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Articles from the August 10, 2023 edition


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  • 'A Story of Shocking Function' - Derek Kilmer Works to Fix Congress

    Sara Thompson, Key Peninsula News|Updated Aug 10, 2023

    Ten years ago, then-state legislator Derek Kilmer considered running for Congress to replace the retiring Norm Dicks (D-6th), but he had some reservations. "I was conscious that if I was successful, I was signing up for a 3,000-mile commute and my kids were 3 and 6," Kilmer said. "The other con was that I was going to Congress, and I was kind of repelled by it. "Then I thought maybe that's the reason to do it. Because it's a mess and because I have kids and I don't want their...

  • Around the World Alone - Again - This Time by Sail

    Ted Olinger, Key Peninsula News|Updated Aug 10, 2023

    Once you become the first person to circumnavigate the globe alone under your own power - 41,196 miles of rowing solo across the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans, then pedaling a bicycle across and scaling mountains on the continents in between - what do you do for an encore? Maybe you do it again, taking a different route to summit the highest peaks you missed the first time, while visiting (or building) classrooms along the way, sharing what you've seen and learned about...