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    Articles by Erin Jennings
    A slogan for our times: Keep Kitsap Kind | Ask Erin
    A slogan for our times: Keep Kitsap Kind...
    By Erin Jennings • March 16, 2012 3:50 pm

    As I end my time at the newspaper this week, I realize there is a lot I will miss. Seeing my byline makes my heart flutter. And when strangers stop me and ask, “Don’t you write for the newspaper?,” I’m flattered to be recognized.

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    Jim Curry brings tribute concert to Bremerton March 18.

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    Ignore the squawks and walk on by |...
    By Erin Jennings • March 8, 2012 5:36 pm

    If you want to feel like a piece of fish thrown to a flock of hungry seagulls, simply walk down the ramp at Colman Dock in Seattle.

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    Ursus maritimus
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    By Erin Jennings • March 1, 2012 7:50 pm

    North Kitsap photographer Steven Kazlowski brings home the splendor of the Alaskan Arctic

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    Erin Jennings
    Funerals are for the living too | Ask...
    By Erin Jennings • February 24, 2012 12:50 pm

    Funerals always make me cry. Not the dainty cry of a polished actor who elegantly lets a tear fall from the corner of her eye and gently roll down her cheek.

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    Audrey Klein works at her loom during a Kitsap Weaving School class.
    The fabric of their lives | Kitsap Week
    By Erin Jennings • February 24, 2012 12:41 pm

    Weavers create beautiful things, and they stay fit doing it.

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    Erin Jennings
    Some films are not suitable for children |...
    By Erin Jennings • February 17, 2012 1:11 pm

    Settling into a darkened movie theater, large popcorn in hand, ready to sit back and enjoy the show, when in walks a parent with small children.

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    Remembering the internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans during WWII
    Pain, healing and gaman: Remembering Order 9066 |...
    By Erin Jennings • February 17, 2012 1:04 pm

    70 years ago Sunday, FDR signed an order sending 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, including residents of Bainbridge Island, to internment camps

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    Erin Jennings
    Calling in sick: toughing it out or staying...
    By Erin Jennings • February 10, 2012 4:24 pm

    For goodness’ sake, if you are obviously ill, don’t go into work.

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    Lanelle Devlin
    The frugal way of life
    By Erin Jennings • February 9, 2012 7:02 pm

    Couponers share their cash-saving secrets: If your last grocery trip emptied your wallet, coupon guru Lanelle Devlin has some advice

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    Erin Jennings
    It’s a no-brainer: If you smell smoke, call...
    By Erin Jennings • February 3, 2012 2:00 pm

    It was supposed to cause a laugh or two, not catch our kitchen on fire.

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    Kitsap County Courthouse
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    By Erin Jennings • February 3, 2012 2:44 pm

    Navigating the ins and outs of Kitsap County jury service

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    Erin Jennings
    Manners matter in electronic conversations | Ask Erin
    By Erin Jennings • January 20, 2012 11:53 am

    It used to be that whenever an email from “Carl” showed up in my inbox, I would cringe. “Conceited Carl,” I nicknamed him, for his messages were frequently terse and borderline rude.

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    Erin Jennings
    How to fairly divvy up the dining check...
    By Erin Jennings • January 13, 2012 2:02 pm

    When I am dining with others and receive one check, I worry about a “fair” split.

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    Faith DiMarco on the set of an episode of “Ghost Sniffers.” The Port Orchard girl plays Faith Forge
    ‘Ghost Sniffers’: Instrument of empowerment | Kitsap Week
    By Erin Jennings • January 13, 2012 11:00 am

    In this local TV web series, characters’ medical challenges give them superabilities.

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    Erin Jennings
    It’s polite to respond to invitations | Ask...
    By Erin Jennings • January 6, 2012 1:16 pm

    Plus: I have noticed fellow dog owners responsibly bagging their dog’s waste, and then depositing it in the first personal garbage can they pass. Is the “pick up” the important task, or disposal choice just as important?

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    Erin Jennings
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    By Erin Jennings • December 30, 2011 6:29 pm

    Dear Erin, When it was my turn in line, should I have waited until a non-handicap accessible spot opened?

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    The Port of Kingston’s SoundRunner passenger ferry will make a New Year’s Eve cruise. Sail from Kingston at 10 p.m.
    Lots of ways to celebrate the New Year...
    By Erin Jennings • December 30, 2011 3:55 pm

    From easygoing to epic, there are lots of ways to ring in the New Year in Kitsap.

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    It’s the expression of love, not gift, that counts | Ask Erin
    It’s the expression of love, not gift, that...
    By Erin Jennings • December 24, 2011 10:00 am

    Standing on his tiptoes to see over the high counter, the young boy asked me to wrap his gift in the fanciest paper. “It’s for my mom,” he said as he slid the bag toward me. “Make sure to take off the prices. I don’t want her to know how much I spent.”

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    Claire and John Floyd at the Marine Corps Ball in Hawaii
    One couple’s enduring gift | Kitsap Week
    By Erin Jennings • December 22, 2011 4:50 pm

    On Christmas Eve, John Floyd will read to his wife from the book of Matthew in the Bible, just as he has for 53 years. Instead of reading from their home in Port Townsend, for the fourth year in a row he’ll be reading at the Messenger House Care Center on Bainbridge Island.

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    Center
    Women’s empowerment program wins humanitarian service award |...
    By Erin Jennings • December 18, 2011 12:00 pm

    The Silverdale-based Maasai Women’s Education and Empowerment Program USA was awarded the Kitsap Peninsula Global Humanitarian Award Dec. 4, at the 2011 RESULTS Benefit Luncheon.

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    YWCA Adopt-a-Family staff.
    ALIVE Shelter helps victims break the domestic violence...
    By Erin Jennings • December 16, 2011 3:08 pm

    Most people’s Christmas wishes don’t include shampoo, toothbrushes or diapers. But for participants in the YWCA Adopt-a-Family holiday program, sensible items often top the list.

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    Erin Jennings
    Gift-giving ideas for your unsung heroes | Ask...
    By Erin Jennings • December 16, 2011 2:47 pm

    Dear Erin, I want to show my appreciation, but I don’t want to break the bank.

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