Health & Wellness

Jennifer Preston: Foraging for the fungus among us

Nov 15, 2023 | By:

Editor’s note: This is the second in Jennifer Preston’s two-part series about mushrooms. Read the first here. The Pacific Northwest is known for its wide variety of wild mushrooms. They sprout up throughout the year from the coast to the Olympics Peninsula’s temperate rainforest, in local parks, perhaps even in your backyard. We are lucky

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Wellness Wednesday: Men’s health awareness during No Shave November

Nov 15, 2023 | By: Scot Fleshman

It’s no secret that men don’t prioritize their health like women do. Why is that? Every November, we recognize Men’s Health Month by participating in “No Shave November” and working diligently to educate our community through personal connections and social media platforms. Men’s health is incredibly important, yet it often doesn’t get the attention it

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Jennifer Preston: All mushrooms are magic

Nov 08, 2023 | By:

They help turn wheat into bread and fruit into wine. They ferment cacao beans, making it possible for us to enjoy one of the world’s favorite treats — chocolate. They give us penicillin, forever altering the way we fight infection. These mostly invisible, seemingly magical organisms quietly go about their work sustaining forests and enriching

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Two In Tow & On The Go: A forgotten treasure at Point Defiance

Nov 03, 2023 | By:

Today’s adventure brings us across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and over to the wooded wonderland that is Point Defiance Park to explore yet another local playground almost hidden in plain sight.

Sandwiched between the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and the Marina, this playground is outdated – but also secluded and awesome. Finding it atop a narrow bluff among the trees, the kids and I felt like we stumbled upon a well-kept secret with its hand-powered scoot platform, climbers and log-style-construction.

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Phase 2/3 sports center layouts whittled to two similar plans

Oct 30, 2023 | By:

The two Phase 3 soccer fields could be on the same level or at different elevations. If at on height, a high school-sized baseball diamond could be overlaid on them.

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On Raft Island, the Peninsula’s last summer camp carries on, with updates

Oct 26, 2023 | By:

Residents on the east side of Lay Inlet enjoy looking across the bay at All Saints Camp and Retreat Center, a heavily forested stretch of Raft Island shoreline that provides a home to wildlife and brilliant fall colors. The view hasn’t changed in decades. Neighbors might have worried earlier this month, when barges and heavy

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Local rotarian Denny Wilford featured at Gates Foundation’s World Polio Day

Oct 23, 2023 | By:

Editor’s note: This article was submitted by members of the Gig Harbor Midday Rotary Club. Polio struck Denny Wilford early. He was only nine months old. But from that early blow, Denny grew to walk tall and brave in his lifelong fight to eradicate polio and save countless other children from the same fate. When

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Parents team with St. Anthony to equip Peninsula school staff with bleeding control kits

Oct 18, 2023 | By:

A small group of parents, all with backgrounds in healthcare, has teamed up with St. Anthony Hospital to provide bleeding control kits in each of Peninsula School District’s more than 600 classrooms. The kits will allow for rapid response to traumatic injuries in the event of a school shooting or other emergency, like an earthquake

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Gig Harbor author shares experience and advice in ‘Dementia Home Care’ book

Oct 16, 2023 | By:

Life was seemingly going along just fine for Tracy Cram Perkins. She was working, married, living her life in Gig Harbor. Then her mother got sick. Not long after, Perkins received a panicked phone call from her younger sister, saying their father could no longer care for their mother. Her mother had cancer, but was

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PenMet Parks considering non-resident surcharge

Oct 12, 2023 | By:

Participants living outside district boundaries would pay 20% more and have to wait a week to register.

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