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This is in response to the letter by Sandra Stowell in the November 16th paper.
It’s unfortunate that she does not understand the game and business of golf. She suggests that golf could be …
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11/30/22
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Dog owners, you may be excused.
We’re going to discuss cats here today, but … I think dog folks will be glad if you hang around.
Throughout my long newspaper-columnizing …
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Bill Mann
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7/7/23
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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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The Port Townsend Golf Course is a municipal golf course designed to serve its city and the neighboring communities.
It provides recreation for all ages, individual integrity, social skills, …
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12/1/22
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OK, the subject is time. I suspect you might agree that as it goes on it seems like there just isn’t enough and it becomes something that feels like it is controlling us.
For …
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Ned Luce
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7/7/23
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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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This letter is to share the gratitude for the many people in our community who spend hours helping others; the paramedics who came to my home early one morning to check on my head …
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12/7/22
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These are my thoughts on the decision being made July 17th by the city on the future of the golf course. Two choices are being presented by the hired consultant and the stakeholders committee.
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7/7/23
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I am writing in response to the guest opinion piece by Port Townsend’s new Planning and Community Development Director Emma Bolin in The Leader on Nov. 16.
I attended the Nov. 7 council …
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12/2/22
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The golfers of Port Townsend are to be commended for their efforts to save the golf course. They organized. They attended all public meetings en masse, wrote letters to the Leader, and erected yard …
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7/7/23
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The Olympic Peninsula Amnesty International chapter invites everyone to join us in Write for Rights, writing letters to free prisoners of conscience from prisons around the world. Amnesty organizes …
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12/2/22
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Thanksgiving was great with nice weather, family gatherings, excellent food, fine wine, pro football, college football, World Cup “futbol,” and even a kickball game. (I was a pinch …
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Ned Luce
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11/30/22
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A world without news. A world of peace, prosperity, simple people going about their simple ways, no constant blabbering of politicians, no fear-mongering. A life where people can regain their sense …
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Tessa Richardson
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6/28/23
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Hatch Schneider is the new editor of the Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader, and he has the newsroom on a tight leash.
He has worked as a reporter and editor across the U.S. for more than …
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4/1/20
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What a shame. Whenever I drive up to the library, I like to glance over at the Raccoon Lodge. It’s such a wonderful, whimsical piece of art. It never occurred to me that it might be too close …
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12/2/22
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Port Townsend has a lot of interesting characters, human and otherwise.
Consider the cougar which, like many humans, defies easy classification, or even one name. It’s also known as …
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Meredith Jordan, Editor
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4/3/24
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“Life offers more to those who say yes.”
This advice from a good friend made 2023 an incredible year. It brought me to The Leader last October. It sent me to Denmark or two weeks …
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Erik Dolson
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1/10/24
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Don't cave to Jaman
In response to Julie Jaman's demand for compensation from the city as a result of her actions at the YMCA pool:
Ms. Jaman is NOT the victim here. If …
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4/3/24
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No clue who won last night’s high school football game, not sure what to wear today because there is no weather forecast, and you don’t know who won last week’s presidential …
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Elliott Pflueger
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6/28/23
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They were tucked in the long, wide desk drawer bound together by a thick elastic band. Leafing through the packet, I discovered 11 years of desktop calendars. Scanning each …
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By Carole Marshall
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1/31/24
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