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		<title>Gifts for friends, or mock bomb, Yemeni men in deep trouble</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Conley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A common custom for Yemen travelers is to bring home gift items for friends and family.  Taping a bottle of Pepto to a cell phone for Uncle Mohammed might seem an unlikely thing for an American, but for a foreigner &#8230; <a href="http://www.gigharbortimes.com/?p=1027">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig Harbor home temperatures reach 137 degrees</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Conley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saying that it is hot in Gig Harbor is stating the obvious.  &#8220;How hot&#8221; is something else.  At home we have wood deck that the beating sun incinerates during summer days.  The deck reflects heat against the side of house, &#8230; <a href="http://www.gigharbortimes.com/?p=1001">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Paddling volunteers needed for invasive plant survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Conley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteers, using their own kayaks or canoes, are needed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to help with the annual invasive plant survey on the Chehalis River Surge Plain Natural Area Preserve in Grays Harbor County. The survey &#8230; <a href="http://www.gigharbortimes.com/?p=995">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Washington State fails to collect free tax money</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Conley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you live in Washington State and you own a car, you pay a vehicle registration tax. As an option, you can opt-in to pay a five dollars additional for our State Parks. But if you own an RV, boat &#8230; <a href="http://www.gigharbortimes.com/?p=898">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tis the season of disappearing small pets &#8211; a warning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Conley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The coyotes in the Gig Harbor area have their pups in April and May.  The new pups means that the coyote parents are looking for more food than before.  Coyotes see cats and small dogs as a food source and frequently take them &#8230; <a href="http://www.gigharbortimes.com/?p=874">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The madness infecting the Tacoma City Council</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 22:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Conley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem with elected officials today is that they don&#8217;t mind the business that they are elected to perform. For example, the Tacoma City Council is planning a vote to express opposition the the immigration law recently passed in Arizona.  &#8230; <a href="http://www.gigharbortimes.com/?p=864">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Free skin cancer screening comes to Tacoma area May 17 and 18</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 18:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Conley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free skin cancer screening is coming to the Tacoma area this month.  You must call the appropriate office to scheducle an appointment. Kimberly Wenner, MD, FAAD 253-968-1365 Dermatology Clinic, Madigan Army Medical Center Tacoma WA By Appointment Only Monday, May 17, &#8230; <a href="http://www.gigharbortimes.com/?p=860">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parkinson&#8217;s Disease Treatment Through Exercise and Bicycling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Conley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The neuro degenerative brain disease know as Parkinson&#8217;s Disease can be temporarily alleviated and even reversed in some patients that exercise on bicycles according to researchers.  Dr. Bastiaan R. Bloem of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center in the Netherlands published &#8230; <a href="http://www.gigharbortimes.com/?p=847">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ship wreck lies at bottom of Gig Harbor bay off Tides Tavern.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Conley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dive teams searching for hazards prior to the Gig Harbor sewer outfall project might encounter the wreck of the steamship Burton laying at the bottom of the harbor.  Steamship Burton, part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet,  steamed the  Sound from the &#8230; <a href="http://www.gigharbortimes.com/?p=825">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Free skin cancer screening scheduled for Puget Sound area</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Conley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Academy of Dermatology has a free skin cancer screening program coming to the Puget Sound area in April and May.  If you have a suspicious freckle, spot or other skin question you may have it screened free of charge.  The scheduled &#8230; <a href="http://www.gigharbortimes.com/?p=771">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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