Young Fabian
Torres strolled in with his mother, Zaida
Torres, for the peace rally organized by Key
Peacemakers in Key Center in September.
Photo by Danna Webster
Italian
peace flag held by (l-r) Kae Thompson
and Virginia Thompson (no relation) during
the peace rally in Key Center.
Photo by Danna Webster
Youngster
enjoy an outing on a new 12-person canoe at
Camp Seymour.
Photo by Hugh
McMillan
Parents go
“back to school” with their students during
the Key Peninsula Middle School open house.
Photo by Hugh McMillan
Carolyn
Scott Arnold (left) of Two Waters Arts
Alliance talked her relatives to come all
the way from Oregon to entertain during the
Civic Center’s 50th year
anniversary celebration at the end of
August.
Photo by Danna Webster
Hoe Down
in Home
The employees of LuLu’s Homeport Restaurant
in Home cooked up an idea for a community
celebration. The raised funds and collected
donations for the Hoe Down so they could
offer free food and prizes for kids games as
well as the “Best Dressed Hoe” contest.
Kids find treasure in the "Candy in a
Haystack" game.
Photo by Mindi
LaRose
Eight-year-old Gage gets his face decorated
by Amber Richards.
Photo by Mini
LaRose
The High Plain Drifters entertain the crowd.
Photo by Mindi LaRose
Organizer and LuLu employee Wendy McCall
welcomes all to the Homeport Hoe Down.
Photo by Mindi LaRose
The Beer Garden was hopping.
Photo by Mindi LaRose
Amber Richards and Jeff Taylor (left side of
photo) provide games, entertainment and
prizes to the kids who attended the Homeport
Hoe Down. Prizes included stuffed
animals, candy, toys and more.
Photo by Mindi LaRose
Hoe Down
producers Bobbi Tredgen and Wendy McCall
Photo by Danna Webster
Winners of
the
Best Dressed Hoe, Ken Trudgeon (second place
for his hoe titled "Tux-ed-Hoe) received a
wood carving of a boot, and Carolyn Yeager
(first place for the entry titled "Laverne
and Squiggy") won a barbecue grill.
Photo by Danna Webster
Kyle Plummer prepares burgers. Free food was
part of the celebration.
Photo by
Mindi LaRose
September 2006
Kids watch a rodeo celebrating a weeklong
“Cowboy camp” in August at Miracle Ranch.
Photo by Mindi LaRose
Neal and Patricia Latshaw, president of
Citizens Against Crime/Citizens’ Patrol,
host the organization’s 18th annual picnic
at their home on Bay Lake. Photo by Hugh McMillan
Staff from the Tacoma Windermere office
after volunteering time to clean up the
landscape at the I.M.Pact domestic violence
shelter located on the Key Peninsula.
Photo courtesy Windermere
A pod of five orcas swimming up and down
Case Inlet on a summer day, giving all the
boaters a great show.
Photo courtesy Kris Allen
The Fratelli show at the Renaissance Faire
includes dangerous acrobatics.
Photo by Karen Hale
“Lovely
pickle wench - Get your pickles! Fresh
Pickles!” The “pickle wench” is among the
faire’s colorful characters.
Photo by Karen Hale
Ye olde candlemaker demonstrates the
old-fashion art of candle making at the
faire.
Photo by Karen Hale
Peninsula School District Deputy
Superintendent Marcia Harris shares a light
moment with Jim Coolican, former
superintendent, at a farewell party for
Harris, who left the school district in
August.
Photo by Danna Webster
Peninsula Boys Water Polo Club members Tom
Gilbert of Gig Harbor High School and Atlee
and Marc English of Peninsula High School
toss water, soap, and brushes into a car
washing effort to raise funds to support
their upcoming season.
Photo by Hugh McMillan
Tom Burch, clarinet for
the Home Band Association (aka: the Down
Home Band) led by Dr. William Roes of Key
Medical Center, at a band rehearsal. The
group will be featured at the Old Timers’
Day festivities at the Longbranch
Improvement Club Aug. 19. Photo by Hugh McMillan
