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[caption id align="alignnone" width="5712"] Photo of the proposed conservation burial grounds curtesy of Erik Kingfisher and the Jefferson Land Trust. [/caption] News by Angela Downs On Tuesday, Jan. 21, the Marrowstone Island Community Association (MICA) held an educational and informative meeting on the proposal
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A Grief Column by Angela Downs My paternal grandmother had early onset dementia at around fifty years of age, which went uncared for until her eighties. I was twenty-four when I moved in with my cousin and uncle in LA to try and help the family with their transition needs,
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="872"] Margie McDonald poses next to her AIRE art. [/caption] News by Angela Downs Tracy Grisman and Margie McDonald are preparing for McDonald’s summer residency show at the Grover Gallery in her studio at Centrum, twisting wire like she was
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1311"] A Black Prisoners Caucus meeting at Clallam Bay Corrections Center from the documentary “Since I Been Down.” (Facebook/Since I Been Down) [/caption] News By Angela Downs The movie Since I Been Down, reveals the truths of incarcerated youth in
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3024"] Darby Huffman and Francie Loveall of Laughin’Gnome Pottery. Photo curtesy of Laughin’Gnome Pottery [/caption] By Angela Downs At 71 years old, Darby Huffman of Laughin’Gnome Pottery is retiring after 21 years of throwing, decorating, and inventing mugs
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2031"] Illustration by Nhatt Nichols. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Angela Downs “My name is Jen Hauser. I am a human on Earth.” Hauser and I met in a grief meeting they held over Zoom. I lived in Maine; they
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3024"] Jefferson County Courthouse. Photo by Nhatt Nichols. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] News by Angela Downs. Prison may seem to solve some conflicts, but it falls short as a solution for many civil issues. Restorative Justice offers solutions that, contrary
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] Illustration by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] By Angela Downs Judith-Kate Friedman is the founder of Songwriting Works, steward of Myth Legacy Project, coach of Aliveness Through Arts, and an award-winning performing artist. We met two years ago when I came to
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2863"] Judith-Kate Friedman stands singing with her guitar at the Aging in America conference in 2004. Gary Wagner Photo [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] by Angela Downs How do we fortify a community? This is so often the question on the
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] Photo by Angela Downs [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Angela Downs There’s construction on Lawrence Street. The city of Port Townsend has designed a beautiful, easy-to-use new sidewalk with public safety in mind for rolling strollers, playing, hauling
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4032"] The grange in full bloom. Photo by Angela Downs [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Angela Downs Even before Oregon, Washington, and Idaho were states, there were Grange Halls. “Its primary function back then was to help farmers help themselves
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] Illustration by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] By Angela Downs I’m talking with Greta Montagne of Gentle Strength Botanicals in Arcata, CA. She has been sharing about her back-to-nature upbringing, emergency medicine, herbal grief care, and hope for the revolution of