Suquamish Tribe Chairman Leonard Forsman will participate as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention Sept. 4-6, in Charlotte, N.C.
There’s a belief in Indian country that decisions should be considered for their impact not just on the current generation but on the seventh generation to come. Many of the young people at the memorial service at Chief Seattle’s gravesite Aug. 18 were likely the seventh generation born since the great Suquamish leader signed the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855. On this cool summer morning, the treaty that Seattle and other leaders signed to protect their culture in a changing West seemed prescient.
Workers began dismantling the old building Tuesday to make room for a new $1.1 million early childhood education center. But the old building will continue to be a part of the community, and not just as a memory.
The stats don’t tell the whole story of Kitsap’s performance Thursday vs. Waite Park. Jacob Kriebel allowed eight hits and had four walks and two strikeouts over 4.67 innings in Kitsap’s 3-2 loss in Game 8 of the Babe Ruth World Series for 13 year olds. But Kriebel, reliever Anderson Crawford and the All-Stars got out of some tight pinches and, over the game, left 11 Waite Park men on base. Indeed, for the first three innings it looked like Kitsap had narrow control of the game.
Short parade is big on welcome as Poulsbo celebrates the 2012 Babe Ruth World Series.
Ray Krise raised his hands in thanks as the eagle circled overhead, as if greeting the canoes coming around the bend from Budd Inlet into East Bay July 29. On a path overlooking the bay, Squaxin women and girls dressed in woven cedar and wool clothing raised their hands in welcome as men drummed and sang on the bluff above. Crowds cheered. The beauty of what was taking place on the water — the arrival of canoes in the 2012 Canoe Journey/Paddle to Squaxin — was sharply contrasted by the reality of what was in the water.
While improvements to 6th Avenue have been pushed to next year, the road will someday be in much better shape — above and below the surface. While discussing the Transportation Improvement Plan for 2013-18, the City Council’s Public Works Committee pointed out that three projects for 6th Avenue are taking place in three different years. The City Council voted to combine the projects at its Wednesday evening meeting.
As president of the Historic Downtown Poulsbo Association, Sandy Kolbeins wears a lot of hats: advocate for downtown’s interests, an occasional lobbyist at City Hall, and protector and promoter of all things “Little Norway.”
Jon Rose heads the real estate arm of Pope Resources, but what he mostly deals in is vision.
State House candidate James Olsen has consistently made an issue of contributions to Rep. Drew Hansen’s campaign by out-of-state lawyers, decrying the influence of “special interests” in the election.
In many ways, the Canoe Journey is a metaphor for life. What happens in life often happens on the Journey. And yet, the Journey, like life, goes on. You persevere. You stick together. And you go on.
The song arrived first, carried over the water, as Joe Waterhouse watched for the first canoes to come in against the tide and wind Friday at Point Julia. The Canoe Journey has brought history around full circle for the 81-year-old military retiree and Klallam historian.
The candidates for 23rd District state House, position 2, agree the state’s tax system must be reformed in order to make it fairer and boost jobs creation. But they have different views on how that reform should be accomplished.
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Wanted: Someone to serve as member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 1st District in Washington state. Great pay and benefits. Length of employment: About one month.
Five friends will walk a 50-mile Olympic Mountains trail to raise awareness of, and money for, pediatric brain tumor research.
The territory of the Squaxin Island Tribe is the final destination of this year’s Canoe Journey, but each stop along the way is as important as the next.
Joan Brown, executive director of the Northwest Housing Association, said a contract for a manufactured home should include the cost of site preparation and installation. That’s what Peter Miele of Kingston thought when he allowed Golden Homes owner Kelly Rohr to remove the old manufactured home from the view lot in Kingston, and took out a loan for a new home he planned to rent out.
Since its inception, the Canoe Journey has built bridges of understanding between cultures. For the non-Native community, the Journey is an entry into the ceremonies and longhouses, an introduction to the dances and songs, languages and protocols, gifting and sharing.
Juanita DeLuna of Poulsbo said she gave Golden Homes of Poulsbo $20,000 down for a manufactured home and lot, a place she envisioned as a new home for her family of eight. But when she didn’t qualify for a mortgage, she went back to Golden Homes to get her deposit back. Five weeks later, the housecleaner said she is still out $20,000.