POULSBO — Before the city council approved the contract with BLRB Architects of Tacoma to design the new municipal campus Nov. 16, local architects asked why they weren’t considered.
An examination of the city’s consultant roster for architectural design and engineering services obtained through a public records request by the North Kitsap Herald revealed a possible answer.
OK. So it’s not PC at all. It should be weatherperson, but seeing that these folks are wrong 90 percent of the time, I doubt our women readers will take much offense to this slip in etiquette. …
POULSBO — As enrollment continues to rise at the Olympic College Poulsbo campus, the school is harnessing the increasing power of technology to ensure engaging and effective instruction for a new era of students.
The school’s student base has grown exponentially since it opened with only a few hundred two years ago.
POULSBO — If your Shih Tzu’s tutu is a little too loose or you’re looking for a tux for your toy poodle, then Christine Wilcher has just the right fit.
Wilcher, who owns and operates the Puppy Love Boutique in downtown Poulsbo, carries a wide range of dog toys, clothes and accessories, but has found a unique niche in a smaller arena of sorts.
POULSBO — Mayor Donna Jean Bruce had one last item of business to complete before she left for the Thanksgiving holiday: signing the purchase agreement for the municipal campus property.
“We finally did it and we can be proud of it,” Bruce said after an impromptu ceremony at the Olympic Property Group headquarters Nov. 23.
KINGSTON — As if all the parties involved in the county’s sub-area plan process weren’t surprised enough by the heat generated by recent events, the Kingston Chamber of Commerce stakeholders group threw another log on the fire Nov. 22.
POULSBO — After last season’s devastating loss at the hands of CK, the North Kitsap Lady Vikings have their sights set on avenging with a ride to the playoffs this year. With seven returning varsity players, coach Dan Weedin expects it can be done.
Campaign is still
more than $28,000
shy of its 2005 goal.
Eight choices this weekend at Kitsap theaters, two more on the way.
Already feeling overwhelmed by the holiday spirit, and not in a good way? If you want to escape for a few hours, recharge your shopping batteries or just have a good belly laugh, consider heading to a local community theater.
Flying fairies and dancing tin soldiers are coming to Bainbridge Island in the next few weeks, as the Theatre School presents two children’s classics, “Peter Pan” and “Babes in Toyland.”
“Babes in Toyland” will be presented Nov. 30 by the grade 1-4 students, while “Peter Pan” will be staged Dec. 1-3 by the grade 5-8 students. Both shows will be at The Playhouse on Bainbridge Island, directed by Karen Harp-Reed, BPA education director.
At a time when families are spread far and wide, connected only by phone lines and e-mail, the Roving Players endeavors to take you back to a simpler time, when families gathered around the radio and actually talked face to face; when there was no separation between quality and quantity of time.
If the headline is news to you, you haven’t been following the course that the City of Poulsbo charted several months ago. And, if all goes as planned, it will hold true.
Last Wednesday was a big one for Poulsbo city officials and while it was a day that no doubt saw them giving thanks a day early — in many residents’ minds, it was several years too late.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint. Rated PG-13
You gotta see this if: You know the difference between a Swedish Short-snout and a Hungarian Horntail….
POULSBO — With the latest holiday addition to downtown, the only thing missing is a few inches of fresh snow as candlaria now fill many shop windows.
The red, inverted “V” shaped fixtures add to the city’s historic Norwegian feel as merchants prepare for the throes of the holiday season, said Sons of Norway administrator Mariann Samuelsen.
SILVERDALE — Experience is one of the most valuable intangibles on the hardwood, and in their first game of the year, the Poulsbo Junior High Panthers found that inexperience can equal ineffectiveness.
In the opening game of the junior high season, turnovers and CK’s Brandon Durham dominated the court at the Central Kitsap Junior High gym, as the Cubs hosted the Panthers Nov. 22.
POULSBO — The number of total planning permits issued by the city continues to rise even as winter rains have slowed actual construction.
The October planning department monthly report showed that 154 permits had been used this year compared to 136 at the same time in 2004. Pre-applications dropped from 58 in 2004 to 39 this year, but that was offset by an increase in the number of short plat applications which leaped from two in 2004 to 23 at the end of October 2005.
While the sun is coming up later these days and nights getting darker sooner, it isn’t stopping some people from getting in their regular walks or runs to get them started on the day or to help come down from a long day at work.
But, just like deer, people walking along the side of the road still take drivers by surprise, especially in a rural area such as North Kitsap.
Back in the day when “gay” just meant happy, the music reflected those blissful years before WWI changed everything.
We’re talking of course about the 1890s, which will be featured in the opening concert of the Bainbridge Performing Arts Mostly Music series, “Vienna, Prague, Paris: Music of the 1890s,” Sunday afternoon at The Playhouse on Bainbridge Island.
HANSVILLE — It was a mild winter last year, but will it be the same forecast or worse for this year?
Will temperatures reach record lows, requiring the infamous Hansville generator to be turned on as needed at its site off Little Boston Road?
POULSBO — Robert Strand’s picture appeared on the front page of the Dec. 18, 1952 issue of the Kitsap County Herald as he, Roger Serwold and David Anderson were awarded their Eagle Scout badges.
Saturday, Brandon Johnson made his ascent to the Eagles as Strand pinned his 1952 Eagle Scout rank onto his grandson’s left breast pocket.