Poulsbo’s biggest celebration of the year will be getting a new leader tonight as Christ Memorial Church sets the stage for eight local ladies looking to do their hometown proud. That last word is what it’s all about, really.
Pride.
POULSBO — Wanted: Mechanic with knowledge of Hall-Scott engines and willingness to contribute to local community. Owner’s manual available for use and inspection.
That’s the type of ad Poulsbo Fire Chief Jim Shields could run as he and other community leaders continue their efforts to restore a 1918 LaFrance fire engine that recently arrived in Little Norway.
POULSBO — The opportunity to meet, greet and grill the four finalists who have been selected by the North Kitsap School District search committee to fill two of its three vacant secondary principal posts will be offered next week.
A near three-month long flurry of meetings, interviews, discussions, coordination and the NKSD search committee’s choices from the selection process has netted two finalists for each principalship at North Kitsap High School and Poulsbo Junior High. (Interviews for Kingston High School’s position begin April 28 — that process is being led by NKSD Supt. Gene Medina).
Four community meetings during the next eight days will allow the public to get to know each school’s search committee-chosen finalists during four, two-hour long public forums.
POULSBO — On a night that many community members eagerly awaited, more than 200 people gathered at First Lutheran Church and one message rang clear: the majority of those in attendance were opposed to the current municipal campus location.
In the two weeks since Mayor Kathryn Quade announced a town hall meeting to discuss the $16.8 million municipal campus project, supporters and critics of the proposal rallied around the opportunity to be heard.
LITTLE BOSTON — After more than five years, Laurie Mattson can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
The journey Mattson and the House of Knowledge staff have been on since 2002 has been a long one and they hope their April 29 fund-raising event will help the project chug to its final destination.
SUQUAMISH — At a time when environmental concern is at an all-time high, Suquamish Elementary’s Pond Kids are learning land values and how to coexist with the planet on which they live.
At the beginning of April, the group went on its annual adventure to IslandWood on Bainbridge Island and came away with the idea of enhancing its school’s pond and marsh called gelk’ali — which in Suquamish Lushootseed means “the place of weaving.â€
KINGSTON — Washington State Ferries hopes the comments it receives next week from North End users of the Kingston and Bainbridge Island ferry terminals will help the agency prepare for a projected 70 percent increase in ferry ridership by the year 2030.
As part of its effort to get input on its long-range plan for such changes, WSF will be hosting a public meeting at 6 p.m. April 26 at the Kingston Cove Yacht Club.
SILVERDALE — A lapse of focus burned North Kitsap (6-4, 8-5-1) when it dropped the second half of a series with Port Angeles, keeping the Vikings from rising above fourth place in the Narrows League. But a sweep over Olympic April 18 and 19 hiked the purple confidence with two games remaining in Narrows play.
POULSBO — Saturday evening will mark the end of one young lady’s journey and the beginning of another’s as a new Miss Viking Fest is chosen.
Miss Viking Fest 2005 Kayla McAfee will pass her bunad to one of eight contestants vying for this year’s crown as the pageant will honor families that are or have been affected by cancer.
Below is the complete compilation of all of the comments made about the municipal campus by both mayors, city council members and city staff. The information was taken from the city’s website: www.cityofpoulsbo.com, the Herald’s website and its archives. The information listed spans from September 2004 to the present.
They met on a California beach when they were young. She played guitar, he played mandolin, they harmonized on Leonard Cohen’s enigmatic “Suzanne.†How could they not fall in love, with each other and their music?
It’s been nearly 30 years since that fateful day on the beach, and Curtis Teague and Loretta Simonet have been making music together ever since.
POULSBO — The undefeated Bainbridge Lady Spartan lacrosse squad wheeled across the Agate Pass Bridge April 14 to renew the spring season rivalry with North Kitsap. The game began competitively back-and-forth, but once the Spartans spread their wings, they took off.
Bainbridge flew to a lopsided 21-8 win, while NK is still keeping its collective feet on the ground.
POULSBO — I didn’t say that about the project, did I? Someone else said that, but I didn’t. Check the tape.
Much has been said about the proposed municipal campus project since it was announced July 27, 2005. But sifting through the quotes wasn’t tasked until eight months later when Poulsbo City Councilman Mike Regis asked the city clerk’s department to review the city council meeting minutes and refresh council members on what they said about the project.
Below is the complete compilation of all of the comments made about the municipal campus by both mayors, city council members and city staff. The information was taken from the city’s website: www.cityofpoulsbo.com, the Herald’s website and its archives. The information listed spans from September 2004 to the present.
As far as North Kitsap’s celebration of Earth Day goes this weekend, Kingston seems to be the center of the universe. The waterside community never ceases to amaze when organizing a first-rate party is in order.
Residents there seem to live for them.
HANSVILLE — The government is not a crutch that its citizenry should constantly lean on. Rather, its people are the braces that should support it.
Or as President John F. Kennedy said in his 1961 inaugural address, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.â€
Writer and conservationist bringing newest book to Eagle Harbor April 25.
“We can do no great things, only small things, with great love.â€
– Mother Theresa
Actors, authors or musicians can toil away at their crafts for years, but all it takes is one appearance on Oprah to become an overnight success.
Such was the case for trumpet player Chris Botti, who appeared on Oprah in November 2004 to play a selection from his album, “When I Fall in Love.â€
Oprah gushed and people rushed to buy the album — just in time for Christmas.
POULSBO — Shortly after umpires called off the North Kitsap Lady Viking and Shelton Highclimber contest, the NK diamond started to look more like a swimming pool than a fastpitch field.
The call came in the top of the sixth inning where NK held a 5-1 lead after rallying in the bottom of the fourth to overcome a potentially dangerous predicament.
The musical opening April 21 at Central Stage Theatre of County Kitsap is not done very often, and director Andrea Gonzales said that was very freeing.
“I was able to let the actors form their own characters,†Gonzales said. “There aren’t a lot of preconceived notions — we’re in a whole ‘nother world with this one.â€
That world is the story of Don Quixote, “Man of La Mancha.â€
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