One step in the long process of developing what is now called McCormick West was officially completed last week as Kitsap County’s Hearing Examiner gave the project preliminary plat approval.
Rachel Cabacungan summed it up succinctly shortly before graduating from South Kitsap High School: “This is pretty unreal.”
And she wasn’t the only one feeling that way. Dressed in maroon caps and gowns, 672 seniors strode down the red carpet stretched along the Tacoma Dome’s concrete floor on Friday night, cementing their place as Wolves alumni.
What does a girl need to become a ballerina?
A pretty pink leotard? Check. A pretty pink tutu? Check.
Ballet slippers and a pair of long, graceful arms? Check and check.
On Wednesday, 6-year-old Port Orchard resident Michaella Hargrave had all that as she practiced for an upcoming recital with her fellow dancers at the Just for Kicks School of Dance.
But this little ballerina also had something extra — wheels.
t Proceeds from game will benefit area youth baseball.
Many folks remember the 1972 Seattle billboard: “Would the last person who leaves Seattle please turn out the lights?”
Kitsap County will slightly modify its roadside memorial policy, extending the life of the signs and increasing the fee in order to cover the costs of installation and maintenance.
t Heath, Moore earn spots in starting lineup.
A 27-year-old South Kitsap woman was cited for driving without vehicle insurance last weekend after her car struck a horse on Bethel-Burley Road, the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office reported.
According to the report, witnesses called 911 shortly before 10 p.m. June 1 to report that an injured brown horse was walking on Bethel-Burley Road near Edmonds Street and had been struck by at least two cars.
Any economic boost Kitsap County receives in the near future is more likely to come from agriculture than racetracks, sustainable energy incubators or industry, according to a consultant who visited the Port Orchard on Wednesday.
“We need to release the local food producers from the regulations that prevent them from selling their products to their neighbors,” said Joel Salatin, an author and small farmer from Swoope, Va. “We have to close the distance between the producer and the plate.”
One of the last uncontested county races was filled on Wednesday, when Poulsbo Realtor John Clark declared his intention to…
A second power outage in three days hit South Kitsap residents Thursday afternoon, shutting down power to about 4,500 customers, according to Puget Sound Energy.
Spokesman Joseph Harris said power went out Thursday at about 1:15 p.m. due to “equipment failure” at the company’s East Port Orchard substation.
Every now and then someone puts a book into your hands and says, “You must read this.”
You think, “Hmm, as many books as there are published every day, why would this one prove meaningful to me?”
And yet, it always does. Doesn’t it?
It’s as if the rich kaleidoscope of books they share contain important messages you need to hear and the people themselves, well, they’re some sort of angel.
Years ago, I forget how many, but at least 20, someone gave me a picture they took of me and I was surprised to notice a brown spot about the size of a quarter on my cheek.
Its not that I hadn’t ever noticed it before but if it was becoming significant enough to catch the eye in a photograph, I figured I should look into it.
I delved into the American Medical Associations Family Medical Guide, where I learned I was sporting whats called a pre-cancerous skin spot caused by over exposure to the sun many years ago.
I.e., if you don’t do something about it, it will continue to grow and develop into one of three types of skin cancer.
Quick updates and announcements of happenings in the Port Orchard community.
The roster before the season looked strong enough to be the best in Jim Fairweather’s five seasons.
There was an offense with enough power and speed, and a pitching staff with two starters who threw around 90 mph.
But one starter fell ineligible and the other, Collin Monagle, didn’t start a game because of weakness in his right shoulder.
Senior Tyler Sartor said Fairweather had a simple message for the team: Deal with it.
With the confidence borne of someone who won’t have to face the voters again until 2011 (assuming he even decides to run at that point), Port of Bremerton Commissioner Bill Mahan last week went to bat once more for his pet project, the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) business incubator he envisions being built in the South Kitsap Industrial Area.
Speaking at a luncheon event on Wednesday with the Kitsap County commissioners, Mahan lamented the lack of progress on SEED and blamed the gridlock on leaders who lack his vision.
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MPROV COMEDY CLASSES: Presented by the Changing Scene Theatre Northwest, will be Sundays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 8-29. Cost is $100 for all four Sundays including tickets to the final class performance. Limited to 15 students. To reserve, contact David at (360) 440-5730. Info: www.changingscenenorthwest.org.
Amy Burnett is at it again.
During June’s First Friday Art Walk this Friday, she’ll be officially donating a piece of her work to the Olympic College Haselwood Library with a ceremony at her gallery in downtown Bremerton.
Nothing pulls the sequined sling-backs out of the closet like an elite Manhattan event, and Friday night there was one of those happening at just about every movie theater in every town in the country.
Five of the homes we’ve lived in here in Kitsap County have had a madrone Arbutus menziesii in the garden. It may be my most favorite of all the trees.
For more than 10 years, though, the madrones in our Washington State neighborhoods have been suffering from a host of maladies. Some are fungal in nature and others involve root rots called phytophthoras. Canker can also attack the tree.
