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What’s a vegetable caviar?
It’s a dish made from finely chopped vegetables. A chunky, flavorful, roasted vegetable spread, that’s perfect for toast or with chips, on meats …
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Sidonie Maroon
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8/10/22
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Jumping Mouse Children’s Center is a true treasure for our community.
This nonprofit provides transformative mental health therapy for children from age 2 to 12. Their unique …
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8/10/22
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In response to Lynne Stryker’s letter concerning COVID carelessness, I would like to correct her statement that there were 712 new cases of COVID in Port Townsend in the past two weeks. There …
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I thought the town was empty except for the tourists. The locals wanted to stay home to handle the heat. How wrong could that be?
A lot.
Brian Belmont thinks there may have been …
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Ned Luce
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8/4/22
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Dawn comes early, even now, a full month after Solstice.
I roll out of bed at 4:45 a.m. — wakened by the gulls’ squawking outside my window — in order to get down to Point …
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Gary Eduardo Perless
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8/3/22
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I contracted COVID volunteering outdoors. I brought it home to my husband who is almost 80. He came down with a positive test on a Saturday morning in Port Townsend.
After calls, and call …
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8/1/22
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I’d like to remind the people of our lovely town that 712 cases of COVID (of those reported) happened in the past two weeks; 712 cases in a town of less than 10,000 people.
I am a frequent …
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Last week The Leader ran an article on the Port Townsend city manager’s performance feedback from the city council.
My negative bits of feedback were spliced together and may have read like …
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As a rural community, our ability to respond to emergencies and recover from disaster is dependent on the networks and relationships we build in advance. Knowing where and how to connect to …
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8/1/22
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We have now embarked into the era of carefully escaping from the doldrums and frustrations of the pandemic.
People, including BJ and I, seem to be getting out and enjoying the activities …
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Ned Luce
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8/1/22
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In an article about the Interdependence Day events of last weekend, the Leader referred to the Hoopmaking workshop at Finnriver as hula hooping.
I’m not of Hawaiian heritage, but I did …
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Some have expressed concern about the Jefferson County Sheriff Office’s recent acquisition of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored vehicle.
This issue reveals an important …
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7/28/22
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Anyone concerned about affordable housing in Jefferson County, and especially in District 3, will want to fill in the ballot bubble for Greg Brotherton.
Greg’s experience as a small-business …
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Funny books and reading matter are my perennial favorites. Especially good writers like Joe Queenan, P.J. O’Rourke, and Christopher Buckley.
I’m always looking for funny reading, …
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Bill Mann
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7/28/22
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I am a resident of the Towne Point Community. Now that it is summer, I like to take my bicycle out for a spin or just go for a walk.
Entering out onto Discovery Road is a very scary …
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In January of 2016, I wrote an op-ed acknowledging things were about to change in Washington DC. I also promised nothing was going to change at Jefferson Healthcare. In the piece, I laid out our …
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7/22/22
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Early last week I thought the only “Fortress of the Bear” was a bear rescue center in Sitka, Alaska.
It currently houses several bears, mostly rescued as cubs from situations where …
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Ned Luce
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7/21/22
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My friend Art Frank is running for sheriff because he loves and understands our community.
Art knows we deserve better than a sheriff’s office that too often fails to respond to 911 calls …
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7/21/22
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County Commissioner Greg Brotherton was tossed a hot potato in 2020 when a COVID-related chain of events resulted in an unregulated homeless encampment at the fairgrounds.
What was supposed to be …
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7/21/22
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This afternoon, I harvested two varieties of kale — Mars Landing, a wonderful bronzy purple with light green undersides and smooth leaves, which I haven’t cooked with yet, and one of my …
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Sidonie Maroon
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7/21/22
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