Miller Bay cleanup, June 2
Friends of Miller Bay is sponsoring a bay cleanup for the Miller Bay shoreline on June 2.
Anyone wishing to help in this effort is encouraged to pick up trash along Miller Bay beaches on or before that day. Special garbage bags can be picked up at the Island View Marine Center (the marina) between 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, May 23 to June 2. By 4 p.m. on June 2, bags of beach trash should be placed above the high tide mark for pickup. FOMB will have several boats in the water between 4-8 p.m. to pick up the trash gathered at the marina for transport to the transfer station. Call Sharon at 360-697-3504 or Paul at 360-509-8091 for information.
Kingston’s Wine and Brew Fest, 5-9 p.m. on June 2
Enjoy wine, brew, food and live music downtown Kingston. Go to kingston chamber.com for tickets.
Poulsbo Orchestra, 3 p.m. on June 3
Musical Nights will have selections from Frederick Loewe, selections from “My Fair Lady” by Richard Rogers, selections from “Oklahoma” and by Leonard Bernstein from “West Side Story.” Admission is free.
Brew Fest, Kiana Lodge, noon to 5 p.m. on June 3
Fifth annual Brew Fest at the Kiana Lodge, 14976 Sandy Hook Rd NE, Poulsbo. Enjoy a day of tasting local breweries while enjoying the wonderful waterfront, admission is $25. Entrants to the event will receive a commemorative tasting glass, five 4-ounce tastes, live music, lawn games and more. Festival food will be available for purchase. This is a 21 and older event.
Water as a resource in Kingston, 7-8:30 p.m. on June 6
Learn about water as a resource — from stormwater to water quality and recycled water — at the next meeting of the Kingston Citizens Advisory Council at the Village Green Community Center, 26159 Dulay Road NE (off West Kingston Road), Kingston.
The Kitsap Public Health District will discuss water-quality testing and stream monitoring in the Kingston area. Kitsap County Public Works Stormwater Division will provide an overview of local and regional stormwater infrastructure. The Wastewater Division will introduce a reclaimed water project at the South Kingston Wastewater Treatment Plant. Stillwaters Environmental Center will share information about its Carpenter Creek estuary monitoring. For more information of the Kingston Citizens advisory council, visit here.
Suquamish Citizens Advisory Committee
Comprehensive planning and transportation will be discussed at the next meeting of the Suquamish Citizens Advisory Committee at the Suquamish Elementary School Library, 18950 Park Blvd.
Kitsap County’s Department of Community Development will provide an overview of the county’s comprehensive plan and its impact on Suquamish. The comprehensive plan guides development in unincorporated areas of Kitsap County through the next 20 years, including land use, economic development, housing and human services, transportation, capital facilities and parks. John Clauson, executive director of Kitsap Transit, will be on hand to give an update on the Kingston passenger-only ferry and implications for Suquamish. The Suquamish Tribe Police will also provide an overview of local criminal activity in the area and answer questions at every meeting. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. Applications are now open for the SCAC. If interested in applying, go to the SCAC website. For more information, contact Jennifer Cannon at jcannon@co.kitsap.wa.us or 360-337-7080.
Kingston Chamber Luncheon, June 7
Kingston Chamber of Commerce’s June luncheon will be Thursday, June 7 at The Point Casino & Hotel. This month’s speaker will be John Powers of Kitsap Economic Development Alliance. To register, visit kingstonchamber.com or call 360-297-3813.
Free community meal, June 8
The first free Kingston Community Meal will be at the Village Green Center in Kingston. The committee is hoping the free meal will be the first of many monthly free community meals at the Village Green Center. The June lunch, sponsored by Kingston Cares in collaboration with Village Green, grew out of February’s Community Conversation that the Kingston Community Advisory Council helped to present.
The June meal is being provided by the volunteers from Kingston’s Severe Weather Shelter. The committee hopes to find other community groups to prepare and host one meal a year. The committee is asking other groups to consider sponsoring the monthly meals once per year, there is also encouragement and assistance from Bayside and Suquamish UCC churches that have been hosting community meals for years.
Benefit concert and Brew Fest, June 9
The fifth annual Brew Fest will take place at Mike Wallace Park. Enjoy live music by The Relics, plus Gerry & the Tonics. Food Trucks, kid booths and more. Participating breweries are Hood Canal, Valholl, Sound, Downpour and Rainy Daze.
Estuary Liberation Day, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., June 9
With the completion of the West Kingston Road bridge, Stillwaters Environmental Center and Kitsap County is hosting a community Estuary Liberation Day celebration at Stillwaters, located at 26059 Barber Cut Off Road in Kingston. The event will include live music, food, recognition of project partners, and guided tours of the marsh.
This celebration marks nearly two decades of planning, fundraising, and construction of the new West Kingston bridge and South Kingston bridge, which opened in 2012 on South Kingston Road, adjacent to Arness Park. The bridges replaced culverts that girdled Puget Sound tidal flow between Appletree Cove and the Carpenter Creek estuary, impacting the nearshore ecosystem, an important rest stop for salmon migrating in and out of central and south Puget Sound. With the opening of the upper salt marsh after replacing a five-foot diameter culvert and road embankment with a 150-foot span bridge, the project restores natural functioning to an additional 10 acres of the estuary habitat, making it accessible to salmon and other wildlife.
As part of an agreement with the Suquamish Tribe, the Navy provided nearly $3 million for the West Kingston Road bridge as a portion of its mitigation for a maintenance pier at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. The remainder of the $4.6 million West Kingston bridge project also included upgrades to utilities running under the bridge. The project was subsidized by the Kitsap County Public Works road and sewer funding and Kitsap Public Utility District No. 1. The state Legislature and Army Corps of Engineers paid for the South Kingston bridge project.
For more information on the celebration or to learn more about the Carpenter Creek estuary, visit Stillwaters Environmental Center at stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org or call 360-297-1226
Poulsbo Chamber Lunch, June 13
Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce June luncheon will be on Wednesday, June 13 at Gateway Fellowship. This month’s speaker will be Jon Rose, president of Olympic Property Group. Rose will give a Port Gamble update on the clean-up, conservation and master plan. To register, visit poulsbochamber.com or call 360-779-4999
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— Donna Etchey is the editorial director for Kitsap News Group. She can be reached at detchey@soundpublishing.com.
