Guard — Derrick Webb, South Kitsap — The 6-foot-2-inch senior has slid into the senior leadership role with ease and leads Wolves in scoring 15 points a game while hitting 60 percent from the field and averaging six boards a contest.
TACOMA — The white board in North Kitsap’s Mount Tahoma High School locker room Wednesday spelled out succinctly the fate of the boys’ basketball team.
“Win, we move on,” it said. “Lose, season’s over.”
Thankfully for the Viking faithful, North (17-8) chose the former, taking home a 64-56 win versus Bellarmine Prep to keep its post-season alive and can seal a state appearance — the first for NK since 1988 — with a win in its next two games.
PORT GAMBLE — There will not be any construction taking place in the old mill site for the Hood Canal Bridge anytime soon.
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced Wednesday it has identified three potential sites for construction of the new pontoons for the east-half of the bridge — none of which are Port Gamble.
It’s a hot day. You’re in your car heading from Suquamish to a Little League game at Snider Park and the kids are all chanting (between rounds of “are we there yet?”), “I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream.” After five of the longest minutes of your life, you concede. Thankfully, there’s a Dairy Queen on the way and conveniently located on State Route 305 to boot.
POULSBO — In her mind’s eye, Barb Mitchusson can still see Ed Shields’ fleet of fishing boats steaming out of Poulsbo port.
And it’s memories like that she wants to see passed on to the next generation of Little Norway.
POULSBO — A series of easels set up in the fire station community room Tuesday night told the story of the State Route 305 upgrade plans.
And while the drawings were a boon to some, others had questions about dramatic changes they will bring for Poulsbo’s highway.
GAMBLEWOOD — While Gamblewood residents are concerned about a 30,000-gallon propane tank being installed at the nearby Kingston Lumber Industrial Park, propane industry employees and fire district officials say there are many precautions taken to ensure that such a storage facility would be safe for the area.
KINGSTON — Simply Healthy owner Jeff Utnage is trying to promote a nutritionally healthier way of life in Kitsap County.
While this is often easier said than done, Utnage is practicing what he preaches by making healthy meals for busy people.
LITTLE BOSTON — Did you know that the dogfish salmon got its hooked snout after one hung on a low lying branch by its mouth so it wouldn’t get swept away in a river?
Or that the Native American way of saying “thank you” (shaking both hands in the air) came from a crab that waved his little pinchers in the air to express gratitude to a fisherman for letting him go?
POULSBO — Jim Stark’s T-shirt said it all — “Poulsbo Lions Boardwalk Crew: We’re going to finish it this Saturday!”
But rather than being a brand new shirt, the testament was something Stark had worn each week since May 2004. He chuckled explaining that each week, he stood up at the Thursday club meeting and told members the project rebuilding the waterfront causeway would be concluding that weekend.
TACOMA — When Kentwood Conquers’ guard Blake Solomon got the ball at mid-court with only four seconds to go versus North Kitsap, everyone in the packed Foss gymnasium knew he had the hot hand.
But no one knew he could have been that hot
KINGSTON — In the current educational era of using high stakes testing in schools, an emphasis on the core areas of learning — reading, writing math and science — has been created to help prepare students for an exam that each of them will soon be required to pass.
POULSBO — From the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, the North Kitsap Lady Vikings basketball team experienced just about everything this season on the hardwood.
Those highs and lows were best demonstrated versus a common opponent — their Central Kitsap rivals, the Cougars. North’s low point of the season came versus CK with a 63-20 loss Jan. 14. But while most teams would have trouble recovering from such a loss, the Vikings stormed back.
KEYPORT — Five years ago, a partnership was forged that married public and private industry in Torpedo Town U.S.A.
And national security, the U.S. Navy and Kitsap County’s economy are each the better for it, Congressman Norm Dicks commented last week.
If there’s a group that really knows how to walk on the wild side, it’s gotta be those feisty Poulsbo Noon Lions. It’s not the largest civic organization in North Kitsap by any means but members don’t ever seem to let that fact get in the way when it comes to digging deep to improve the community.
POULSBO — In the 1969 cinematic version of “Hello, Dolly!” lead actress Barbara Streisand’s gown in the famous Harmonia Gardens scene allegedly cost $8,000 and weighed a whopping 40 pounds.
And when the North Kitsap High School drama club opens that same production this weekend, chances are the attire worn by every one of the young thespians in the play won’t approach the price tag of Streisand’s.
BREMERTON — As co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates Sr. has overseen nearly $7.5 billion in charitable grants since 2000.
But the work of Rotarians around the world, he commented Wednesday night, really inspires him.
POULSBO — Last year, the Greater Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 50th anniversary with poodle skirts, pompadours and a sock hop.
This year, peg legs, eye patches and phrases like “shiver me timbers” will be all the rage.
The chamber’s annual awards banquet will begin at 5:30 p.m. March 4 at the Kiana Lodge in Suquamish.
So, the North Kitsap High School Instructional Schedule Task Force didn’t meet in a timely manner, putting off the North Kitsap School Board’s decision on classtime until March 10. Hopefully, the delays will end there.
POULSBO — The thought of becoming North Kitsap High School’s head football coach came to Steve Frease while on a church retreat back in September.
More specifically, it was the Cross Sound Church’s theme for the session which hit home for the 22-year North Kitsap School District veteran PE teacher and coach: “Taking life to the next level.”
