Kitsap County voters soundly defeated a .15 percent sales tax earmarked to provide funds to support crimefighting efforts, and Superior Court Judge Sally Olsen was elected to a full term, besting Port Orchard attorney Jonathan Morrison in the only other countywide race.
Of the voters who cast ballots, a notable 65.7 percent opposed the tax proposal and 34.3 were in favor of the measure.
When North Kitsap voters mark their ballots in the general election this November, it won’t be the last time they’ll be asked to weigh in on an issue before the next one in November 2006 rolls around.
The North Kitsap School District’s maintenance and operations levy, passed by area voters in 2002, is nearing the end of its four-year life span, and the district is anticipating maintaining the same levy levels for the next four.
Gas prices are pushing $3 a gallon. If you’re lucky, you can find unleaded for the low, low price of $2.78. (We rounded up the Americanized 9/10 of a cent that corporations use on everything from pairs of socks to cars. Sure, a car that costs $19,999 is less than one that costs $20,000 but not by much.) But we digress.
INDIANOLA — The work taking place on the White Horse golf course and housing project is only the first phase of the 450-acre development, which, overall, has been in the works for more than a decade.
But in order to make it to the second phase, the developer has a few more key hurdles to jump.
POULSBO — As the start of the State Route 305 widening project nears, proposed access changes have received initial approval from city officials.
The most noticeable changes will occur at the south end of the project centered around the intersection of Hostmark Street and the state highway.
POULSBO — In its sixth match of the season, the North Kitsap boys tennis team crushed Mount Tahoma in one smooth sweep last Friday, bringing its season record to 5-1.
Coach Jay DeVries showed little anxiety as he watched his team, voicing his confidence at match end.
POULSBO — Curator Erica Varga can’t help but feel that she knows former Little Norway Mayor Selmer Myreboe even though he served the city in the 1930s.
“We’ve got scrapbooks from his family and things from when he served in World War I,” explained Varga, who is the former director of the Bainbridge Island Historical Society and Museum. “We’ve also got sound bites of him as well.”
With the unofficial results in, Kitsap County’s Law & Justice Tax was downed by voters by a 66.05 to 33.95…
KINGSTON — His business card may describe his services as “individual and couples counseling” and “adult development and actualization,” but Chad Hattrup believes his practice as a psychotherapist goes much deeper than just talking about problems.
“Helping someone learn more about themselves,” he described his practice. “To know thyself.”
KINGSTON — Within Kingston Farmers Market’s usual weekly array of tents showcasing bead necklaces, greeting cards and bluegrass music, the annual berry pie contest sent new smells of baked homemade goodness wafting through the crowds Saturday.
There, a table of five judges sat next to the small pie booth, taste-testing one berry-laden pie at a time, with occasional exclamations ranging from, “That is one full pie!” and “Nice flaky crust” to “Too much flour.”
POULSBO — The doors to the marine science center could swing open again as efforts to bring it back to life continue to gain momentum. However, that day will have to wait until all groups tied to the center get together and discuss its future.
Bight of Poulsbo Founder Bill Austin told the city council’s community services committee Sept. 14 that efforts to open a new center are moving ahead.
POULSBO — Tides by name — and Tides by reputation.
Gig Harbor showed no mercy in a 42-6 shellacking of North Kitsap Friday night, utilizing a multifaceted backfield of speed and power that washed over NK for 333 rushing yards and provided further evidence that the Tides are the team to beat in the Narrows Bridge.
POULSBO — For years, North Kitsap Fishline has helped stock community pantries, but now it’s moved into the kitchen with a cookbook of its own.
“Cook food to buy food,” commented Fishline Executive Director Sharon Kirkpatrick as she joined Miss Kingston Andrea Strunk at Key Bank’s 10th Avenue branch Monday morning to sell a portion of the 1,000 first-run of the 150-page books.
KINGSTON — Fried ginger and blueberry pie with lemon cream.
Cranberry and poppy seed pie.
Banana cream, cranberry and strawberry pie.
Yes, any of these gastronomically-interesting desserts could be an entry in the mixed berry category for this year’s Kingston Farmers Market Annual Berry Pie Contest, which takes place this Saturday.
POULSBO — As city officials continue moving ahead with the study of the proposed 10th Avenue location, the former EDS site in Poulsbo Village remains a popular topic of conversation.
Mayor Donna Jean Bruce told members of the Herald’s editorial advisory board Sept. 1 that the EDS building was not for sale, so it was not an option.
KINGSTON — The installation of a traffic signal at the Bond/Gunderson/Stottlemyer Road intersection could begin as early as this week, said the project’s primary proponent State House Rep. Beverly Woods (R-Kingston).
POULSBO — The combination of more classes and more students at school with less passing time and less parking has NKHS senior Kellie Loyd stressed out to start the school year.
“There’s so many more people,” Loyd said. “A lot of people haven’t even been able to get lunches. And you can’t get to your classes on five minutes (passing time).”
POULSBO — Former Poulsbo Elementary School co-principal Jerry Willson used to joke that he and Jeanette Wolfe, the other half of the administrative team, made up “50 cents” each of the position.
But Willson’s departure from the North Kitsap School District at the end of last year left Wolfe the lone head of school.
Trying to find a way contribute to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina? Several businesses and organizations are taking donations to send to Louisiana to help with the disaster that remains from the wrath of Hurricane Katrina.
KEYPORT — If good things come to those who wait, then it should be just a matter of time before the Silver Bell Grill lives up to its owners’ expectations.
Currently, the diner, located just a stone’s throw from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, primarily serves a lunch menu replete with sandwiches, hamburgers and salads, but John and Karen Bell have bigger dreams.
