KINGSTON — There was a collective gasp from a half-dozen North Kitsap Fire & Rescue staff members and commissioners in their conference room around 8:15 p.m. May 17.
The Kitsap County Auditor’s office had just posted the first unofficial results of the agency’s proposed tax levy increase ballot measure and they were positive — 56.65 percent voted “Yes” and 43.35 percent voted “No.”
POULSBO — Organizing 135 teams, 2,000 young soccer players and making happy the approximately 2,500 parents who will watch the youngsters in next weekend’s annual Viking Cup is quite the challenge for this year’s director, Cam Corey.
POULSBO — Budget cuts and a tweaking of “educational alignment” is the motivation behind a districtwide reassigning of several administrators, North Kitsap School District Supt. Gene Medina said Thursday.
POULSBO — The sun might not shine on this afternoon’s 37th annual Viking Fest parade. But come rain, sleet or hail, the festival will go on.
Forecasters had been predicting partly cloudy skies today and sunshine tomorrow, but apparently Mother Nature has other ideas. Showers are back in the picture this weekend, while clouds are expected to remain through at least Tuesday.
KINGSTON — As North Kitsap School driver Barb Fulton steered her No. 25 route bus down meandering Gunderson Hill toward the Miller Bay Road intersection, she gently squeezed the brake pedal, preparing to ease it to a halt.
Only the pedal didn’t push back, caving into the floor.
POULSBO — Inside Poulsbo Junior High School teacher Gayl TenEyck’s abundantly decorated room hangs a large banner, proclaiming in bold letters: “We’re glad you’re here.”
KINGSTON — Scott Carlson believes the key to making sure a car runs properly for a long time is preventative maintenance — heading off problems before drivers find themselves burning a hole in their pockets with repair costs.
SUQUAMISH — To the Suquamish Tribe, being specific helps. Especially when it comes being able to request money that will help improve the jobs of local law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel.
It would seem that the North Kitsap School District Board of Directors would prefer the old adage “Children should be seen and not heard” hold true as far as the new colors and mascot at the coming high school in Kingston are concerned.
POULSBO — Just the mention of the word lutefisk can make stomachs churn, faces turn green and send an otherwise healthy person looking for the nearest medical facility.
But Seattle radio personality Randy Scott from 94.1 KMPS’ Waking Crew eagerly awaits his date with the lye-soaked Norwegian delicacy.
POULSBO — The mere mention of backhoes, compactors and piles of dirt in American Legion Park a week before the start of Viking Fest is enough to raise eyebrows in Little Norway. But it will be OK by Friday when festival-goers begin filling the park.
“The work should be done before Viking Fest starts, but if it is not, the site will be cleaned up for the public,” said Poulsbo Senior Engineering Technician Anya Funk.
POULSBO — The North Kitsap Viking boys’ golf team collectively closed out the season last week at an impressive 5-2 in league, losing only to Gig Harbor and South Kitsap while taking a strong third place in the Narrows Bridge.
Team play, however, is over. And they’re all on their own the rest of the way.
SILVERDALE — The field? Their opponents? The game time?
For whatever reason, the North Kitsap soccer team just couldn’t get its collective motor running in time for its first round playoff against Olympia Saturday, succumbing to the Bears by a 2-0 score.
POULSBO — With less than 72 hours before the 37th annual Viking Fest kicks off, festival organizers remain as cool and confident as Jack Bauer from Fox’s hit show “24,” as all indicators are that this year’s festival could be the biggest yet.
POULSBO — The North Kitsap School Board faced a situation Monday that it’s not quite accustomed to: having extra money to spend.
The board, which had been seeking a tighter financial belt in all of the school district’s programs, received two offers from contractors to build the new high school in Kingston that came in far lower than anyone had anticipated.
POULSBO — The old days of the Olympic League could soon be back again.
After only seven years in its affiliation with the Narrows League for high school athletics, the North Kitsap School District, joining the ranks of others in the area, is showing support for reforming the classic league, one formerly utilized for decades.
KINGSTON — There is but one constant in Barb Fulton’s life as a North Kitsap school bus driver: her bright yellow Blue Bird.
The seasons change, the kids grow up — even the kids of the kids grow up — and the town in which she was raised gets bigger.
POULSBO — A year ago, what was left of the Poulsbo Fire Department’s 1924 novelty fire truck was nothing but parts in a box, stored in a dark corner at the district’s Surfrest station on Falkner Road.
Now, in place of the box is a newly restored Model T chassis, which will make its debut in the Viking Fest Parade this Saturday.
KINGSTON — The man recently scrutinized by police for his adult Web site business activities may have given the final green light to the North Kitsap School District to build a new high school in Kingston.
VINLAND – Children and adults alike pulled on their sneakers last Saturday, stepping out at the Great Strides Walkathon at Vinland Elementary to raise money toward finding a cure for Cystic Fibrosis.
More than 30,000 Americans suffer from Cystic Fibrosis (CF), a life-threatening disease which mainly affects the respiratory and digestive systems.