Lions bring Nurse Nancy back for antique show

POULSBO — The Poulsbo Noon Lions will be on the prowl again through the Poulsbo Armory this weekend as the civic organization closes the summer with its semi-annual antique show.

POULSBO — The Poulsbo Noon Lions will be on the prowl again through the Poulsbo Armory this weekend as the civic organization closes the summer with its semi-annual antique show.

While the club’s pancake breakfast raised money for scholarships for North Kitsap High School students, proceeds from the antique show will help fund a myriad of other ongoing projects it is doing throughout the community, said event organizer Chuck Weaver.

The show runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

“Nurse Nancy is returning,” Weaver said. “She’s donated a doll, which will be raffled off at the show as well.”

Nurse Nancy is known throughout the Northwest for her repair and refurbishment of dolls and has a collection whose value reaches into the tens of thousands of dollars for single dolls, he said.

However, the famed collector is not the only dealer returning to the weekend event.

“Most everybody is coming back, and they’re all excited about it,” Weaver said, noting that many of the dealers use antique shows as their primary source of sales.

The Lions continue to bring in something for everyone as each dealer represents a different segment of the antique market, Weaver said.

Fellow Lion Mike Regis said the show offers a different quality of antiques than is found at other shows.

“It’s a niche show with high-quality items at reasonable prices for those with discriminating tastes,” Regis said.

The show also bolsters the club’s coffers to help with a variety of community programs, Regis said, adding that past shows have averaged proceeds of about $2,000, so the club anticipates at least matching that mark during the Labor Day weekend event.

“All of the money goes to support the numerous local projects we’ve got going on and there’s a ton of them,” Weaver said.

Proceeds from the event go directly back to the community through a variety of ongoing club projects, said Club President Sandi Dahlquist.

The show also comes a critical time for the club as it provides an influx of funds to continue projects through the end of the year, Dahlquist said.

“We raffled off an antique doll at our last show, and Nurse Nancy from Suquamish has donated another beautiful doll,” Dalhquist said.

In the past, proceeds from the event, which is held twice a year on Labor Day and Memorial Day weekends, have helped sponsor representatives to the American Legion’s Boys and Girls State and with North Kitsap High School’s senior cruise, Weaver said.

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