Date archive: February 2015
Inside I cry for those who are no longer here and for friends like Cap who is in lock-down
TERRY MOSHER Sometimes I have a eureka moment when I discover something that has eluded me for years. I am often accused of being cold, and from outward appearances that is right. ...
Too bad Chuck is not here to enjoy Saturday’s 8th Annual Semancik Crab Feed
Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. He ...
Moyle wonders how much longer he can play basketball full-speed
CLAY MOYLE AND SON CALEB I’m coming up on age 58 in a couple months and really starting to wonder just how much longer I can, or should, continue to play ...
NK’s Dennis joins the small cadre of good big men in West Sound history
CALVIN DENNIS GOES HIGH By Terry Mosher Editor, Sportspaper There have been few true tall (and good) big men in the local high school ranks in the nearly 50 years ...
The hand of Obama with spy agencies’ help slap Netanyahu
TERRY MOSHER Has there ever been as deep a rift between two allied heads of state as bad as the current one between Obama and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? We ...
The Green, green, green grass of home, and Mama
TERRY MOSHER I really listened intently to Joan Baez’s Green, Green Grass of Home just now and it nearly brought me to tears. I have heard this song many times, but ...
Is Putin the Anti-Christ?
TERRY MOSHER This is just a thought to make you think over the weekend. Don’t take this too seriously. It’s just me going to the Boneyard to get rid of irreverent things ...
Western Toad are hard to find, and there is a good reason for that
EARL SANDE WITH TWO KINGS About ten years ago I discovered a large toad hanging around the front yard during the summer months. I would only see it at night, usually near ...
We are being sucked into the Floyd-Manny show
TERRY MOSHER The fight game has always had its shady characters and the sport smelled as bad as the gyms where they trained. Don’t get me wrong, I have been a big ...
Can Bill Walton just keep quite for a moment, please
TERRY MOSHER Rick Walker, the former prep and college All-American from East Bremerton High School and University of Puget Sound, needs to slow down. Besides operating Sports Beyond (he puts on ...
The world is different and we need to give Russell Wilson a break
TERRY MOSHER So Russell Wilson goes to see 50 Shades of Grey Movie and gets ripped for claiming to be a Christian and then watch and apparently enjoy a movie ...
Raveling joins Marv into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame
TERRY MOSHER Former Washington State basketball coach George Raveling will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame this coming September. That means he will join the late Marv Harshman ...
Mission Impossible: Who can stop Kentucky in the NCAAs?
TERRY MOSHER I feel bad for Lorenzo Romar. He’s a nice guy who has been a solid college basketball coach at Washington. He’s even a better person. Having said that, maybe ...
Still have the passion, the love for writing stories time has forgotten
TERRY MOSHER The Plumber was here this morning fixing a leaky faucet and we talked a little bit while he quickly mended the problem. I hadn’t known he had an open heart ...
Daniel Hanson makes history, becomes first junior bowler to win a KSBO tournament
Vern Elkhart won the Tom Myers Inspirational Award given to Kitsap Scratch Bowlers Association member who exhibits gusto for the sport of bowling. Elkhart was given the award as the second ...
Truthfully, life has been pretty good with the exception of the dark years
TERRY MOSHER Bob Dylan’s speech at the MusicCares Charity Event last Friday was an all-timer. He was Dylan at his best as he rambled for 30 minutes on what music means ...
President’s Racquetball Tournament deadline nears
If you want to test your racquetball skills the time is near to do that. The 25th annual President’s Day Tournament will be held Feb. 16-19 at the Kitsap Tennis & Athletic Center ...
Did Nixon pressure Carroll into throwing the ball?
Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. ...
Michael Shea: Top scorer in basketball, tops in classoom
MICHAEL SHEA By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper Michael Shea does not get a lot of publicity – none, in fact – for being the top high school basketball scorer – ...