Some days too many things click not to share them with the whole community. Do North Kitsap residents value the environment in which they have chosen to live? Or are there just a few “squeaky wheel do-gooders†who make it appear that the rest of the residents give a rip about our natural surroundings?
KINGSTON — Systematically confident, cool as the night air and commanding on the defensive end of the hardwood, the Kingston Junior High School Cavaliers’ game has reached regular season perfection once again.
In the face of the astounding accomplishment after beating the cross-county rival Panthers 49-39, the Lady Cavs are already gearing up for the league tournament set to begin March 21
POULSBO — Beneath the surface of its grand 90th birthday celebration, the Poulsbo Sons of Norway lodge was mired in an ongoing dispute about its priorities.
The disagreement appeared to have reached its peak in January when Sons President Bob Moseng and the executive committee of the Board of the Sons of Norway announced sweeping changes to keep the lodge on solid financial footing.
POULSBO — On the heels of last year’s successful silent auction, Martha & Mary development director Rob Gelder is hoping for more of the same next Sunday.
The auction will bid from noon to 3 p.m. March 26 at Kiana Lodge as a week’s stay in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and a five-course gourmet dinner for six headline the items hitting the block.
HANSVILLE — Most locals know when driving in and out of Kingston on State Route 104, on the hill just west of Lindvog Road, motorists have to stick to the 25 mph speed limit, otherwise, law enforcement will be on their tail.
In Hansville, residents want the same type of attitude from the drivers traveling through their neck of the woods.
PORT ORCHARD — While the Kingston Subarea plan has been appealed to the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board, it is another attempt for several concerned residents to try and prove to Kitsap County the inconsistencies of its land-use planning tools.
POULSBO — This is the dawning of bright new age for North Kitsap High School boys soccer with a light that has been on the rise for the past two years.
In 2004, NK started its upswing with a six-win season, head coach Pat Stickney said. In 2005, the team improved to nine wins and earned a playoff spot. Three games into the 2006 season with a roster at full capacity, featuring sparkles of talent and quickness throughout, NK’s early focus has been on fusion.
POULSBO — Next Tuesday, Olympic College-Poulsbo will be bursting at its seams as the North Kitsap School District secondary education force fills the building to expound on its programs through a mega information night.
Got Kids? presented by the NKSD plans to answer questions about what the future holds for childhood education in North Kitsap.
Settle the debate once and for all at Antique ID Day at the Bainbridge Historical Museum
March 19.
Hah! You knew that fine piece of furniture made from antlers, that your significant other deemed a monstrosity and banished to the far corner of the basement, was truly a treasure. And now you have authoritative proof.
The Iron Curtain had descended and the Cold War chill was cast upon U.S. — Soviet relations, but a group of singers strove to spread warmth, and make music, not war.
The Yale Russian Chorus was formed in 1953 as an extension of Yale University’s Russian language club, and has continued, through bad times and good, to preserve the strong tradition of Russian choral music.
POULSBO — The initial impact of the long-awaited State Route 305 widening project began sinking in March 8 as the city council approved two detour routes.
“The impacts are going to be regional, so we need to give people sufficient notice,†Councilman Ed Stern said. “We need to fully understand the impacts and get out in front of them.â€
There are those who color inside the lines, and those who insist on straying outside, creating their own masterpieces in the great white spaces beyond the borders.
Cellist Gideon Freudmann could be classified as one of the artistic mavericks.
He started taking cello lessons as a child, but found the classical format constricting.
POULSBO — As the current Miss Poulsbo Janna Murray prepares to pass her crown to her successor March 25 undoubtedly she will have one question on her mind: shall we dance?
That’s the theme for the 52nd Miss Poulsbo pageant as five contestants vie for that honor and the opportunity to compete in the Miss Washington Pageant. The local pageant begins at 6 p.m. at the Bremerton High School Performing Arts Center.
KINGSTON — No movement underneath it is translating into heavier movement on Washington Boulevard as Kitsap County Public Works announced last Thursday that the previous weight restriction has been lifted.
“There’s been no additional movement of the land there,†said Public Works spokesman Doug Bear. “We’ll continue to monitor the situation.â€
Poulsbo girls reach
“turning point†March 7
The Poulsbo Junior High Lady Panthers have lost three games this season which have come down to two-points or less at the end of regulation. …
POULSBO — When the state Legislature changed from the Uniform Building Code to the International Building Code as the state’s standard in 2004, not many people noticed.
Now, with winds of controversy swirling around the city’s municipal campus project, supporters of both the 10th Avenue site and Creekside Center have presented their own interpretations of what the code means. City officials have said bringing an existing building up to the new code requirements would cost millions of dollars, while others have strongly disagreed.
Nothing says St. Patrick’s Day like cabbage bowling and potato carving. At least that’s how Bremerton’s avant garde/funky art gallery Metropolis interprets it.
The Charlestown district gallery is once again hosting a Blarney Bash, in honor of all things green and Irish.
LITTLE BOSTON — The old Port Gamble S’Klallam tribal elders center served its purpose well — it was a place for the elders to gather, eat lunch together and to work on projects to help raise money for one of their trips to other tribal reservations. It was functional.
But now that the new elders center, the most recently constructed building within the tribe’s House of Knowledge campus, has been completed, many agree it far surpasses the comforts of the old one.
You could call them the boys who made Bill Clinton cry, or the first trio ever to record “All Out of Love†with 70s supergroup Air Supply, or you could just call them three lads from Ireland. With the voices of angels.
As the blustery March weather continues to pound Kitsap County, music lovers can take refuge from the storm for an evening with another type of breeze, this one of a musical variety.
Continuing the Bremerton Symphony’s “wind†theme, a mix of classical, folk and sacred music is on the program for the Bremerton Symphony Concert Chorale’s next concert, “Music in the Air,†March 18 at the Sylvan Way Baptist Church.