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    Articles by Kristin Okinaka
    Alanna Nixon
    While some play on the playground, these teens...
    By Kristin Okinaka • September 23, 2010 7:47 pm

    The two teenagers couldn’t let this opportunity to help create a playground slide by.
    Children at the Madrona Day Treatment School, a Kitsap Mental Health program for children with behavior issues and cannot attend regular schools, will be able to jump and play on the soon-to-be built “Kids Kove” therapeutic playground, made possible through the efforts of Alanna Nixon and Paris Harrison of Bremerton.

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    Alanna Nixon
    While some play on the playground, these teens...
    By Kristin Okinaka • September 23, 2010 7:33 pm

    The two teenagers couldn’t let this opportunity to help create a playground slide by.
    Children at the Madrona Day Treatment School, a Kitsap Mental Health program for children with behavior issues and cannot attend regular schools, will be able to jump and play on the soon-to-be built “Kids Kove” therapeutic playground, made possible through the efforts of Alanna Nixon and Paris Harrison of Bremerton.

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    Alyssa Mellinger
    Lesson learned by Silverdale’s ‘American Idol’ hopeful: You...
    By Kristin Okinaka • September 20, 2010 10:05 pm

    A job would have only gotten in the way of her dream, so she quit.
    And like many an aspiring entertainer before her, Alyssa Mellinger of Silverdale flew down to San Francisco to audition for “American Idol” in August.
    She committed in May, deciding she would go through with the audition. Next was practice. Practice.

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    Members of the Kitsap Rifle and Revolver Club gather Sept. 9 after hearing that Russell Hauge
    Showdown at the KRRC – Kitsap Rifle and...
    By Kristin Okinaka • September 16, 2010 6:55 pm

    Buttons that read “Hauge” with a dark red slash through the name were already made.
    Members of the Kitsap Rifle and Revolver Club gathered at their club the evening of Sept. 9 to discuss their next step after hearing that a lawsuit had been filed against the club the day before by Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney Russell Hauge.

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    Let’s get ready to rumble! – Kitsap Rumble 2010 to test preparedness for a big one
    Let’s get ready to rumble! – Kitsap Rumble...
    By Kristin Okinaka • September 10, 2010 8:23 pm

    Though it may sound like the West Sound’s version of a battle of the bands, Kitsap Rumble 2010 is a full scale emergency response exercise.
    At exactly 10 a.m. on Sept. 22, the ground won’t be shaking but close to several hundred people will be reacting as though an 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Puget Sound region. The exercise is provided by the Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management w

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