LAS VEGAS — Miss Washington Kristen Eddings who soon know if she will be the next to don the Miss…
KINGSTON — When registered psychiatric nurse Colleen Williams spoke to students in Christine Jamison’s Kingston Junior High School classroom Thursday, she had a bluntly resounding message.
“It’s not good to light anything on fire and suck it into your lungs,” Williams said during “The Real Inside Story,” a presentation from the Choice and Consequence Organization.
KINGSTON — By springtime, the drab courtyard of the NK Options program at Gordon Elementary will be tiled with a mosaic touch of bright colors.
Options, a multi-age family-based learning alternative for students, recently coordinated its artistic efforts to create thematic illustrations out of a community of ceramic tiles. After students designed and painted the tiles in their classrooms, Options parent Holly Dalphinidae took the artwork to be fired at the Dancing Paint Brush in Poulsbo.
County Sheriff Steve Boyer said he believes the idea has potential. “Poulsbo is a great department, and I think the…
POULSBO — In an attempt to calm the storm surrounding a process study of the Poulsbo Police Department, Mayor Kathryn Quade clearly stated Wednesday the review doesn’t necessarily spell the last days of the department.
But the implication that it could was enough to bring dark clouds to city hall.
POULSBO — As work on Poulsbo Place II began in 2005, Poulsbo Place resident Dolores Lynch was among those keeping a close eye on the project.
After meeting with David Smith and Barry Keenan of Central Highlands Builders, the company developing the property, in the spring of 2005, Lynch thought Poulsbo Place II would be a nice match to its counterpart.
POULSBO — In the months leading up to the Nov. 7, 2006 election when Little Norway voters instructed city officials to keep city hall downtown, public/private partnerships were never mentioned.
Now, with Mayor Kathryn Quade and the city’s long-range planning committee heading the project in that direction, some residents question how that might have altered the outcome of the city hall vote.
POULSBO — The slogan wasn’t quite “Remember the Alamo,” but “Remember Chelan” could easily become the rallying cry as Poulsbo police officers and their supporters fight to save the department.
LITTLE BOSTON — The Museum of History and Industry in Seattle will open the cover today to its newest exhibit, “Washington Stories,” and a prominent member of the North Kitsap community will be one of the chapters.
With two panels featured, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe will present its history and culture not just to Seattle residents, but to people statewide as the exhibit travels to different venues around Washington after being sited at MOHAI for a month.
Five full days of school cancelled … five late starts, and it’s only Jan. 24.
Many North Kitsap School District officials have never seen school closures matching this winter’s magnitude. And in the aftermath of what has seemed like an assault on educational progression in the eyes of teachers and an extended winter vacation for school kids, both are now facing the task of making up all of that time.
LITTLE BOSTON — As chief executive officer for the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Doug Quade will have the chance to make a big difference in propelling the community forward — namely in education, youth and elder support, sustainable economic growth and preservation of the tribe’s culture.
After starting last week, he has been prioritizing goals and preparing plans in an effort to improve the tribe’s quality of life.
INDIANOLA — Kingston golfers are getting out their clubs, polishing them up and giving them a practice swing or two in preparation for the White Horse Golf Course opening slated for April 12.
KINGSTON — Red tide is a common summertime affliction for Puget Sound shellfish, but biologists are confused by the latest outbreak in Kingston — which came in the middle of January.
Usually drawing upon sunlight, nutrients and stable water conditions, the bacteria that causes Paralytic Shellfish Poison grows best during the warmer months, but can bloom as late as December, said Kitsap County Health District Environmental Health Specialist Shawn Ultican.
POULSBO — Monday morning found Poulsbo finance director Nanci Lien busy trying to tie up loose ends as she finalized preparations for her new position with the city of Olympia.
At the end of the month, Lien will bid farewell to Little Norway after almost two decades of working in the city’s finance department.
POULSBO — The overall plan for the city’s newest park came into focus Jan. 20 as representatives from Larson Casteel gave the city council an overview of how the property might look.
“In terms of parks in Poulsbo, it is quite centrally located,” said Brad Pugh of Larson Casteel, which is developing the master plan for the park.
LITTLE BOSTON — In an effort rivaling former pro wrestler Andre the Giant bench pressing a pickup truck, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe is working to increase its own fitness within the Little Boston community.
The endeavor has received a spotter from the Washington Health Foundation in the form of a $15,000 grant, the first WHF has awarded to a Kitsap County organization or group, said WHF vice-president of public affairs Jennifer Muhm.
BREMERTON — As Bremerton begins to show a steady pulse after more than a decade of being on economic life support, Mayor Cary Bozeman hasn’t been afraid to find partnerships.
Those joint endeavors have provided a boost to propel the city into an atmosphere of prosperity instead of being mired in poverty.
KINGSTON — Smiley’s Motel has been a Kingston fixture since 1945, and though not as grand as, say, the Hilton or the Edgewater, it matched the Little City By the Sea in size and community.
When the Powar family purchased the State Route 104 business in 2004 years ago, they didn’t alter much.
KINGSTON — In the largest turnout so far during Kitsap Transit’s campaign to increase the county’s sales tax and restart passenger-only ferries, Little City by the Sea residents voiced a myriad of concerns and reactions on whether the plan will succeed.
During the Thursday evening meeting, Kitsap Transit’s service development director John Clauson gave a presentation on the issue and answered questions asked by the 43 people in attendance.
HANSVILLE — When Lynn Hix sets out to get something accomplished, especially for the Greater Hansville Area in which she lives, she gets it done with a vivacity that puts the Energizer Bunny to shame.
But when it came to feting her and her achievements, Hix modestly pushed aside compliments, saying it was the people who rallied with her that got the job done.