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€
POULSBO — After weighing the potential costs of additional delays to the Bond Road Pump Station, the city council unanimously approved an agreement Wednesday night to help First Western/Olhava Associates push the project forward.
Under the indemnification agreement, the city will reimburse the developer for the cost of the pumps or cost to modify them to make them usable, which could be as little as $25,000 or as much as $250,000, Public Works Director Jeff Lincoln told the council before the vote.
INDIANOLA — There’s been some progress on making sure the conditions imposed on the White Horse development are being followed, but not much.
The Kitsap County Department of Community Development staff hasn’t heard much from property owner Bob Screen about the project since September, which has White Horse neighbors concerned.
POULSBO — The North Kitsap Viking LEO club has put its youthful vibrance to good use, proving through numerous community service and fund-raising projects that kids can make a difference.
The Leadership, Excellence and Opportunity club was honored with a prestigious patch to place on its club banner along with recognition from Lions’ Club dignitaries, including the Lions District Governor Ida Malone Thursday afternoon in a special award ceremony at the high school.
POULSBO — North Kitsap schools are depending on the community for its support of students’ educational, extra-curricular, technological and maintenance needs with a renewal school support levy up for election. And voters won’t even be asked to go to the polls.
They will, however, be asked to return their vote-by-mail ballots by Feb. 7.
The Washington State Patrol reported this week that its troopers investigated 54 collisions along the five-mile stretch of Bond Road last year and of those incidents, five people were killed.
Intoxicated drivers were the cause for three of the five fatal collisions, the report stated. Of these, two were the drivers at the time of the collisions and were found to be impaired by alcohol. The third was killed by a drunk driver.
KINGSTON — When expanding a church, typically it’s to allow more room for the congregation in the sanctuary.
But with Bayside Community Church, that’s not the case.
“I think our building program is a little bit unique,†said Lead Pastor Scott Montagne. “The sanctuary (usually) gets the lion’s share.â€
Indianola’s meetings on the White Horse development and its anticipated impact on the tiny community have been taking on the feel of a Martin Handford book.
However, unlike the popular “Where’s Waldo?†series, it’s more like “Where’s Bob Screen?†He’s not hiding behind a palm tree somewhere in the South Pacific, riding a merry-go-round seahorse at the carnival, or even underneath a table at the Indianola Clubhouse.
In fact, he’s nowhere to be seen.
POULSBO — As Little Norway and its surrounding communities quickly grow in population and new residential and commercial developments show up along State Route 305 and Highway 3, public agencies are making sure they have enough staff and resources necessary to accommodate this growth.
Civil liberties at risk, labor unions under fire from big business, the teaching of evolution versus creationism hotly contested in courts and communities. Some things never change, and America’s “most famous defense lawyer,†Clarence Darrow, would have just as much work today as he did in the early part of the 20th century.
HANSVILLE — The Point No Point Boat Launch and Resort, the Point No Point Lighthouse and Park and Forbes Landing are all located within about a mile of each other and share a feature that is difficult to find along the shores of Kitsap — public access to the water.
But now that these locations are secured under the jurisdictions of state and county government agencies, the question is how to develop them as a whole unit, rather than as three separate parcels serving the same purpose.
Gone are the days when young bluegrass musician Korby Lenker played small venues like Seabold Hall. These days, you usually have to pay good money to catch his act.
He will make an appearance on Bainbridge Island Jan. 21, headlining a benefit concert at Grace Episcopal Church to fund the purchase of instruments for St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Long Beach, Mississippi. The church was entirely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
KINGSTON — Quilter Andrea Rudman said it’s a feeling that most quilters can identify with — when making a quilt, sometimes, they just know they won’t be keeping it after it’s completed.
That feeling came to Rudman at the end of the summer last year while in Virginia helping her mother through a tough time. She was working on a large piece for her guest room but realized the quilt wasn’t going to make it there after her husband called her the night of Sept. 21.
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