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June 2007 |
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Children’s
author/cartoonist Keith Baker talks to
Evergreen Elementary students about book
illustration.
Photo by Hugh McMillan
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The Key Peninsula Civic
Center looks like a magical place during
Vaughn Elementary’s Swing on a Star
auction to benefit the new playground.
Photo by Hugh McMillan
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Auctioneer Jim Borgan
goes for top dollar in a prize finding
Vaughn teacher Jodi Kimizuka offering a day
of her life to escort a group of four Vaughn
students to a fun and learning adventure to
be agreed upon by the participants.
Photo by Hugh McMillan
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New
owner/operator of Moreland and Sons in Key
Center, Jim Guinn, wife Sharon, and daughter
Sara,14, chat with Celeste and Dave Harper
of Mad Dog Racing at their display at the
Livable Community Fair.
Photo by Hugh McMillan
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Rhubarb the mascot
promotes his baseball favorite team—the
Tacoma Raineers—at the Livable Fair.
Photo by Danna Webster
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Lions Club President
Marv Keizer at his club’s booth.
Photo by Mindi LaRose
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Pierce County
Sheriff Paul Pastor visits with Jud Morris
of Children’s Home Society and Bret Nebel at
the KP Business Association booth.
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Nina Muehler with the Southwest Region Department of
Corrections takes Mark Smith's fingerprints
at her Livable Fair booth. The fingerprints
are taken of students and children as a
safety precaution and are given to parents
for safekeeping.
Photo by Mindi LaRose
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Sixth grader Christina Thomas-Smith holds "Spiney" the lizard
(related to the Komodo Dragon), one of the
popular fair critters.
Photo by Mindi LaRose
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Joey Cusick, 4, and brother Adrian, age 6, participate in the
Two Waters' Sumi Painting and Haiku Poetry
booth.
Photo by Mindi LaRose
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The Key Peninsula News
executive editor Rodika Tollefson and
publishing board member Bill Dietz (right)
were among the panelists recently at a media
forum titled Refreshing Our Democracy, held
in Gig Harbor.
Photo by Danna Webster
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The Key Peninsula Civic
Center was among the local sites beautified
during Parks Appreciation Day.
Photo courtesy Loyd Miller |
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A volunteer
cleans up debris from the Purdy Sand Spit.
Photo courtesy KPMPD |
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A crew of volunteers gather
up for a photo op after spending several
hours cleaning the grounds at Volunteer Park
as part of Parks Appreciation Day.
Photo courtesy KPMPD |
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Ann Waldo and Marty Marcus
were part of the crew that showed up at the
Home Park for PAD.
Photo courtesy KPMPD |
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May 2007
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Evert year at
WASL (Washington
Assessment of Student Learning) time, the
fourth graders to be tested at Vaughn
Elementary School are treated to a “Waffles
for WASL” breakfast before beginning the
tests. Enjoying the annual feast in April
are Dylan, Leland, Reid, and Mark.
Photo by Hugh McMillan
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A
large group of seagulls and bald eagles put
on a spectacular show at Von Geldern Cove in
early April, attracting a crowd of observers
to the Home Bridge. Some witnesses counted
14 eagles (which are in the mating season)
swirling in the skies.
Photos
by Hugh McMillan
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A
large group of seagulls and bald eagles put
on a spectacular show at Von Geldern Cove in
early April, attracting a crowd of observers
to the Home Bridge. Some witnesses counted
14 eagles (which are in the mating season)
swirling in the skies.
Photos by Hugh McMillan
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A
large group of seagulls and bald eagles put
on a spectacular show at Von Geldern Cove in
early April, attracting a crowd of observers
to the Home Bridge. Some witnesses counted
14 eagles (which are in the mating season)
swirling in the skies.
Photos by Hugh McMillan
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Marionettes
“interact” with Vaughn Elementary students
at a Family Fun Night in April.
Photo by Rodika Tollefson |
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The marionettes
were brought to life by
Kingston mother-daughter
team Shirley and Terry McManus, who run
“Puppets Please Marionettes.”
Photo by Rodika Tollefson
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Lynn
Brock, visiting from Oregon, is “in charge”
of the barbecue grill at a youth rally at
the soon-to-open youth center, the Red Barn.
Brock’s son-in-law, Ryan Berringer, is
overseeing the center’s remodeling, done
mostly through volunteer labor.
Photo by Rodika Tollefson
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The
Tacoma band “Jamieson” entertains the youth
at the Red Barn rally. Photo by Rodika
Tollefson
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Volunteer
firefighter Heidi Whittemore receives one of
two Key Peninsula Fire Commissioners’ awards
from Commissioner Rick Stout at the annual
KPFD Awards luncheon at Miracle Ranch.
Photo by Hugh McMillan |
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Historic Vaughn Bay Church
hosts an Easter sunrise service at Vaughn
Bay Cemetery for members, friends, and
neighbors.
Photo by Colleen Slater |
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Buzz Aldrin, the second man
to walk on the moon (second from right) with
(l-r)
Key
Peninsula Middle School staff at the annual
National Science Teachers’ Association
Conference in St. Louis, Miss., at the end
of March.
Photo courtesy KPMS
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Members of the cast in Peninsula High
School’s production of “Hello Dolly”
practice a dance routine for the show, which
started in April and will continue on May
3-5 at the school.
Photo by Hugh McMillan
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