PORT ORCHARD — At their last chance to make the district cut at the Narrows League divisional swims Oct. 20, all of the Aqua-Vikes looking for a qualifying time fell short.
However, best times were raised and seconds were dropped as North continued to celebrate its season-long goal of individual improvement. And while most of the squad put up its final times of the season in the divisional meet at the South Kitsap High School pool, seven Vikings — present at the meet to support their teammates — were already locked in the district meet by cinching a qualifying time earlier in the season.
The North Kitsap Herald Advisory Board met with 23rd District incumbents Sherry Appleton (D-Poulsbo) and Bev Woods (R-Kingston) and their respective challengers Earl Johnson (R-Bainbridge) and Christine Rolfes (D-Bainbridge) Monday night, and following a lengthy discussion, is endorsing what the group viewed as being two “positives.â€
Many women, particularly here in the Northwest, wouldn’t wear four-inch heels if their lives depended on it, but for cancer survivor Marisa Acocella Marchetto, they were a life saver.
New York cartoonist Marchetto has just released “Cancer Vixen,†a graphic memoir about her battle with cancer. Shoes played an important part in that battle.
All fairy tales follow the same format, right? There’s the wicked witch/evil stepmother, a somewhat out of it father, one or more children seeking a treasure/getting lost in the woods, a fairy/good witch who rescues them, a prince or princess and a happy ending.
But, we’re talking Changing Scene, and you know what that means. The little theater in East Bremerton is staging an original Halloween production, written exclusively for the theater by Los Angeles playwright Darren R. Schroader.
POULSBO — Of all the places in Little Norway, the area that is now American Legion Park is one of the most special for longtime resident Muriel Williams.
Saturday she watched with family and friends as city arborist Kevin McFarland planted a dogwood tree at the park in honor of herself and her husband, Cliff.
“My family and I spent a lot of time in this park,†Williams said. “This is where my kids played and we had our picnics.â€
HANSVILLE — Books lined the Hansville Community Center Friday and Saturday, holding swashbuckling pirates and curious detectives just waiting to be read about. Residents were invited to come discover characters and plots as well as cookbooks and gardening guides during the second Hansville book sale.
While pumpkin orange is a popular color this time of year, Kitsap Music Association chorale singers will be wearing green, as in “the wearin’ o’ the green,†in a manner of speaking.
The group’s annual concert is “Songs of the Irish,†with a selection of familiar Irish ballads.
Joel Skellie directs the Concert Chorale, and the Kitsap Chordsmen are the special guests for the evening. They will sing Irish songs in a barbershop a cappella harmony style, from “My Wild Irish Rose†to “Irish Blessing.â€
KINGSTON — The Cavaliers have been fighting upstream in terms of their football season this year. With no wins and four losses, the team heads into the final stretch of the season looking for positive blocks to build upon.
Most recently when the Cavs hosted the Cedar Heights Raindevils, such blocks were tough to find in a 40-6 loss, coach Scott McKay said.
LITTLE BOSTON — With winter fast approaching and deciduous trees losing their leaves, the 390-acre area along the Hansville Highway the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe is having logged is more apparent than ever.
But tribal members are urging residents not to worry as the site is scheduled to be replanted soon with the help of a few green thumbs.
POULSBO — Poulsbo City Councilman Dale Rudolph pled with his peers Wednesday to reconsider their Sept. 13 decision to allow a 140-foot wireless monopole on Rhododendron Lane.
However, Rudolph’s concerns were met with poor reception as councilmen Jeff McGinty, Jim Henry, Ed Stern and Mike Regis voted to uphold their earlier decision to overturn the initial determination made by the city’s Hearing Examiner Ted Hunter.
POULSBO — New life will be breathed into the historic Martinson Cabin when its doors are finally opened to the public Oct. 29.
The cabin, which was built in about 1897, was inhabited by Michael and Martha Martinson and was part of the family’s homestead in the area.
HANSVILLE — Residents in the Greater Hansville Area now have the ability to look into their community’s future.
With the help of the U.S. Post Office and a group of dedicated residents, minus a crystal ball, the public will be able to see the potential paths that has been laid out for Hansville through a unique planning tool known as the Futures Project.
POULSBO — Bob Hawkinson and Norma Hanson represent both ends of First Lutheran Church’s 94th annual lutefisk dinner.
Today, Hawkinson will be cutting lye-soaked cod for cooking, while Hanson will be serving heaping portions of the Norwegian delicacy along with Swedish meatballs and boiled potatoes.
KEYPORT — A democracy — a form of government literally defined as “rule by the people†— is only as strong as its citizens’ informed involvement.
However, as civics education in Washington state schools has become increasingly buried under the focus on core subject requirements, so too has voter turnout under the many deadlines, attractions and distractions of citizens’ everyday life.
POULSBO — Seeing the recently repaired embankment behind North Kitsap Fishline’s 3rd Avenue building brought a smile to city assistant public works superintendent Dan Wilson.
Wilson supervised the two-week project to stabilize the shifting slope, which closed Fishline for one day Jan. 10.
“I enjoyed it,†Wilson said. “When it came up, I wasn’t sure if we could get the volunteer labor.â€
POULSBO — With the city gearing up to update its comprehensive plan in 2007, the transportation element of that issue has already hit the road.
Since its Sept. 27 meeting, the city council’s public works committee has been reviewing the city’s proposed 20-year Transportation Improvement Plan.
In addition to determining the city’s overall road needs for the next two decades, the plan includes a proposed traffic impact fee ordinance.
Contributors to the race for the District 3 Kitsap County Commissioner seat follow predictable patterns and party boundaries, with Democratic elected officials supporting Josh Brown, and real estate concerns supporting Republican Jack Hamilton.
KINGSTON — After years of uncertainty whether the Carpenter Lake Trail project would sink or swim, the boardwalk finally found the buoy it needed and is ready for its grand unveiling at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 25. At that time, residents and students will be able to visit the area near Gordon Elementary School to learn about the finished product.
In the meantime, the bog ecosystem that is Carpenter Lake, is being spruced up with the help of Stillwaters Environmental Center volunteers.
Sometimes making the call isn’t easy. But after running the city through the ringer, questioning its every option, discussion and move on a proposed city hall location, it is the opinion of this paper that 10th Avenue is indeed the correct choice for city hall.
While this won’t go down in history as one of the more popular editorial stances the Herald has taken in its 105 years, the 10th Avenue location makes the most sense outright in terms of what the city is really looking for — a municipal campus.
PORT ORCHARD — After wet weather cancelled the first scheduled day of the Narrows League tennis preliminary round Monday at South Kitsap High School, John Henderson and Jackson Shaw rained on North’s hopes for a singles postseason push Tuesday.
Gig Harbor’s Henderson beat NK No. 2 Andrew Kilpatrick in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 while Stadium’s Shaw battled North’s Kevin Joines to a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win as preliminary play resumed in South Kitsap.