POULSBO — Taking a line from Sheryl Crow’s song “A Change Would Do You Good,†Mayor Kathryn Quade envisions an interactive discussion between council members and the public during the April 19 town hall meeting on the municipal campus.
Quade announced the format change at the April 5 city council meeting when she expressed her opinions on the municipal campus issue for the first time as mayor.
Earth Day doesn’t officially take place until April 22, but what the heck, the West Sound Contradance Coalition is getting a jump on things by hosting an Earth Day Celebration a week early, with a day of dancing.
POULSBO — No Wal-Mart, no The Home Depot, no problem — at least according to the city’s March sales tax report.
Budget analyst Deb Booher told the city council’s finance/administration committee that last month’s report represents an historic first for the city from a financial standpoint.
“It’s the first time we’ve actually been over $200,000 and we’re doing very well,†Booher said.
POULSBO — After an hour of municipal campus discussion, it didn’t take the city council long to knock out a few remaining issues with the State Route 305 widening project Wednesday night.
In less than 20 minutes, the Council unanimously approved a traffic control/law enforcement agreement, a Transportation Improvement Board grant transfer and a land transfer with the Washington state Department of Transportation.
POULSBO — Brianna Oas, Brittany Girard and Amanda Dixon could easily be mistaken for the female version of the Three Amigos as they do all the things teen-aged girls enjoy with high school graduation fast approaching.
However, beneath the facade of smiling faces and carefree attitudes lurks a silent threat for one of them: cystic fibrosis.
POULSBO — After remaining quiet about her personal stance on the municipal campus project for 95 days, Mayor Kathryn Quade made her opinion clearly known Wednesday night.
“I couldn’t stay silent any longer, but it doesn’t mean a stop to the 10th Avenue location,†Quade said. “If there is a better opportunity to build downtown, then I’m open to it.â€
BERKELEY, CALIF. — Nearly a year after setting Washington state’s new standard javelin record with a state finals throw of 202-9 in 2005, North Kitsap High School alumnus Ryan Young is back in record-breaking form.
He’s in a new state and wearing new colors, but the 6-foot, 5-inch University of California freshman retains the undeniable ability to become one of the best throwers in the school’s history, just as he did at North Kitsap in his yesteryears.
Hopefully, the third time is the charm.
Since 1992, there are have been several attempts to establish a group within Suquamish that addresses local issues of concern, such as crime and traffic safety. Each time a group tried to form, there was the energy behind it, but it would quickly fade.
POULSBO — After five months of taking community input, planning, tweaking and prioritizing, the master plan for the North Kitsap Regional Events Center is finalized and formally ready to go before the four governing boards that have paid for its process.
At 7 p.m., April 11 at the North Kitsap School District board room, the Kitsap County commissioners, the Poulsbo City Council, the Kitsap Public Facilities District and the NKSD boards will meet to discuss where and how to take the first step toward implementation.
SUQUAMISH — What started as folks sitting around resident Gail Petranek’s dining table discussing local issues Tuesday night is expected to turn into a group that will be able to work seamlessly with the county to ensure Suquamish is a safe and pleasant place to live.
Kitsap County Commissioner Chris Endresen spoke with a group of nearly 30 residents April 4 at Petranek’s home about the logistics of creating a Suquamish Community Advisory Committee.
POULSBO — The boys of summer are back.
North Kitsap’s Junior Babe Ruth baseball season kicks off today, as Snider Park will host eight games during the weekend, marking the beginning of the 2006 campaign.
Kitsap Towing faces Zimmer Construction in the first game of the year for the Preparatory (13-year-old) division with first pitch set for 9 a.m. today, while the Majors (14/15-year-old) division gets rolling as TRC takes on ATS with first pitch set for 3 p.m. at the revamped Snider field.
Dust off your muse, it’s National Poetry Month.
People tend to respond to poetry in one of two ways: 1. They love it, read it, write it, take it to heart and “get†the deepest meaning of the most obtuse free-form verse. 2. Huh?
Those who fall in category number two will go to great lengths to avoid being exposed to poetry, as if it were the latest incurable killer disease. It makes them feel uncomfortable, bored or stupid. They just want to ask, why doesn’t it rhyme?
POULSBO — The sun refused to shine Saturday but that didn’t stop a handful of committed volunteers from celebrating Arbor Day in style.
Tree Board members Bill Lockard and Michael Tucker joined Parks and Recreation Director Mary McCluskey, Councilwoman Connie Lord, city arborist Kevin McFarland, Public Works foreman Joe Wilson and Gretchen Nicholas from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources to plant five trees along Iverson Street.
POULSBO — The ears of the North Kitsap community auditorium were busy March 22-25 as North End schools hosted three of the four Olympic Music Educators Association competitions in the same week.
The events brought together bands from throughout the Olympic region to perform for a panel of judges that critiqued each group with kudos and corrections.
Mason County artist Synnove Pracha draws her artistic inspiration from the evergreen world that surrounds her home near Belfair.
Pracha presents her new works that spring from this fertile source at Collective Visions Gallery in Bremerton in an exhibit that runs through April.
There are far too many musicians who spend their lives playing on street corners and in subways, pouring out tunes from Bob Dylan to Beethoven while harried crowds pass them by. Some people may stop to listen for a moment, maybe even toss a few coins into their open music cases. Then their bus or train comes and they’re gone. The music becomes just another note in the sea of noise.
POULSBO — History will be made Friday afternoon in Little Norway as two projects go before the city’s Hearing Examiner instead of the city council.
A conditional use permit for the construction of an energy substation by Puget Sound Energy and a preliminary plat for the Parkside Planned Unit Development will be heard by a representative from the firm of Driscoll and Hunter beginning at 1 p.m. in the city council chambers in city hall.
They probably won’t be wearing white gloves or sporting bouffant hairdos, but the artists in the April show at the Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery are still called debutantes. As in, these artists are new to the gallery in the last two years, selected by a juried process.
“Each meets our high standards of design, execution, and contemporary style,†Victoria Josslin, BAC director of education and information said.
PORT LUDLOW — To get in a practice round or a match, the North Kitsap golf team must travel north on State Route 3, over the Hood Canal Bridge, through the woods on a windy road before finally arriving at the Port Ludlow Country Club 20 miles later.
But the trip is well worth it, according to early season results.
One of the perils of community theater is that audiences are already familiar with the play or musical, and come to the shows with visions of Broadway stars dancing in their heads. That can be a tough act to live up to for amateurs.
The musical opening April 6 at the Bremerton Community Theatre has had not one, but three top actors in the lead role — and all of them won Tonys for Best Actor in a Musical.