POULSBO — “Wow,” was about all Marine Science Center executive director Michelle Benedict could initially muster last Thursday when she first laid her eyes on a generous donation forwarded by the Kitsap Community Foundation.
The $20,000 check was presented by Poulsbo attorney and KCF board member Richard Tizzano but its origins are being kept anonymous. The mystery will continue in the coming months, according to Tizzano who said that the donor will provide similar donations in late-2002 and late-2003.

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POULSBO — The third quarter has been the Achilles’ heel for the North Kitsap Lady Vikings this season.
But Saturday night, it was the fourth that did them in.

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POULSBO — Even city councilman Ed Stern thought it was a good idea.
And, after casting a minority vote with councilman Jim Henry to name the city’s newest recreational amenity “Oyster Plant Rotary Park,” the Poulsbo-North Kitsap Rotarian joined the rest of council to afix the name “Oyster Plant Park” on the .22-acre site for good.

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KINGSTON —The Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs is eager to serve the men and women who have served their country.
The VA Department is hosting a veterans’ information and assistance fair from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 11 at the VFW Post No. 7329, 26096 West First St. in Kingston.

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POULSBO — The pen is mightier than the words.
Years of talk, deliberation and outright frustrated arguments came to an end Wednesday night as the Poulsbo City Council, Olympic College and officials from Olhava Associates Wednesday night found an elusive patch of common ground and reached a long-awaited agreement on the local branch campus.

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POULSBO — With renovation on the community pool fast approaching, the North Kitsap School District has scheduled a meeting to address the concerns of Poulsbo Junior High parents.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Jan. 7 in music room two.

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KINGSTON — The KIngston Citizens Advisory Committee started 2002 the same way they ended 2001 — quietly.
Although no official action was taken, discussions about the community center took a different turn Wednesday as members voiced concerns about too much of a good thing.

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POULSBO — The North Kitsap School District has received a $200,000 Even Start grant that administrators think will be a boon for 30 local families.
The money, which is composed of federal funds, will be partially matched by the district, raising the total value of the grant to $325,000.

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Poulsbo’s year in review.

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A look back at 2001.

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A look back at the events of 2001 in the North End.

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Little Norway takes big steps forward as it strides to 2003.

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SUQUAMISH — DuWayne Bender submitted a plea of guilty to the aggravated first degree murder charge Dec. 21. He will spend the rest of his life in jail with no opportunity for parole for slaying Barbara Sneed of Suquamish in late-July.
Kitsap County Prosecutor Russ Hauge said he would not seek the death penalty in this case.

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SUQUAMISH — For the past three months, youth from the Suquamish Tribe have journeyed through cultural waters to build a vessel that will carry them on the actual ones.
The Full Circle Canoe Carving Project, tribe members hope, will also carry on the Suquamish’s carving tradition to the next generation.

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Wow!
Right up until our doors closed for Christmas vacation, the generous people of North Kitsap continued to come in with a donation to the North Kitsap Bellringer Fund.

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POULSBO — “Everyone will have a Merry Christmas,” was the happy report from Fishline executive director Tricia Sullivan last Friday.
And, thanks to a tremendous outpouring of support from the community, everyone did.

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KINGSTON — If all goes according to plan the site on Minder Road in the dead center of North Kitsap will soon become the center of the youth community.
The North Kitsap Youth Educational Service Teen Center is taking the next step on a long road to construction.

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Thanks to the generosity of countless individuals, families, organizations and local businesses, more than 200 North Kitsap families will sit down to holiday dinners, their children will have the joy of new toys and their Christmases will be merrier.
The North Kitsap Bellringer Fund has surpassed its ambitious goal of $25,000. Checks and donations are continuing to arrive, even more will be listed in our Dec. 26 issue.

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POULSBO — While growing up in Southern Louisiana, Angie Perrin’s Christmases meant presents, Santa Claus, and gumbo simmering on the stove.
Now that she is a Vista/Americorps Rolling Readers representative at Poulsbo Elementary, Perrin has been sharing that Cajun Christmas heritage with students, courtesy of one of her favorite children’s books.

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POULSBO — It’s been on the city’s “to do list” for far too long, but when Poulsbo finally decided to get improvements on Front Street rolling it quickly ran into another problem — money.

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