Ignore the weather and start summer with family-friendly outings

Source: The Olympian

Who cares what the calendar and thermometer say – everybody knows that South Sound’s summer unofficially began this weekend. Lisa Pemberton writes about the everyday challenges and rewards of raising three children. Contact her at lpemberton@t ...
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Candle sparks fire at Fla. vet's home

Source: Miami Herald

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Jacksonville family who had no electricity was forced out of their home after it caught fire from a candle they were using to light the house. The fire started in a bedroom Friday night, filling the house wi ...
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Denver shooting deaths leave hollow feeling, lingering questions

Source: Denver Post

Justin O'Donnell, left, was shot and killed Friday in Denver. Deon Redd also died in the shooting. Rivulets of melting candle wax ran down the sidewalk and bouquets of flowers began to wilt in the hot sun late Saturday m ...
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In the Garden of Eden, I was changed forever

Source: Pocono Record

When I was 20, I trekked across town from Point Park College to the Peace Corps office on the other side of Pittsburgh. That day I wanted to go somewhere, anywhere, and help people. They gently told me that there really wasn't any call for journalism s ...
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Smithfield Twp. couple christens unnamed creek on their farm

Source: Pocono Record

Stephen Wootton and Joanne DeFrancesco stand alongside of Candle Creek on Friday, May 25, 2012. The previously unnamed creek was officially minted Candle Creek by the U.S. Geologic Survey following legwork by DeFrancesco. ...
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Tom & Kim's Excellent Adventure: Closing in on La Paz

Source: Sail Blogs

Well, we made the right decision anchoring on the north side of Isla San Fancisco, as we had two days of south to southwest winds that got up as high as 28 knots. But the seas remained flat as we were protected by the island, and, as we let out m ...
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Injury forces Fahey out as Ireland begin Euro odyssey

Source: Independent.ie

On the way to Lansdowne Road yesterday, it was as if Ireland had returned to an Age of Innocence. On a beautiful day, as they always were in the summer of memory, it could have been 1988 and the final game before the European Championshi ...
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Behrend hosts college yard sale

Source: GoErie.com

Kim Todd cradled eight books in her right arm and held two plastic sleds in her left hand while she scanned a table of clothes and cameras. Must be a yard sale. More than 1,000 items were up for grabs Saturday at Penn State ...
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Memorial Day: A day of remembrance

Source: The Westerly Sun

Many boaters around the country consider Memorial Day as the unofficial first weekend of the boating season. Sometimes between all the celebrations and distractions we forget that Memorial Day is much more than that. Memorial Day was official ...
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