Bookstores and libraries can get you farther than a tank of gas, and for much less money.
We’re just a few days away from Memorial Day weekend, but in Kitsap County the big festivities were last weekend, in the dual Viking Fest-Armed Forces Day blowout.
There is a wreath laying ceremony dockside in Bremerton at the USS Turner Joy on Monday, but it’s pretty low-key memorial-wise other than that.
POULSBO — The Poulsbo Noon Lions Club will once again prowl through the Poulsbo Armory May 27-28 as it hosts 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. May 27 and from noon to 5 p.m. May 28.
The members of the Olympic College Music Department have been tuning up their instruments and warming up their vocal chords, getting ready for two upcoming concerts in Bremerton.
“Jazz Night at the Roxy†May 25 features the award-winning jazz band and the jazz choir.
The Spring Concert May 31 at the Bremerton High School Performing Arts Center features the Wind Ensemble, Concert Choir and Chamber Choir.
POULSBO — Runners of all ages and experience levels laced up their collective sneakers and took to the streets Saturday for the largest-ever Viking Fest Road Race.
More than 300 runners crossed the finish line of the 1-mile race, while 344 completed the 5-mile course, said Poulsbo Parks and Recreation programmer Joe Schiel.
TACOMA — In a sense, when North Kitsap Tennis’ No. 1 girls doubles team earned a state bid through the district consolation bracket, Kearney Bangs is now symbolically passing a torch of experience onto her doubles partner, sophomore Britt Seaberg.
A year ago, Bangs received the flame through a fourth-place finish at the state tournament with her doubles partner, then-senior Erin Gallagher.
PULLMAN — A year’s worth of homework, competition and mental preparation came to a head for the North Kitsap FFA team May 10-14 as the group travelled to the state convention at Washington State University.
The five-day event was not only a chance for NK’s agriculturally minded students to shine on the state stage, but it was also a time for the group to have a good time with their statewide FFA colleagues.
It started out innocently enough: a young Bainbridge lad named Ranger wanted to play violin, so he began taking classical lessons with a respected teacher with the nickname “Mozart’s mother.â€
But then he got a little older and took lessons from a fiddler, Stuart Williams. The bearded musician from Seattle introduced the impressionable youth to the jazz classic, “Oh Lady Be Good,†and Ranger Sciacca was hooked.
Isadora Duncan has been called the “Mother of Dance.†In her time she was called a lot of other things too, not all of them suitable for publication.
Duncan died in 1927, but her life is recreated on stage by Kres Mersky in a one-woman show. Mersky will present “Isadora Duncan†May 25 at the Admiral Theatre in Bremerton as part of the theater’s First Person Series.
SUQUAMISH — Drums accompanied a song with the feeling of acceptance, community and happiness as canoes were welcomed to the shores of Old Man House Park. The songs seemed to call the pullers and canoes to the neighbors waiting to share the feast prepared in the park.
The Suquamish Olalla Neighbors group welcomed one and all to its annual potluck with food and fanfare, marking the first formal event at Old Man House Park since it was returned to tribal ownership last summer.
POULSBO — Miss Viking Fest 2006 Jasmine Campbell had said several times going into this year’s festival that she wouldn’t mind trying the lye-soaked cod, known as lutefisk.
Sunday afternoon in front of lutefisk-eating giants Charles Jensen and Eric Perkins and a crowd of curious onlookers, she, along with Viking Fest princesses Whitney Glebe and Elisabeth Almond, ate her words.
While it seems that most people in the under-30 generation are filling their IPods with rap, hip hop and synth pop, there is a contingent who prefer a different style of music; one their grandparents may have listened to. Ask 20-year-old Wes Corbett of Bainbridge Island what he listens to and you’ll hear names like Earl Scruggs, David Grisman and J.D. Crowe.
TACOMA — The North Kitsap Lady Vikings fastpitch team proved its state-caliber status Saturday, earning a bid back into the state finals where it placed seventh in a magical breakout 2005 season.
Now, after solidifying their deservedness to return with two wins at the district tournament, the Lady Vikes are hoping for a little more magic at state.
SUQUAMISH — All eyes will soon be watching for criminal activity in Suquamish.
“Neighborhood Watch†signs will be soon posted in the community, alerting potential criminals that they won’t have an easy go at homes and businesses. Even so, the signs are just the first step.
Viking Fest has arrived and with it a celebration of the Nordic heritage that helped shape the clay of Poulsbo into what it is today. While the event’s name is a reflection of this, the pool into which Little Norway gazes to view it is ever changing.
KINGSTON — What could very well be the worst nightmare for many teenagers came true two-fold at Kingston Junior High School this past week as two Cavalier students tragically died within two days of each other.
Kitsap County Coroner Greg Sandstrom’s reports have ruled the causes of death for both Blake Whitworth, 14, and Zachary Kvistad, 14, as cerebral anoxia — which is a deprivation of oxygen to the brain — due to hanging.
KINGSTON — The first and only North End junior high rivalry played out on the baseball diamond featured stop-and-go momentum, which seemed to swing in only one team’s direction.
When facing a team with the offensive power of the Kingston Cavaliers, a team’s collective glove must be solid in order to be successful. Coming off of their first win of the season over Cedar Heights, the Panthers felt poised to put up the wall, but early errors contributed to the team’s downfall.
POULSBO — Known as the Viking City, Little Norway makes the annual return to its roots today as the 38th annual Viking Fest sails in replete with Vikings and bunads aplenty.
While the carnival, Viking Village and all other activities aren’t scheduled to begin until 10 a.m., the Poulsbo Noon Lions will be hard at work as the Poulsbo Armory will be filled with the smells of breakfast. Its 34th annual pancake breakfast will go from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. today and Sunday.
KINGSTON — The game is never over until it is over.
That’s a lesson the Poulsbo Junior High girls fastpitch team learned in a sour May 18 loss to their cross-county rival Kingston Junior High Cavaliers. Though the Lady Panthers led nearly the entire game, Kingston engineered a comeback taking advantage of blue errors and creating red opportunities in the final three innings.
POULSBO — After almost 19 years in the basement of city hall on Jensen Way, Sherry White will be moving up as she retires at the end of July.
White has served as the deputy city clerk since 1991, after starting her career with the city in the planning department in 1987.
“Over 19 years, I’ve only missed 72 meetings, and by the middle of April, I had done about 5,200 pages of council minutes,†White said.
KINGSTON — Flowers are starting to bloom, children are outside playing, allergies are starting to make an appearance and area temperatures have made it past 60 degrees: spring has come to Kingston.
And with it gardening.