KINGSTON — Northwest Millwork & Door Company owner Bob Ruch takes great pride in the fact that he and co-worker Chris Braund can take wood from its raw state and turn it into a quality piece of craftsmanship, whether it be cabinets, furniture or doors.
“What we emphasize here is quality from the beginning to the end of the project — with wood selection and manufacturing,†Ruch said. “From design to wood selection to manufacturing.â€
POULSBO — After raising $115,000 locally for cancer research last year, the American Cancer Society has set its sights on $125,000 as the 2006 North Kitsap Relay for Life campaign begins Sunday.
A benefit breakfast at the Poulsbo Sons of Norway lodge will get the ball rolling at 9 a.m. Sunday for the event, which is slated for July 15-16 at the North Kitsap High School track.
KINGSTON — It seems every time rain subsides and the Kingston High School site gets its water diverted into manageable streams and safely leveled detention ponds, Mother Nature strikes again with another surplus. And the school’s neighbors are feeling the effects of the excess water.
One more kid and they could have fielded their own baseball team, but what do you do with eight?
If you live in Ontario, fiddling runs in the family and Mom is a champion step dancer, how about throwing those together and forming an award-winning musical team?
POULSBO — Efforts to secure state funding for the now-closed Marine Science Center appear to be gaining support as the abbreviated state legislative session nears its midpoint.
Mayor Kathryn Quade, along with Councilmen Ed Stern and Jim Henry, journeyed to Olympia this week to drum up support for the budget proviso submitted by Rep. Sherry Appleton (D-Poulsbo) on the first day of the 2006 legislative session.
SUQUAMISH — Members of the Suquamish Canoe Family Singers and Dancers don’t just see their trip to Washington D.C. next week as an opportunity to perform, but as an extension of the group’s annual summer canoe journey.
POULSBO — Some holes are impossible to dig out of.
The North Kitsap Lady Vikes (8-7, 3-6) found that out when the top-ranked Narrows League team, Central Kitsap (15-0, 9-0) ventured North Jan. 25 to take on the hopeful Vikings. Though North is determined to secure a playoff spot, the Vikings’ resolve didn’t shine in the first half Wednesday night.
Seconds. Minutes. Hours. Days. Years. Each reflects moments in time, whether they be quick snapshots or trends of an era. As they pass, they become something unique and something that, while gone, is still extremely tangible: history.
When Poulsbo Historic Society curator Erica Varga approached the Herald a few weeks back, asking us to help the group renew interest in our area’s past, we had one stipulation: We’ve got to cover all of North Kitsap, not just Poulsbo.
KINGSTON — The unrelenting rains that came in November and December have complicated construction at the Kingston High School site. But as the rain has lessened dramatically, the North Kitsap School District’s contractor Wick Constructors is starting to get it all soaked up.
Kitsap County officials issued a stop work order for the site Jan. 13 as erosion control became problematic and showed the potential for environmental concern, said Kitsap County development engineering spokesman Jeff Rowe-Hornbaker.
POULSBO — With the rumor mill about her delaying or trying to stop the municipal campus nearing breakneck speeds, Mayor Kathryn Quade called a press conference Thursday afternoon to stop it in its tracks.
“I never intended to stall or delay it in any way,†Quade said. “The council sets priorities and it’s up to me to implement them.â€
Dorothy Allison describes herself as a feminist, a working class story teller, a Southern expatriate, a sometime poet and a happily born-again Californian.
Other people tend to tack on “National Book Award finalist.â€
Just as an actor who is nominated for an Academy Award is forever known as an “Oscar-nominated actor,†so too does the 1992 book contest stick to Allison’s name.
Underworld: Evolution
Starring Kate Beckinsale, Derek Jacobi. Rated R
You gotta see this if: You’ve tried reading, but all those words make you tired….
SUQUAMISH — A kid’s world today is full of cartoons. They live at school, in magazines, on TV and, of course, inside young imaginations.
Editorial cartoonist Jeff Johnson reached for cartoon culmination Jan. 17-20 when he helped turn Suquamish Elementary into a Cartooniversity.
Winter is a good time to curl up by the fire with a book and a cat or two, but it’s also a good time to get out and listen to stories from cultures around the world.
Bards by the Bay provides just such an opportunity Jan. 28 with “Stories for a Winter’s Night†at the Jewel Box Theatre in Poulsbo, featuring four storytellers.
If you’re a ferry commuter, possibly reading this as the Seattle skyline looms closer, don’t let the cat out of the bag.
Ferry passenger greeter Bill Cowing will be feted Jan. 28 at Sing Out!, a daylong event on Bainbridge Island honoring the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., featuring the Total Experience Gospel Choir from Seattle.
It’s the biggest holiday of the year for a large portion of the world’s population, but for the first time Chinese New Year will be publicly celebrated on Bainbridge Island Jan. 29, marking the start of the Year of the Dog.
The drab days of winter will be enlivened with colorful red Chinese couplets in downtown store windows, booths featuring traditional Chinese crafts, and a Lion Dance parade down Winslow Way at noon.
Port Orchard playhouse restaging popular ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged).’
“Abandon seriousness all ye who enter here.†That’s the message Jan Ewen wants theater-goers to take to heart when they come to see the current Western Washington Center for the Arts play, “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged).â€
POULSBO — In 2004, it was a Viking ship gliding majestically through Liberty Bay. In 2005, it was a Viking promenading merrily as part of the parade. This year, Carrie Tilton’s newest design for the Viking Fest logo is a combination of both.
POULSBO — Thursday night’s municipal campus open house gave Tom Bates and the rest of his crew a better idea of what Norwegian architecture may be.
Poulsbo City Councilman Dale Rudolph asked the public for its input on that issue Wednesday night and more than 40 people flocked to the Poulsbo Fire Department to provide an answer.
BREMERTON — The Lady Vikes’ tangle in Bremerton Wednesday night promised to settle one thing — third place in the Narrows League Bridge at the halfway point in division play.
After a dominant performance by the Knights (6-7, 4-3) in a 59-49 win, North Kitsap (8-5, 3-4) can be glad there is still half a league slate left to play.
“We didn’t play our best game and we’re not where we want to be,†said Vikings’ coach Dan Weedin. “We wanted to be in Bremerton’s position right now.â€