KINGSTON — With some of the biggest changes on the horizon for one of the North End’s busiest communities, it shouldn’t be surprising that the Kingston Town Meeting had a packed house early on Thursday night.
“There was already 250 people at 7:15 p.m.,” said event co-organizer Steve Heacock. “That’s impressive.”
POULSBO — After Kingston’s 54-37 win over its rivals the Poulsbo Panthers Wednesday, the Cavaliers adopted a new rallying cry.
“3-0 and nine to go,” chanted the Cavs.
KINGSTON — As the weather warms and residents are heading into the sun, a Stillwaters Environmental Education Center project that was shelved for the winter is expected to shine again this year.
POULSBO — The mood in North Kitsap High School teacher Chris Franklin’s second period athletic medicine class was quiet and somber Wednesday, each student focusing on individual work.
LITTLE BOSTON — More than 500 people, representing as many as 25 different tribes, showed up last year to the Stan Purser Memorial Pow Wow on the Port Gamble Indian Reservation.
While it was a record turnout, organizer and Stan Purser’s granddaughter Dawn Purser hopes that number increases next weekend, especially since it will be the 20th anniversary of the event. The festival will start at 4 p.m. Feb. 25 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 26.
What goes around truly comes around might have to become the new mantra for the Rotary club. Members of the club both local and abroad might not agree but we’d like them to consider it. It’s been 100 years since the organization got its gears spinning, and since then, its good works have come full circle time and time again.
POULSBO — Kahn Dang’s road to opening Apollo Nails & Spa has been marked with a number of big life decisions.
She quit nursing to become a beautician.
KINGSTON — Chances are that if you give the ninth grade Options students a type of fund-raiser, they’ll tell you when and where they did it.
Whether it’s a car wash, rummage sale or baby-sitting service, the Junior High Options Program’s (JHOP) most senior class is doing anything and everything to earn money to take a trip to the East Coast cities of New York and Boston. For many of the students, it will be their first time making the cross-country trek.
POULSBO — Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
KINGSTON — It’s been a busy 13 years for North Kitsap Fire & Rescue commissioner L.V. “Red” Denson.
He helped finance, design and construct the new Hansville fire station in 2001 and at the same time, helped the then-Kitsap County Fire District No. 14 (Hansville/Elgon) merge into NKF&R.
BREMERTON — Toward the end of each practice, North Kitsap Vikings boys’ basketball coach Aaron Nations lines his team up for a drill he calls “pressure free throws.”
The second-year coach has each varsity player shoot a pair of foul shots. If they’re going in, running sprints is minimized.
POULSBO — Jerry, Dan, Dick, Willard, Vern, Dennis, Bob, Allan, Paul, Doug …
Though it may not be immediately obvious, there is something missing from the names of the founding members of the Poulsbo Rotary Club — women.
KINGSTON — While Rotary International is celebrating its 100th birthday today, one of the organization’s youngest clubs has been working like it’s been around for just as long.
But it’s been less than 18 months since the founding members of the Kingston/North Kitsap Rotary club started meeting, raised about $12,000 and made their mark on the map of community service.
POULSBO — Grassroots efforts really do pay off. Just ask Jim Turner.
Since the Suquamish resident and his family have been advocating for a traffic light at the Bond Road and Gunderson Road intersection after his wife was killed there in December 2004, the community has rallied behind them.
KINGSTON — Coming off its first-ever perfect season, the Kingston Junior high School girls’ basketball team is undoubtedly feeling the pressure that comes with knowing every team in the league is looking to knock them off their unbeaten pedestal.
But rather then dwell on the possibility of losing, the Cavs are taking a different route: they want to repeat the feat.
POULSBO — When asked what they’ll remember most about playing basketball for North Kitsap High School, the team’s six seniors give very different answers.
Ryan Young looks back on the Juneau-Douglas tournament, which North swept for the first time. Dan Yee said he’ll remember putting up 93 points on Port Angeles. Jared Prince said he’ll never forget how his friends came to each other’s aid when Bremerton and NK nearly came to blows earlier this year.
KINGSTON — If you have a spare key lying around the house and are a frequent user of the Kingston Community Center, chances are it could be one of the many that unlocks the facility’s exterior doors.
But after this month, it will no longer be needed as the Kitsap County Facilities, Parks and Recreation department installed keyless locks last week on the center’s west-facing and south-facing doors.
POULSBO — “Everyone always asks, ‘How in the world did you get here?’” laughed Brad Cramer, the new Youth Pastor at the Poulsbo Church of the Nazarene.
Cramer’s answer: It was a God thing.
With less than six months on the job under his belt, Cramer still chuckles thinking about the road that led him from Kansas to Poulsbo. But, he says, somehow, he knew he was called to be a part of Little Norway.
POULSBO — The controversy surrounding the decision of who will replace retiring North Kitsap High School football coach Jerry Parrish appears to be nearing resolution.
A grievance that alleged “contractual gaps in the hiring process” for the coaching position has been verbally settled between the school district and the North Kitsap Athletics and Activities Alliance (NK AAA)
Is making sure the North Kitsap High School football program has a smooth transition more important that setting a good example? Apparently so.
Truth be told, we pretty much figured that Jake Haley’s being named as coach Jerry Parrish’s successor at the helm of the North Kitsap High School football program wouldn’t set well with some. We were surprised, however, at the icy “welcome” — and we use the term loosely — Haley received by segments of the community.
