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    Opinion
    Candidates long on talk, short on substance | Adele Ferguson
    Candidates long on talk, short on substance |...
    By Adele Ferguson • August 7, 2008 9:29 pm

    How about this for a way to save money?
    Cut high school back to two years. Why do they need four? Most of them just lollygag around in the final two years, some ditching school altogether before they get that far.
    They’re busy earning money to support their cars.

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    Plastic bags take over the kitchen — and conscience
    Plastic bags take over the kitchen — and...
    August 6, 2008 4:42 pm

    Array

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    How’s this for a way to save money?
    How’s this for a way to save money?
    August 6, 2008 7:47 pm

    Cut high school back to two years. Why do they need four? Most of them just lollygag around in the…

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    Adele’s global warming skepticism well-founded
    Adele’s global warming skepticism well-founded
    August 6, 2008 12:00 am

    I write in response to Edward Roe’s July 23 “Thumbs Down” in the Port Orchard Independent regarding Adele Ferguson’s column about climate charge (“There’s a lot of hot air in global warming,” July 19).

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    It’s about time we stood up  to Bremerton
    It’s about time we stood up to Bremerton
    August 6, 2008 12:00 am

    T he city of Port Orchard drew a line in the sand and Bremerton stepped over it. The question now is whether we plan to do anything about it.

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    Washington is just piling on with its gas taxes
    Washington is just piling on with its gas...
    August 5, 2008 3:02 am

    America is hurting.

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    35th District hopefuls short on substance
    35th District hopefuls short on substance
    August 5, 2008 3:02 am

    How about this for a way to save money?

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    One must stick to the rules — even the Governor
    One must stick to the rules — even...
    August 2, 2008 3:00 pm

    Gov. Chris Gregoire was turned away from an Olympia bar by the bouncer after she was unable to provide her ID.
    The governor reportedly forgot her ID at home and was denied access by the 23-year-old who told her no one is allowed in the bar without valid identification. So she went home.

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    Thanks to WSF, you still can’t get  there from here
    Thanks to WSF, you still can’t get there...
    August 2, 2008 1:00 am

    Among the iconic images of Washington state, those of the state’s quaint green-and-white ferry boats have no peer – like Mount Rainier, the Space Needle, and pods of Orcas, the charm exuded by these double-ended vessels serenely crossing Puget Sound or knitting small communities in the San Juan Islands to the world is the stuff of which the dreams of tourism officials are made.

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    Here’s to you, vertical-striped shirt wearer In Our Opinion
    Here’s to you, vertical-striped shirt wearer In Our...
    August 2, 2008 12:00 am

    Hate ’em or love ’em, you have to have ’em. With about 35 baseball fields in the county, baseball umpires are as necessary as a sweater in July.

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    Don’t repeat others’ healthcare mistakes
    Don’t repeat others’ healthcare mistakes
    By Don Brunell • August 2, 2008 12:00 am

    Maine and Massachusetts are learning that doing the math carefully before passing legislation would have saved a lot of pain and suffering.

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    Let’s create more avenues for our kids’ education
    Let’s create more avenues for our kids’ education
    August 2, 2008 12:00 am

    Today, most family-wage jobs in Washington require some form of post-secondary education or training.

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    PACs getting dirty in governor’s election
    PACs getting dirty in governor’s election
    By Val Torrens • August 2, 2008 12:00 am

    Torrens Talk

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    Life is a bowl of cherries — or at least it oughta be
    Life is a bowl of cherries — or...
    By Mary Colborn • August 2, 2008 12:00 am

    I grew up in a fruit bowl.

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    Konnichiwa from the Land of the Rising Sun
    Konnichiwa from the Land of the Rising Sun
    By Joan Bay Klope • August 1, 2008 8:00 pm

    FAITHFUL LIVING

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    Gov. Chris Gregoire was turned away from an Olympia ba
    Gov. Chris Gregoire was turned away from an...
    August 1, 2008 8:00 pm

    Gov. Chris Gregoire was turned away from an Olympia bar by the bouncer after she was unable to provide her ID.

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    No fire extinguisher needed at forum
    No fire extinguisher needed at forum
    By Adele Ferguson • August 1, 2008 7:59 pm

    LIKE IT IS

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    Shady campaigning taken to a whole new level
    Shady campaigning taken to a whole new level
    By Val Torrens • August 1, 2008 7:51 pm

    TORRENS TALK

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    No fire extinguisher needed at forum | Adele Ferguson
    No fire extinguisher needed at forum | Adele...
    By Adele Ferguson • August 1, 2008 3:32 am

    OK, who and what do you want for your new South Kitsap County Commissioner to replace smart and sassy Republican Jan Angel who wants to go to Olympia instead?

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    Sustainability:  It’s a buzz worthy topic
    Sustainability: It’s a buzz worthy topic
    July 30, 2008 1:00 pm

    Every once in a while a new and exciting buzz word we can all sink our teeth into comes along. It’s a word people drop into conversation so those listening will have no doubt the speaker is certainly “in the know.” Whether or not the speaker uses it correctly or even means what he says is inconsequential. They know the word, and they’ve certainly used it. Now it’s just hanging out there in a word bubble over the speaker’s head, there for the world to see.

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