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The rights and freedoms of your LGBTQ+ neighbors — our “inalienable” rights to live and love in harmony and peace — are under concerted attack.
Last week, a …
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North Olympic Peninsula Quilts of Valor group is hosting its seventh Summer Sew Day on Saturday, July 16.
Starting at 9 a.m., quilters will gather to make quilts for veterans. All quilters are …
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7/15/22
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Imagine a vibrant local food system producing all the vegetables, dairy, grains, and meat that we eat.
The fact is, we are surrounded by numerous farms and farm stands that provide some, …
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7/15/22
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On June 1, 91 people across Jefferson County participated in the first community-wide Car Free Day by using less car-dependent ways to get to school, work, or to run errands, and overall 1,195 miles …
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I met Art Frank in 2018. I support Art for Sheriff because his experience, knowledge, skills, and work ethic will make him a much more effective sheriff than Joe Nole.
Art has worked in law …
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7/15/22
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All week at Centrum I have been attending classes full of rising voices from all over the world.
The teachers and students bring curiosity, talent, experiences, and stories and songs which …
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7/15/22
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You feel it, don’t you. The weather is better and family is coming to visit.
Last week was full of our daughter and her family in town. We have no shame in getting them to do some things …
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Ned Luce
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7/14/22
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A few oddments left out of our regular police and sheriff’s calls:
— PT police were asked by a well-known, local, psychic exile where he could buy an air freshener for his …
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Bill Mann
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7/14/22
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“Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.” – Louisa May Alcott
The first roses appeared on earth about 35 million years ago, originating in Asia and …
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Barbara Faurot
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7/13/22
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I know summer’s here when I hear our red-and-white ice-o-matic cranking, and three horn blasts from the SodaStream filling a liter of carbonated water. We’re both devoted to homemade …
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Sidonie Maroon
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7/13/22
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Greg Brotherton is deserving of re-election as our county commissioner.
He has demonstrated on several occasions he is a good listener, to all sides of an issue, and makes well-informed …
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I have a plan which I think will work to overturn the mind-numbingly stupid SCOTUS Roe decision.
1. Every woman who experiences any form of governmental intervention in her pregnancy or her …
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The Olympic Discovery Trail runs nearly 140 miles to La Push.
This is a nationally significant trail which has received funding from federal, state, and local governments.
The trail …
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7/13/22
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Regarding the Jan. 6 hearings, I noticed the national press talked a lot about Trump’s temper. Not so much about meetings of his lawyers, chief of staff Mark Meadows and other high ranking …
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Some elections don’t offer a significant difference. This one will.
The District 3 County Commissioner contest is up for grabs and I’m voting for Greg Brotherton.
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I will be voting to re-elect Greg Brotherton in the upcoming county commissioner race.
I was impressed with how he handled the recent zoning change prohibiting cannabis factories in …
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I want to sincerely thank those who were so tender and caring for my husband, Melvin Awisus, as he was passing away.
As his caregiver I so appreciate the understanding and sympathy shown to him …
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7/11/22
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The cartoon in last week’s paper (June 22) depicts a married couple much more interested in the rising price of gasoline than in the hearing of the January 6 Select Committee.
Ironically …
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It was Independence Day and I had hoped for lots of flags and fireworks.
There were lots of flags but maybe fewer fireworks since it was damp and the local stand pulled out.
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Ned Luce
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7/6/22
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One of the difficult problems this community faces when trying to deal with the problems of homelessness and desperation is the challenge of doing effective outreach to people who are most vulnerable …
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