OLLALA — In the Little League All-Star postseason, everything boils down to the amount of heart a team is willing to offer. No longer can players get by on talent alone — focus and sheer faith are now the fuel for success.
POULSBO — For the second year in a row, members of the Poulsbo Fire Department put the public’s safety on the back burner, and focused on their own June 21-23. Residents in the Poulsbo area weren’t ignored, the fire department still responded to emergency calls. But it cancelled its non-emergency programs to attend to its own fire safety.
KINGSTON — Back in the trees, between Kingston Junior High and private farmland lives a little section of days long past. If one listens closely while walking by, one can almost hear quiet strains of Elvis crooning as he used to for adoring crowds. If one were to venture further, a small land of neon and chrome would appear.
In this land of vintage tributes and music, Bob Thompson is king, reigning over his 1950s museum with a kind hand.
Six years ago, when the Poulsbo Noon Lions roared that their beloved park at scenic 6th Avenue and Fjord Drive was in need of improving, the community heard them loud and clear. It was quite an undertaking as neighbors dove into the effort, working in concert with the city to poll youngsters on what amenities they would like at the park.
It was quite innovative because local kids helped determine what equipment they wanted to play on, making their own mark on the park.
POULSBO — After a period of rapid-fire principal resignation at the secondary level of the North Kitsap school district, each junior and high school in the district once again has a principal as Susan Wistrand was approved by the school board July 13 to replace Ed Serra as an interim principal at Kingston Junior High School.
Charity doesn’t just begin at home.
There are always plenty of opportunities to go out on the town in Kitsap County, from attending plays and concerts to dining and dancing, or just strolling along the water at one of the many aptly named Waterfront Parks — every town has one it seems.
TACOMA — Not since 1959 has a Miss Kitsap taken home the Miss Washington title. At least that was the case until last Friday when Silverdale native and former Miss Poulsbo Kristen Eddings was crowned Miss Washington as the tears of joy streamed down her face at the Champions Centre in Tacoma.
POULSBO — Fish Park was awash with volunteer spirit as more than 150 teenagers and a handful of Rotarians dove headlong into two projects June 24.
The teens were part of a youth conference led by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and worked around Nelson Park and the eastern part of Fish Park, clearing blackberries and other invasive species and building trails.
POULSBO — It’s something like facing Bowzer, one’s final obstacle, on the ninth level of Super Mario Brothers with an extra life in your back pocket, only it’s on the Little League baseball diamond.
North Kitsap’s Americans ran into the championship of the 11- and 12-year-old District 2 Little League All-Star tournament last night in Port Orchard with the power of having no losses in a double elimination tournament.
The Led Zepplin mega-hit “Stairway to Heaven†would indeed be appropriate for the band No Quarter to play at their July 14 concert at McCormick Woods Golf Course.
The concert is billed as “Rock the Woods for Melanoma Research,†and funds raised from the concert go to the Melanoma Research Foundation and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
The Devil Wears Prada
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Glamour magazine’s Dos and Don’ts section. …
When the thermometer starts inching into the high 70s around here, people start looking for a place to cool off. While we are surrounded by water, most of the time a day at the beach means pulling on the boots and wool sweaters. For those rare days when we can venture out sans long johns, Kitsap County contains one of the best sandy beaches this side of Hawaii. And it’s far less expensive to get there.
They call it an annual event, but wouldn’t “perennial†be more appropriate? After all, the Bainbridge in Bloom Garden Tour has come back every year for the past 17, and it is back this year healthier than ever.
The 18th annual tour of seven gardens on Bainbridge takes place July 14, 15 and 16, and features the main tour, an art fair, gardening demonstrations, a plant sale and more.
It was the Velveteen Rabbit who learned that it’s love that makes you real, but his quiet message was overshadowed when Disney took on “Beauty and the Beast,†and its similar message.
In the classic fairy tale-turned Disney animated film-turned mega-Broadway hit, the Beast learns that only by loving and being loved will he become real.
What started with an ugly act of hatred has turned into a celebration of achievements. OUTKITSAP, the support organization for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population in Kitsap County, was started by county employee Steve Parsons in response to a cross being burned on the lawn of a gay couple in Bremerton.
POULSBO — Rob Difilippo and Tammy Mattson saw something was missing from downtown Little Norway and with the opening of Tizley’s Euro Pub in May, they believe they’ve found the perfect addition.
“We have both worked on Front Street and it was really, really obvious to us where the gap was in Poulsbo,†Mattson said.
POULSBO — More than 20 years after founding the Helping Hand House in Puyallup, Margie Addington has taken the reins at North Kitsap Fishline as its new executive director.
Addington’s first day on the job was July 5 and she is the first full-time staff member hired by Fishline’s board led by board president Mary Barker.
POULSBO — A continuing downward spiral of state education funding in addition to increasing special education cost mandates matched with ever-rising prices at the pump have put the North Kitsap School District between a financial rock and a hard place.
The district’s Budget Advisory Team recently wrapped up the grueling process of prioritizing the perks the district offers, while facing a $1.7 million budget shortfall for 2006-2007.
Property, excise, use, sales … there are many taxes one must pay over the years, including several decades of meticulously computed and filed tax returns, but there is one last tax some North Kitsap residents must pay after death.
The Washington Estate Tax.
TACOMA — It’s a rare occurrence to find Brenna Gardner-Brown without a smile on her face.
And as Miss Poulsbo, competing in this year’s Miss Washington competition, it was no different as she was all smiles as she won the Miss Congeniality award, voted on by her fellow contestants.