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    Articles by Marilyn Liden Bode
    Alyssa Langager plays alto saxophone and softball at Kingston High School. She is FAB's featured Artist of the Month.
    Meet KHS saxophonist, athlete Alyssa Langager
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • April 24, 2015 12:47 pm

    Alyssa thought alto sax was the “coolest thing” starting in sixth-grade band. Now, as lead alto sax, she plays in the Kingston High School Jazz and Wind ensembles and Marching Band.

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    Carter Gale
    Debater chooses Kingston High School to finish last...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • January 23, 2015 5:59 pm

    What could have been a difficult interview with Carter Gale, FAB’s featured artist, was anything but.

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    A 2-D piece by Randee Fulton is accompanied by a poem.
    FAB highlights 2-D, 3-D S’Klallam artist Randee Fulton...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • December 15, 2014 11:12 am

    FAB’s (Kingston High School Fine Arts Boosters) Spotlight is back, shining on Randee Fulton, a KHS visual artist.

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    The spotlight is not an uncommon place for Durham | FAB Spotlight
    The spotlight is not an uncommon place for...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • June 2, 2014 1:31 pm

    Christopher Durham looks so familiar. Of course. FAB’s (Fine Arts Boosters) featured artist — an actor and singer — has been in the spotlight at Kingston High School seven times

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    KHS Debate captain is National competitor and a ‘true patriot’ | FAB Spotlight
    KHS Debate captain is National competitor and a...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • May 17, 2014 6:00 am

    Imagine this: Imagine knowing both sides of 30 current issues well enough to intelligently and convincingly argue your point of view.

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    Kingston High School freshman Arianna Hempel won her first art award at 5. She hopes to become a video game designer
    Kingston high self-taught artist has ‘raw talent’ |...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • April 10, 2014 6:00 am

    This 14-year-old wowed me with her incredibly skilled and detailed pencil and digital drawings.

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    Marissa Wendt
    March’s FAB featured artist has caught the ‘jazz...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • March 6, 2014 6:00 am

    FAB featured artist Marissa Wendt, 18, shares the late Pete Seeger’s philsophy: the arts have a dual purpose, to lift us out of our troubles and then to help us solve them.

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    Carter Draper
    KHS senior balances work, sports and the arts...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • January 7, 2014 3:32 pm

    A trumpet-playing football player, or a football-playing trumpet player?

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    “My Strong Side
    Jefferson Beach resident places art in her priorities...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • November 1, 2013 4:42 pm

    KHS Fine Arts Boosters spotlights the youngest featured artist ever, 15-year-old sophomore Kindra Smith of Jefferson Beach.

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    Blood Pump
    Local band pumps out the tunes | FAB...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • July 29, 2013 5:04 pm

    The Indianola Store features a short stack of CDs on its deli case along with a sign that reads “Meet Blood Pump, an instrumental band composed of North Kitsap high schoolers, combining heavy rifts with complex melodies.

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    FAB proud to honor scholarship winners | FAB Spotlight
    FAB proud to honor scholarship winners | FAB...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • July 1, 2013 6:54 pm

    The arts students we got to know in the 2012-13 year were exceptional, creative, friendly, warmhearted, outright amazing individuals who gave us immense hope.

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    Robby Vandenhole may major in social work
    Robby Vandenhole: actor, musician, songwriter | FAB Spotlight
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • June 6, 2013 6:42 pm

    Vandenhole — a familiar name in the North Kitsap music world.

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    Dani Fox says
    Profile: Dani Fox, performance artist and debater |...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • April 26, 2013 3:07 pm

    There is a theme that runs through the lives of FAB’s featured artists, and that is caring and compassion.

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    Mackenzie Szerlog in Kingston High School Drama Club’s production of “Wizard of Oz.”
    Future WSU student makes most of her acting...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • April 1, 2013 1:40 pm

    Another brilliant star shines in the Fine Arts Boosters’ galaxy of featured artists: Kingston High School senior Mackenzie Szerlog.

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    “Losing Hope
    FAB profile: Ashli O’Brien, visual artist | FAB...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • March 4, 2013 4:14 pm

    Compassionate — that is Ashli O’Brien, Kingston High School junior and FAB’s (Fine Arts Boosters) featured artist.

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    Wind instruments and rapping: Reimann is a standout art student | FAB Spotlight
    Wind instruments and rapping: Reimann is a standout...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • December 14, 2012 6:35 pm

    It boggles my mind: Tubaist (or tubist), choir bass, high-tech recording arts artist, and rapper.

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    Lauren Miller
    Too young to vote, Miller is still an...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • November 19, 2012 1:05 am

    At election time, the most prepared and educated group of North Kitsap citizens must have been members of the Kingston High School debate team.

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    Emma Walker
    Meet Emma Walker: Musician and athlete | FAB...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • October 26, 2012 3:46 pm

    Actor, clarinetist/saxophonist, debater, sailor, runner.

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    Christie Fitch says
    Christie Fitch: artist, singer and actor | FAB...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • September 28, 2012 5:11 pm

    Calling herself an artist and theater geek, Christie Fitch, artist, singer and actor is FAB’s (Fine Arts Boosters of Kingston High School) first featured artist of 2012-13.

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    Meet KHS band instructor Casey Whitson  | FAB Spotlight
    Meet KHS band instructor Casey Whitson | FAB...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • August 31, 2012 5:21 pm

    Happy New Year! Happy New School Year, that is! Kingston High School Fine Arts Boosters (FAB) spotlights an incredible quartet. Blending harmoniously together are the four staff persons in the Arts Department.

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    KHS teacher shares his artwork | FAB Spotlight
    KHS teacher shares his artwork | FAB Spotlight
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • July 30, 2012 1:40 pm

    When one enters the Visual Arts room at Kingston High School, a powerful creative presence is unleashing the talents of his students. James Andrews, a young teacher who inspires, also creates and his paintings are on view at Poulsbo’s ChocMo Bistro through the end of August.

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    Getting to know the Fine Arts Booster club | FAB Spotlight
    Getting to know the Fine Arts Booster club...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • June 29, 2012 4:55 pm

    This month’s column is all about us! For Kingston High School’s Fine Arts Boosters column, June is all about nostalgia, because we run on the school year.

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    At left
    Spotlight on Shakespearean actor Michael Smith | FAB...
    By Marilyn Liden Bode • May 24, 2012 6:40 pm

    When I walked into the Kingston High School Drama Club room at 3:30 p.m. to interview FAB’s (Fine Arts Boosters) featured artist for June, the whole crew for a “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was there.

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