KINGSTON — Few people are able to touch a whole town, community or area with their actions. Those who do often are invisible until they are gone because they are seen so often.
One of those people who truly was such a community activist was Robert Meredith. Residents reading the name might be thinking, “Who?â€
KINGSTON — The field of applicants for the upcoming principalship at Kingston High School has been cut to four, each of whom will be making their way to North Kitsap for interviews beginning this week.
One candidate, Christy Cole, current assistant principal of North Kitsap High School is already here.
POULSBO — Beginning next year, the North Kitsap School District’s secondary math curriculum will begin to take on a new unified approach under the College Preparatory Math curriculum.
But at the NKSD’s regular board meeting May 11, support for the curriculum was anything but united.
POULSBO — Even before runners begin checking in at Lions Park Saturday morning, the air will be filled with the tempting aromas of pancakes, sausage and eggs prepared by the Poulsbo Noon Lions Club.
As they have every year since 1972, club members will rally at the Poulsbo Armory on Jensen Way to satisfy the hunger of festival-goers preparing to enjoy a full day of all things Norwegian.
Lots of cowboys have nicknames: Buck, Tex or maybe Slim, but Zen Cowboy? In the Zen spirit, maybe it’s best to just go with the flow on that one.
That’s what the guitar pickin’ Chuck Pyle decided to do many moons ago when a reviewer stuck him with the oxymoronic moniker.
An art competition is the type of event where everyone wins. Sure, only a few lucky artists get tagged with ribbons or cash prizes for their works, but many other artists get exposure that can help their career, and the viewing public is treated to a show that encompasses a broad range of talent and media.
Such is the case with the current show at the Sidney Art Gallery in Port Orchard.
TACOMA — All good things must come to an end.
For the North Kitsap Vikings, one of the best seasons the boys soccer team has seen in two decades came to an end on the turf of the Mount Tahoma Stadium May 13 as the South Puget Sound League’s No. 4 seed, Decatur, advanced into the state tournament on the leverage of one goal and a little luck.
KINGSTON — There are few things more heroic than offering up a part of oneself so that someone else may be cured. For those with such life-saving aspirations, Kingston Junior High teacher Kyle Nielsen is spearheading a bone marrow drive May 17 that aims to add people to the National Marrow Donor Program.
POULSBO — Kathy Prasch envisions herself as a leader of leaders.
At the May 11 North Kitsap School District board meeting she was confirmed for the principal post at NKHS. The decision is a hire that will play an integral part in the direction where the district is trying to go, NKSD officials agree.
Though she will be the third principal to occupy the NK office in the last three years, Prasch could be the one to open its door to the community as a whole.
POULSBO — Grace, Danny, Brett, and Emily are no different than the other children playing in a playground on a sunny spring afternoon under the watchful eyes of their parents — or so it would seem.
They laugh, they run, they call for their parents when they stumble and fall, but that embrace provides a glimpse of the loving relationship that reaches beyond differences of skin color, ethnicity, culture and language.
POULSBO — With all seven council members present, four more votes were cast before a 5-2 majority of the council agreed to put the municipal campus project before the voters in the November election Wednesday night.
Councilmen Ed Stern, Dale Rudolph and Jim Henry along with Councilwomen Connie Lord and Kimberlee Crowder voted for it. Councilmen Jeff McGinty and Mike Regis were opposed.
I’m not sure if it’s the fact that as I write this, my better half is taking care of our son; or that, after witnessing what she went through March 23 and 24 to bring him into the world, my appreciation and love of her has grown by leaps and bounds; but I don’t think any of us really understand Mother’s Day until we’re raising kids of our own.
It’s a bold statement, I know.
POULSBO — After hearing Kitsap Transit Executive Director Dick Hayes speak about changes in the North End on April 12, city officials thought all was well.
However, along with a reduction in its transit district, Kitsap Transit is proposing to cut service to portions of the No. 41 Lincoln Drive route and the No. 43 Viking Avenue route.
Longer service hours and more frequent service are planned for the Olympic College-Poulsbo campus and Olhava shopping areas.
TACOMA — Kearney Bangs wasn’t sure how her North Kitsap doubles season would be this year after her 2005 partner Erin Gallagher graduated last year.
The duo finished fourth at the West Central District tournament last year en route to a fourth-place finish at the state tourney. But with Bangs and new doubles mate, sophomore Britt Seaberg, assured of a return district trip, Bangs thinks the new partnership is going just fine.
POULSBO — The May 11 regular meeting of the North Kitsap School Board featured flaming items that brought a near-capacity audience to the district’s board room for a marathon meeting.
One of the hottest items on the table for the board was the final say on where the 2008 seniors who live within the Kingston High School attendance boundary will go their final year of high school.
POULSBO — Miss Viking Fest 2005 Kayla McAfee encouraged Jasmine Campbell to enter the 2006 Viking Fest pageant, until Campbell finally gave in.
At the April 22 pageant, Campbell was crowned Miss Viking Fest as she, in the words of Poulsbo Mayor Kathryn Quade, “shone above the rest†at the contest.
SILVERDALE — Any doubts of North’s top dog standing within the ranks of Kitsap County track and field were erased May 5 at the Kitsap County Classic.
The Viking boys’ team was crowned champion out of the five county high schools, while the Lady Vikes’ determination earned them a second place finish.
KINGSTON — With the start of May, raspberries are beating out blueberries 2-1 and strawberries 2-0, at least as far as President of Kingston Kiwanis Dan Price and Kiwanis members Jeff Petersen and Dave Muller are concerned.
Price and Petersen both enjoy raspberries, while Muller is fond of all kinds, but prefers blueberries.
POULSBO — Even though lutefisk is among the most famous Norwegian delicacies, the Sons of Norway is leaving that to the likes of Eric Perkins and Charles Jensen during Viking Fest.
Instead, Sons members are toiling away in the lodge kitchen preparing for their annual Scandinavian luncheon, which is slated for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 20 at the lodge in the heart of Little Norway.
POULSBO — A tearful Sharon Kirkpatrick announced her resignation as North Kitsap Fishline executive director Wednesday at the food bank’s monthly board meeting.
Her resignation, which is effective Monday, comes after longtime client advocate Eunice Mann quit in March and volunteer coordinator Julie Beer left earlier in the year.
Beer has been replaced by Ben Pecora, but Fishline has yet to fill Mann’s position and no timetable has been set for finding Kirkpatrick’s replacement.
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