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The Olympic Outdoor Center offers Seabeck kayak rentals daily as well as classes and tours.

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Paddling Seabeck

Barbara MacAusland is happy to see people paddling around Seabeck waters in neon kayaks.

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Families on the EDGE helps keep Theater School in session at BPA

With a fundraising auction placed during the intermission of an Edge show, she thought, the improv troupe’s eccentric…

In spite of age

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Maybe laughter really is the best medicine

Thoughts on the virtues and healing power of sidesplitting, with a comedian, an improv actor and a health…

Local comedian

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‘Laugh for Life’ benefit expands with back-to-back nights of laughter

'Laugh for Life' benefit expands into back-to-back nights of laughter, July 17-18 at McCormick Woods in Port Orchard,…

Justin Howard and Alexa Farley work on taking parts out of old household appliances during Sylvan Way Christian School's Camp Invention week.

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Camp Invention brings innovation to the classroom

A room full of mixed-age children sporting safety goggles and screwdrivers, tables full of old electronics and teachers…

Debbie Macomber gets a peek at the quilt depicting scenes from her best-selling Cedar Cove book series.

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Cedar Cove quilt will be auctioned off to benefit Sidney museum, gallery

The Sidney Museum & Arts Association (SMAA), in connection with next month’s planned Cedar Cove Days festival, is…

Miss Kitsap Hannah Orando performs at the Miss Washington pageant at the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien July 11. She placed fourth-runner up to winner Miss Seattle Devanni Partridge.

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Miss Kitsap sweeps preliminary awards at Miss Washington

Hannah Orando named fourth runner-up in the statewide contest. Miss Washington 2009 is not from Kitsap, but the…

A sailor from the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis kisses his wife pierside after the ship arrived at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton Friday morning. Stennis has spent the last six months on deployment in the Western Pacific.

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USS John C. Stennis buttons up six-month deployment

As Navy tugs nudged the 100,000-ton USS John C. Stennis closer to Pier Delta at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton,…

The pen of 'Ya-Ya' — Bainbridge Islander Rebecca Wells.

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Rebecca Wells in full flower with ‘The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder’

Rebecca Wells, Bainbridge Islander and author of the smash hit “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, ad a…

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When the rubber meets the road

Thoughts on street cycling spurred by the annual STP Classic.

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TIME, DATE, PLACE | Kitsap Happenings for the Week July 10-17

A Community Calendar of Kitsap Happenings for the Week July 10-17

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Debbie Macomber practices her stand-up comedy

Port Orchard author Debbie Macomber addressed the local chamber of commerce on Thursday, talking about her work and…

Fireworks filled the sky all over Bremerton on the Fourth of July.

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Busy Fourth for emergency workers, no serious injuries

Pops, booms, whistles and sirens rattled the night air July Fourth.

Abiding HomeCare Programs Director Carrie Mulcahy looks over a 93-year-old Bremerton woman’s dementia assessment booklet. Abiding HomeCare now offers the Ashby Memory Method

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A workout for the brain

Failing to lock doors, neglec-ting appointments, even forgetting the date can cause seniors and their families to panic.

Dozens of Chris-Crafts will drop anchor in Port Orchard this weekend

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Chris-Craft lovers floating in PO this weekend

While Chris-Craft boats might be easy to love, most owners would probably agree that taking care of them…

Port Orchard residents Kathleen and Gary Ebbert — along with their dog Henry — will finish up a coast-to-coast drive in their Model T Sunday in Seattle.

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PO couple drives their Model T across country

Port Orchard residents Gary and Kathleen Ebbert are driving coast to coast in a Model T Ford in…

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GIVE WELLNESS A TRI | Don’t make her get out the knitting needles

What's Up health and fitness columnist Lisa Ballou writes in from the sidelines of her 10-year-old's baseball game.

Dave Hillyard has been playing ska for nearly two decades. In addition to his work with the Slackers

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The Slackers in Bremerton, is this the Fourth Wave?

The Slackers come to the Chuck, dismissing the 'wave theory' altogether.

Chris Craft rents out the entire guest moorage at Port Orchard for its annual Pacific Northwest Rendezvous this weekend.

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Chris Craft Rendezvous brings Whistling Oysters, and more, to Port Orchard

As a fleet of the world's most prized pleasure boats pull into the Port Orchard marina this week,…

An exhibit of George Little (pictured) and David Lewis' art on 'Transitions' will hang at BAC through July. A special talk with the artists is slated for this weekend.

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Bainbridge in Bloom and a lil’ Little and Lewis this weekend

Even with the island's annual garden tour cued up this weekend, attention will turn indoors for a few…