Opinion

Girls’ camp

I was just sitting down to write a column exploring my feelings on pork, the other white meat,…

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Does warm weather make people dumber? | Editorial

There’s something about the summer sun that taps into the moron in all of us. Once the temperature…

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Medals are earned, not awarded (and other truths) | Adele Ferguson

“In your article about the person in Port Angeles who had received medals and benefits not awarded, it…

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Aging Matters

Experience recently taught us more about Medicare coverage after hospitalization. For review: At www.medicare.gov, you find that “Medicare…

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American Dream shouldn’t just apply to super rich | Marylin Olds

I was born back in 1950, when America was still recuperating from World War II. Mom was a…

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Kitsap County not immune to woeful economy

The U.S. economy seems to be struggling and all of us in Kitsap County aren’t immune to the…

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For better or worse, the readers respond

“In your article about the person in Port Angeles who had received medals and benefits not awarded, it…

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Legislature will have its work cut out for it in 2009

Sound Off is a public forum. Articles are selected from letters to the editor or may be written…

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Be a good citizen — obey fireworks laws | Val Torrens

The season of terror is now underway. It is fireworks time. Because of liberal laws regarding private use…

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We’re all in this together

There are plenty of things most of us would rather do than idle in roadway congestion while nearby…

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Top-two primary actually limits people’s choices

I have to take issue with state Rep. Judy Warnick’s June 21 Guest Opinion (“Top-two primary best reflects…

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Our own state champion Holm Oak has many uses

TREEMENDOUS TREES

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It was Lilly’s bark that saved the day

FAITHFUL LIVING

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Keep the ‘bombing’ out of this Fourth of July

TORRENS TALK

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Plenty of ways to celebrate the Fourth in Kitsap

Whether it’s carnival games and pie-eating contests or parades and professional displays of fireworks, there’s plenty of ways…

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Country can save gas by dropping speed limits | Adele Ferguson

With gasoline now over $4 a gallon, ethanol losing its appeal as a substitute fuel which would cost…

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Gas prices quell hope of economic growth in South Kitsap

For years now, “growth management” has seemed to involve efforts to control land use to restrict real estate…

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Leadfoots can save gas money by easing up on pedal

With gasoline now over $4 a gallon, ethanol losing its appeal as a substitute fuel which would cost…

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Plenty of ways to celebrate the Fourth in Kitsap

Whether it’s carnival games and pie-eating contests or parades and professional displays of fireworks, there’s plenty of ways…

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Rep. Appleton: ’09 legislative session outlook

A couple of months ago, I wrote in this space about the highlights (and a lowlight or two)…