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Over the years Jeff made lasting friendships with his King 5 colleagues, forming a close-knit family with Jean Enersen, Mike James and Tony Ventrella, to name a few
BY SUZANNE G. BEYER | June 30, 2016 at 10:59 p.m.

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Following in the footsteps of pilgrims

Meet Victoria Oubina, a resident of the seaside village of Cambados in Northern Spain. She's a retired "marisquera" or shellfisher, who had to stop school at nine years old and go to work in order to help her family.

After The Rain Was Gone, Still Remembering Them

"...so young, too young...."

Fourth of July Memories

...favorite reminiscences were about being a “bucket boy” for fireworks displays.... Due to summer’s dry fields, brush fires were part of July 4th displays, and bucket boys were crucial for putting them out before they could spread.

Don't expect ordinary when you journey to the 'edge of the world'

Kissing a codfish was never on my life's to-do list. In fact, up until recently, I could honestly say it was note even in the realm of remote possibility. But, there I was at Skipper Hots Bar in Straitsview, Newfoundland, puckering up to smack a big one on this buggy-eyed …

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PROTECT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM IDENTITY THEFT

If you watch the news, listen to the radio or read a newspaper, magazine or the Internet, then you probably are aware that identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in America.

Cows!

"In the souls of cows, all knowledge was born, though cows almost never blow their own horn."

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Seasons

"...each spring day grows blessedly longer."

LATERAL THINKING--Redesigning Cows, Tables, or Apples

"In order to use the mind creatively and inventively it is sometimes necessary to do the opposite of logical thinking."

A Weird Turning Point

I wrote the piece like I was stabbing the paper with my pen....

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Happy 100th Birthday, National Park Service!

Washington State is blessed with three stunning National Parks: Mount Rainier, North Cascades and Olympic.

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MEN’S HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY

This year, we observe National Men’s Health Week from June 13 to 19. But the information is for more then just men.

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Wisdom Cafes

If it seems like good, old-fashioned face-to-face conversation is going out of style, you can change that at the library!

Eileen Broomell and Mark Bryant: Inspiring Seniors to Stay Fit

Inspiring Seniors to Stay Fit

Don't Mess with Knut

“Don’t mess with Knut Einarsen” was the first sentence in Knut’s biography published in 2000.