Slaughter County Brewing Company owners Scott Kirvan, 46, and Connie Jacobs, 47, said their pub, which overlooks Sinclair Inlet in The Beachcomber Restaurant’s old location in the Westbay Center, is just about ready to open.
LaRose was presented with a plaque from the Port Orchard Police Department. School board member Chris Lemke, who served in the Navy, gave LaRose a coin with an American Flag he received while visiting the Pentagon a few months after Sept. 11, 2001.
Orwiler, 48, who is originally from the Central Kitsap area, became infatuated with auctioning when he came to live with the Stokes family as a teenager. Stokes recalled Orwiler showing up “in a $400 car that I wouldn’t pay $40.”
Bev Cheney, who served as the district’s superintendent from 2001-08, is among finalists
Similar to many natives of the area, Kaio-Maddox is aware of the festivals and outdoor activities that are Port Orchard staples. But after spending four years in Forest Grove, Ore., as a student at Pacific University, Kaio-Maddox wanted to learn more about the community.
Calvin Goings, a former Pierce County Commissioner who now is an assistant associate administrator for the Small Business Administration, where President Barack Obama appointed him in 2009, told the Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce last week that the economy is moving in the right direction.
The restaurant, which she hopes to open in August, has undergone a complete makeover since the couple purchased the building that most recently housed the Clubhouse Grill, on June 8, 2011.
Northwest Leadership Associations have helped other local districts
Students in Ann Giantvalley and team teacher Nancy Immel’s sixth-grade class at Manchester Elementary were among three schools selected by Kitsap County Public Works to paint the blades on snow plows.
The lunch portion of the program, which began Monday, runs from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. during weekdays at East Port Orchard, Orchard Heights and Sidney Glen elementary schools. SKSD director of food and nutritional services Ariane Shanley said those sites were selected because they have the highest levels of students on free- and reduced-price lunch in the district.
Superintendent says he is headed to Culver City, Calif.
But as Erik Sweet, 41, and George Wood, 63, canvassed the West Sound looking for places to open a brewery, and settled on buying the 1.44-acre property in 2011 with no intention of operating a tavern.
The former Port Orchard Rotary president eyed several ways to recognize Bill Bloomquist, whose son, Willie, has enjoyed an 11-year major-league career. That finally came to fruition Saturday when the Port Orchard Rotary, in conjunction with the Kitsap County Parks Department, renamed the home of the South Kitsap Girls Softball Association as Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park.
As owner Rob Polen explains it, he was discussing possible business ventures with his four children. A frozen-yogurt store was mentioned prominently in the conversation.
Superintendent Dave LaRose said the change was to align schedules at the junior highs and high school in the South Kitsap School District and adjust to shifting state and national standards.
Kalkwarf, 18, chaired Relay for Life of South Kitsap this year and he said the prospect of retaining that position was the impetus for him electing to remain in Port Orchard for another year.
Best-selling author would like to buy a stake in NFL franchise
Senior played three sports while excelling in classroom
South Kitsap coaches now mostly will focus on one unit
South Kitsap School District transportation director Jay Rosapepe has goals, but reaching them might prove to be his biggest challenge.
