KINGSTON — Four-year Cavs’ baseball coach Jay DeVries is no stranger to talented teams.
The Kingston skipper enjoyed a perfect season — 10-0 — two years ago, on a team composed of players who now start for this years’ Narrows’ League Champion North Kitsap Vikings.
Ah yes, the sweet smell of success will cross paths with the stench of one of North Kitsap’s most unique competitions today in Poulsbo. Soon after members of the Little Norway Grandmother’s Club have put away the scant leftovers from their famous Strawberry Festival at Grieg Hall, the Sons of Norway will pay its annual tribute to the summer solstice.
POULSBO — As if about 100 friends, family and well-wishers dedicating a flagpole in his memory weren’t enough, John “J.C.” Smith got a very special tribute Monday.
POULSBO — Barbara Erickson knows first-hand the power that a facility like the Marine Science Center has in the lives of people.
Originally from Montana, she didn’t actually see an ocean until she was an adult — and she was instantly hooked.
The intersection of Bond Road and Stottlemeyer-Gunderson seems to bring out the very worst in North Kitsap drivers. Too often are there close calls. Too often are there ambulances screaming down the stretch to a two-car injury accident or a fatality.
POULSBO — North Kitsap High School senior Sarah Mostofi said good-bye Saturday to the school she’s attended for the past three years. But on the very same day, she was looking forward — albeit with some nerves — to the future that lies ahead.
KINGSTON — While citizens and federal agencies have been testing the hot pot of water rights issues lately, the Kitsap Public Utility District is calmer than the waters of Apple Tree Cove on a quiet morning.
SUQUAMISH — A decade has passed, but Suquamish Tribe Wellness Program Coordinator Chuck Wagner can finally offer those he helps a safe place to call home.
POULSBO — Almost like clockwork this time of year, Mary Graves goes out soliciting sponsors for the annual Third of July festivities and hears the same rumor.
“Is it true there’s no 3rd of July this year?”
The answer, Graves said, is no.
POULSBO — Poulsbo resident and marathon runner Cotah Rose has good reason to believe her birthday — May 15 — is also her lucky day.
On that particular day in 1999, she ran her first race, participating in Viking Fest’s 5-mile run. She finished at 42:24.
POULSBO — The difference between a traditional doctor’s office experience and a visit to Heritage Health Center is as simple as an anatomy coloring book.
POULSBO — Joyce Smith said her husband loved his family, enjoying life and most of all — his country.
Which is why raising the stars and stripes on a new flagpole in his honor Monday will be one of her greatest joys.
POULSBO — For nine years, Matt Tougas has called Christ the King Academy his school, spanning his academic life from grades kindergarten through nine.
“This school has been great,” Tougas said, reflecting on his final regular day — June 7 — at school. “The teachers here care and support you. I couldn’t imagine life without (Christ the King).” POULSBO — For nine years, Matt Tougas has called Christ the King Academy his school, spanning his academic life from grades kindergarten through nine.
“This school has been great,” Tougas said, reflecting on his final regular day — June 7 — at school. “The teachers here care and support you. I couldn’t imagine life without (Christ the King).” POULSBO — For nine years, Matt Tougas has called Christ the King Academy his school, spanning his academic life from grades kindergarten through nine.
“This school has been great,” Tougas said, reflecting on his final regular day — June 7 — at school. “The teachers here care and support you. I couldn’t imagine life without (Christ the King).” POULSBO — For nine years, Matt Tougas has called Christ the King Academy his school, spanning his academic life from grades kindergarten through nine.
“This school has been great,” Tougas said, reflecting on his final regular day — June 7 — at school. “The teachers here care and support you. I couldn’t imagine life without (Christ the King).”
KINGSTON — While Kitsap County recently purchased 426 acres of open space from Olympic Resource Management for a North Kitsap Heritage Park, it now wants input on facilities from future parks users and an idea of how they could help financially support the effort.
Hmm. Hmmm. Hmm. Hmm. Hmmm. Hmm. Hmmm. Hmmm. Hm. Hm. Hmmm. Hmm. Hmmm … A a melodious sound, indeed, those opening bars to “Pomp and Circumstance No. 1.” And bars that our high school graduates will forever associate with their final moments at North Kitsap High School and Spectrum Community School.
POULSBO — The day parents Jai and Annika Jeffery discovered that their son, Aidan, was autistic is one they’ll never forget.
POULSBO — The Caldart Avenue reconstruction finally has a contractor and a plan to begin work soon.
The only question now is how a $99,000 chunk of the project will be paid.
My name is Ryan Austin, I am a 1997 Graduate of North Kitsap High School, and have lived in Poulsbo all my life. I served in the U.S. Navy for four years before joining the Army National Guard. For one weekend a month and two weeks a year, I drilled before being called to active duty last November in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
POULSBO — For the Poulsbo Panthers’ baseball team, what looked to be a rebuilding year turned out to be a season in which the squad quickly transformed raw talent into success on the diamond.
POULSBO — A new read in town will now allow locals to learn about North Kitsap’s past.
While helping preserve it in the future.
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