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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: ‘Oceans’ to Toto, movies open us up
THE WOMAN BEHIND me wasn’t ready to talk.
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PAT NEAL: Remember your river etiquette
EDITOR’S NOTE: This column has been corrected to reflect that the river etiquette guidelines mentioned here are from…
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PAT NEAL: Finding the Pacific Trail
SOMETIMES, WHEN READING the accounts of the first people who came to the Olympic Peninsula, it’s hard to…
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Arrrgh: Teachers pack pirate production into a week
HOW ENTHUSIASTICALLY CAN a child say just a single number?
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: ‘Heart stories’ wanted
TELLING THE TRUTH is a revolutionary act, wrote George Orwell.
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PAT NEAL: From elk to puncheon trails
IN LAST WEEK’S episode we were considering the evolution of the Olympic Peninsula infrastructure while cruising the highways…
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OUR VIEW: Compassion, generosity saves us all
On Friday, the first of some 420,000 federal workers nationwide received paychecks with zeros where their wages used…
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POINT OF VIEW: Legislature should invest in training, education beyond high school
By Luke Robins
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PAT NEAL: The Peninsula’s hidden trails
OFTEN WHILE GLIDING along the paved roads of the Olympic Peninsula you wonder at the difficulty of travel…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: A challenge for the new year, or any old time
“I’M EXCITED FOR 2019,” Kristin told me. In my fatigued state, I want some of that.
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PAT NEAL: Thank you, Rose
THE NEW YEAR has come and with it a traditional impulse to resolve to do better than we…
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Embracing a windstorm
YET AGAIN, IT was raining and the power was out at home, so I split by 9 a.m.…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ:
WE LIVE IN various kinds of families. Parents and siblings, yes, but our circles of friends and workmates…
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Warm music brightens up long-term care facility
ONE DOESN’T REALLY have to tune a washtub bass, so Larry Baysinger waited patiently while the other musicians…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Port Angeles nurse can ‘go anywhere’
“I’LL GO ANYWHERE,” she told me. Marilyn Perkins is a recovery nurse, there when a child awakens after…
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PAT NEAL: A special time of year
IT’S A SPECIAL time of year when friends and relations get together to celebrate the joy of the…
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Making the trek east
TO A SMOKER with a sizable habit, running out of cigarettes is much worse than running out of…