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KRL’s Month of the Book: One month and lots of great reads
KRL’s Month of the Book: One month and...
October 7, 2008 5:24 pm

Be sure not to mistake Kitsap Regional Library’s latest reading program for a longstanding commercial literary venture.
“Month of the Book, Month of the Book!” Martha Bayley said, laughing.
While the Book-of-the-Month Club demands its monthly payment for subscribers’ regular fiction or non-fiction fix, October’s Month of the Book promotion at KRL offers edification without a cover charge.
Bayley, KRL’s collection manager, said plans had long been in the works for Month of the Book, a series of programs pinned on the theme of classic fiction – what makes a book great.

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Richard LeMieux and Willow. The canine has accompanied the author to numerous readings and events surrounding “Breakfast at Sally’s” and will join him on Bainbridge Thursday.
He was served up saving grace
October 3, 2008 8:13 pm

There’s a scene early in “Breakfast at Sally’s” in which Richard LeMieux and his golf buddies sit in a diner outside Bremerton en route to a tee-off, discussing the increase in the town’s homeless population.

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Creepy, crawly things can fly, too
Creepy, crawly things can fly, too
September 30, 2008 12:24 am

Don’t panic this time of year when you see flying ants and termites. Ants by nature — once their colonies are established, usually after three years or so — have a flying stage where the reproducing males and females grow wings, leave the colony and set out to establish new ones. It sometimes seems like the flying ants number in the hundreds, but don’t worry, very few of them actually survive. And most of the time they make their new home in the woods and meadows, and not in or around our homes.

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Batter Up
Batter Up
September 30, 2008 12:23 am

What’s Up seeks out the Best Baseball Pubs in Kitsap.

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Bill Cleveland takes a breather to discuss his latest work
On art as a mighty agent for change
September 16, 2008 5:18 pm

What a mixed blessing to come of age in the 1960s, a decade defined by upheaval, in which a generation of youth was forced to measure and define itself against an ever-shifting political and cultural landscape.

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