their Adopt-A-Road project.

Photo by Karina Whitmarsh

After winning their Little League Seniors game against the Gig Harbor Cubs on May 17, the Key Peninsula Little League Peninsula Light team celebrates its tenth victory of the season giving it a 10 to 1 record thus far.

Photo by Hugh McMillan

Washington State Patrol’s Sgt. Troy Tomaras, and Trooper Christopher Frederick keep watch at the Purdy/SR-302 intersection in late May as part of the “Click-It or Ticket” campaign.

Photo by Karina Whitmarsh

Celebrating the acquisition of Taylor Bay park during an official ceremony in Bremerton are left-right, Key Pen Metro Parks Executive Director Scott Gallacher, former Great Peninsula Conservancy Executive Director Ann Haines, GPC’s Bruce Macdonald, and KP Metro Commissioners Greg Anglemyer, Elmer Anderson and Bruce Nicholson.

Photo courtesy KPMPD