POULSBO — After an unprecedented six deferments, Clare Earl Johnson knew it was only a matter of time before he was drafted into the military during World War II.
“In 1941, I was working in the shipyard as a joiner foreman and we built four minesweepers for Britain and eight for the U.S.,†Johnson said.
POULSBO — The rain cleared just in time for Poulsbo and Kingston’s junior high athletes to put on a show May 23 at the North Kitsap High School Stadium as NK hosted the junior high sub-district track meet.
Despite the semifinal, win-or-go-home mentality, the junior high level is not as pressure-filled as in high school postseason.
Even as American soldiers risk and lose their lives on the battlefields and streets of Iraq, it seems much of the nation is yet again content to look past the sacrifices made in our history and instead focus on shopping or simply getting out of town on “another three-day weekend.â€
It’s been 150 years since American poet Walt Whitman’s seminal work, “Leaves of Grass,†was published. It’s about time someone put his lyrical poetry to music.
“Walt Whitman’s ‘I Hear America Singing,’†does just that, with poems by Whitman and three other American poets set to music that reflects uniquely American musical traditions.
KINGSTON — Developing an area, any area, can be tricky business. Inevitably, someone disagrees, gets upset and does everything they can to prevent the work.
Olympic Property Group, headed by President Jon Rose, is trying to avoid that in its proposal to redevelop Port Gamble by talking with the public before solidifying any plans.
To do this, OPG made having an open house with the public a priority and pulled out all the stops Wednesday in the Kingston Junior High commons.
KINGSTON — As construction of the $38.5 million school building that will house 800 North End students when it opens in 2007 takes shape, the search for the principal who will take a lead role in configuring that school’s culture is progressing.
POULSBO — Once dubbed the “Robinhood of Little Norway†for his continuous efforts throughout the community, Bight of Poulsbo founder Bill Austin was honored Thursday night in Bremerton.
Austin was awarded the Kitsap Community Foundation’s Volunteer Award as it hosted its annual Celebration of Philanthropy at the Kitsap Convention Center, Bremerton Harborside.
POULSBO — The roaring discussion over the proposed Kitsap County NASCAR track will roll into Little Norway with some help from the Greater Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce early next month.
The chamber forum is slated for 6 p.m. June 5 at the North Kitsap High School auditorium and will last until about 8 p.m.
POULSBO — Less than a week after Americans take a day to remember the sacrifices of their fallen heroes, the Poulsbo Tree Board will do its part to beautify a city park with a similar expression.
Tree Board members and a host of other volunteers will flock to American Legion Park at 9 a.m. June 3 as part of their eighth annual cleanup effort.
POULSBO — Charles Jensen strolled the streets of Little Norway Sunday afternoon with only one thing on his mind: winning the 2006 Viking Fest lutefisk-eating contest.
“I’m one hungry dude, and all I have to do is make it through the first round,†Jensen said as he reflected on his failure to defend his title last year.
TACOMA — With the conclusion of the West Central/Southwest District track meet May 20, a jubilee season reached completion for nearly all of the North Kitsap Vikings. Now, the spirit the team has been creating since Day One is all focused behind seven state-bound men.
While I truly love a parade, I don’t think they care much for me. They never have and, sadly enough, probably never will.
Many of those who attend the one Viking Fest Corporation puts on every year unfortunately know me all too well.
I’m the guy who stepped right in front of your view as your grandson walked through town dressed as an adorable clown.
If you really want to be sure your watch is dead on accurate, stop by the Kitsap County Historical Society Museum in Bremerton. The museum has an atomic clock from the navy, like the ones used on missile submarines in the early 1970s.
The museum’s “Changing Times, Kitsap Clocks†exhibit features hundreds of clocks, including important and historic antique timekeeping devices from local businesses, the navy shipyard and private collections of Kitsap County residents.
KINGSTON — Kingston’s downtown is primarily what tourists see when they visit or drive down Highway 104. Cute little shops, restaurants and bars are featured throughout the district.
But if community leaders have their say, it won’t end there.