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PAT NEAL: My funny Valentine
HELLO YOUNG LOVERS, whoever you are. I hope your troubles are few. I hope your Valentine’s Day went…
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PAT NEAL: The victory of ‘Our Land: Quileute Territory’
READ ANY GOOD books lately? There’s a new one out that should interest anyone looking to learn about…
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PAT NEAL: ‘The Big Blowdown’
THERE’S A SAYING around here: If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes. It will change, but…
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PAT NEAL: Celebrating Robbie Burns Day
Today is Robbie Burns Day — a celebration of literature, music and fine cuisine.
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PAT NEAL: The tale of the 100-pound salmon
Who says there’s no good news? A new world-record Chinook salmon weighing over 105 pounds was recently landed…
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PAT NEAL: What happened to Dollie?
IN LAST WEEK’S episode, the Press Expedition of 1889-90, a motley collection of six men, four dogs named…
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PAT NEAL: A historic hard winter
BY NOW, I think we have all had it up to here with winter — even though it…
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PAT NEAL: New Year’s resolutions
THE BEST NEW Year’s resolution I ever heard belonged to the American author Louisa May Alcott. She was…
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POINT OF VIEW: The lady who taught me to appreciate life
SOMETIMES WE MEET a person who completely changes our lives. I met such a person when I was…
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PAT NEAL: Finding the perfect tree
SOMETIMES IT SEEMS like the warmth and happiness of the holiday season is enough to drive the average…
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PAT NEAL: The mysteries of steelhead season
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news, when the state Department of Fish and Wildlife decided to…
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PAT NEAL: Pearl Harbor Day or how my mom won the war
“DECEMBER 7, 1941— a day which will live in infamy.” President Roosevelt said these words many years ago.
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PAT NEAL: Sympathy for the fish cop
IT HAS BEEN a long-held suspicion that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is managing our fish…
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PAT NEAL: Hunting with Bo
WAY BACK WHEN, the Olympic elk were market hunted for their meat, antlers, hides and ivory teeth or…
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PAT NEAL: Elk season
I HOPE YOUR elk season went better than mine did. Things started out bad and got worse after…
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PAT NEAL: The day after the disaster
“THE WHOLE COUNTRY is going to hell in a bucket now that we’ve elected those idiots,” my fancy…
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PAT NEAL: The great migration
IT WAS A dark and stormy night. Then, it was daylight in the swamp.
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PAT NEAL: Lost in the throes of mushroom fever
THERE ARE FEW things more comforting than the sound of a heavy rain on the roof.
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Letter: Backs French
For the first time since 2015, all county voters can vote for Clallam County District 3 commissioner.
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Letter: Voting for Titterness
Without a doubt, the readers of Peninsula Daily News have seen political signs popping up all over the…