Moments after the horns hooted, the confetti sailed, the poppers popped and the chorused audience’s voices of “Auld Lang Syne” accompanied by the pulsing sounds of the Swing Fever band bid good bye to 2008, Rebecca and Bruce Campbell visiting from Campbell River, BC, Canada, lured happy revelers to join a conga line which wound round the Longbranch Improvement Club’s dance floor, into the foyer, and back.
Photo by Hugh McMillan

Jan. 17 members of the Peninsula School District were at several sites within the district waving signs promoting a yes vote for the school levy vote on February 3. Among those stalwarts were Key Peninsula Middle School principal Jeri Goebel and Voyager Elementary School teacher Jim Falcocchio who are seen here at the Purdy intersection of SR-302 and SR-16.
 Photo by Hugh McMillan

Fog and still waters at the Joemma Beach dock.

Photo by Kevin Reed

Madison Hansen, Evergreen Elementary 4th Grader, leads the class in a Daily Work Review lesson in “XtraMath.” It is a computer program developed by David Jeschke, a Seattle resident, father and computer programmer. The program was offered to students in the Peninsula School District, and helps them gain fluency with math facts.
Photo by Hugh McMillan
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