James Olsen says his unsuccessful campaign for Kitsap County Sewer District 7 on Bainbridge Island has not derailed his campaign for 23rd District state House of Representatives in 2012.
Visitation is Monday at noon, followed by the service at 1 p.m., both in the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Gym. Interment will follow in the tribal cemetery.
The Gluten Free Bakery and Market opened 18 months ago in Poulsbo Village, riding the wave of national interest in gluten-free foods. By some appearances, the bakery and market seemed to be doing well. The bakery and market was a popular feature of the Poulsbo Farmers Market. Its customers hailed from all over Kitsap County. Shoppers were lined up Thanksgiving Eve to pick up their pie orders.
James Olsen says his unsuccessful campaign for the Kitsap County Sewer District 7 board on Bainbridge Island has not derailed his campaign for 23rd District state House of Representatives in 2012. Olsen received 50 votes to winner Chris Dew’s 214. But Olsen says the race was just a warmup for 2012; he filed his declaration of candidacy for the House one week after he filed his declaration of candidacy for the Sewer District board.
A 90-day transitional home for families in financial crisis is proposed in the 18000 block of 9th Avenue NE in Poulsbo. The owner is making the home available through St. Olaf’s Church and One Church One Family, a network of Kitsap churches. Kitsap Community Resources will do the placement and case management.
Two teen boys each received a year of probation and 116 hours of community service for their part in a night of pranking that included two drive-by shootings with Airsoft rifles in Poulsbo and two fast-food thefts in Silverdale. The teens pleaded guilty in Kitsap County Superior Court and were sentenced Oct. 6. They were each charged with two counts of fourth-degree assault and one count of third-degree theft.
Kitsap County Commissioner Rob Gelder’s lead in his bid for another year on the job held Wednesday after another 6,000 ballots were counted by the Kitsap County Auditor Elections Department. Another estimated 19,000 ballots remain to be counted, according to updated results posted Wednesday night by the Elections Department.
The County Commission District 1 race isn’t over yet. With 25,000 ballots left to count, Rob Gelder leads with 22,545 votes to Chris Tibbs’ 21,061 — a difference of 3.37 percent. “That race is too close,” Kitsap County Elections Manager Dolores Gilmore said Wednesday. “If you are behind by over 5 percentage points, that’s difficult to overcome. The wider the percentage, the less (a shift in results) happens.”
When he takes office in January, Gary Nystul will have the distinction of having served as a city council member in two cities and a city auditor in a third.
Rob Gelder had a slight lead Tuesday in his bid to win another year on the Kitsap County Commission. With 25,000 ballots left to count Tuesday night, Gelder, a Democrat, received 22,545 votes to Republican Chris Tibbs’ 21,061.
It was every candidate’s worst nightmare. The forum was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. The table was set up with a chair for each candidate. Audience chairs were lined up neatly. In the back, cookies and cupcakes and tea. The clock ticked – 7:05, 7:10, 7:15, 7:20 – and the candidate sat alone, waiting, talking to the lone reporter and doodling in a notebook. While it would have been easy to be embarrassed for Fred Springsteel, there seemed to be more reason to respect his courage.
Lively bidding for works by Native artists. And a performance by Head Start preschoolers proved to be more than entertainment; it confirmed the importance of building a new preschool in Little Boston.
POULSBO – The fun — or the fright, depending on how you look at it — begins long before you get to the front door and buy your ticket. Get scared…for a good cause
Republican County Commission candidate Chris Tibbs said when he announced his candidacy he told reporters that he had two things to disclose: One, he had gone through bankruptcy. Two, he contributed $500 to County Commission Chairman Josh Brown’s campaign. Tibbs’ campaign giving was more generous than that.
Poulsbo’s new deputy police chief was the best overall recruit in her class, the first female sergeant in her department’s history, and honored by the Red Cross for saving a life at a vehicle collision in 2010.
At 110, Emma Otis of Poulsbo is the state’s oldest resident and America’s oldest Girl Scout
If you’re homeless in North Kitsap when the temperature dips below freezing, you’ll have to make your way to Bremerton for a place to stay the night. Only seven guests at Poulsbo First Lutheran over 30-day period.
Fred Springsteel, a retired college professor and resident of Bond Road, announced his write-in candidacy for Poulsbo City Council, Position 3. Previously, Gary Nystul was unopposed for the position, which is being vacated by Jeff Bauman. Nystul, a resident of Poulsbo Place, is Bremerton’s city auditor and a former Kalispell, Mont., city councilman.
Walt Elliott and Jerry Kirschner are running against each other for Kingston Port Commission. But they have a lot more in common than not.
It cost about $235,000 to buy a home in Kitsap County in August. That was the median price for a home here, according to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, which tracks real estate data in 21 Western Washington counties. There were signs of momentum in the local real estate industry in August.