POULSBO — Second-hand and pawn store owners who felt they were being singled out by the Poulsbo Police Department last month are feeling something they didn’t anticipate so soon: relief.
In abrupt fashion in April, 22 businesses were informed that, starting May 10, pawn brokers and second-hand dealers would be required to report all transactions in excess of $20 from the previous week to the PPD.
This might just have been a poorly worded document or a poorly executed plan but the fact that it got hardworking, honest business owners’ dander up and raised serious concerns makes it worthy of review.
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — Despite the fact the North Kitsap girls’ golf team played what each of the team’s top players would call an “off-day” against Shelton earlier this week, in actuality, the match should bolster the squad’s confidence.
PEARSON — The buzz generated by teacher Scott Johnson’s Sawdust Club at Pearson Elementary School appears to be just as loud as the saws the students use to cut into the pine of their first-ever woodworking projects.
KINGSTON — No additional division or grading permits for White Horse will be approved by Kitsap County until the thicket of conditions for the housing/golf development’s regional trail are mapped out and established.
KINGSTON — Though it isn’t until Sunday, first and second graders in Wolfle Elementary teacher Stephanie Pugh’s class gave their moms a Mother’s Day present a few days early.
In what is the 12th year that the Wolfle teacher has put a similar event together, many mothers of students in the class came to school Thursday and were served and pampered for a change “… so the moms know how special they are,” Pugh said.
KINGSTON — The national pharmacy chain Rite Aid is the first and largest retail store expected to be constructed on the cleared lot at Miller Bay Road and State Route 104.
Kitsap County Department of Community Development received an application in January for the project and a revised application from Rite Aid in mid-April.
Mail carriers from the local offices of the United States Postal Service will be doing more than just delivering bills, packages and catalogs on their routes next weekend.
They’ll be picking up extra parcels to benefit those in need during its annual “Stamp Out Hunger” campaign May 14, but they can’t do that without the help of their customers.
POULSBO – They don’t do it often. So, when the blue vested Poulsbo Noon Lions hit the streets of Little Norway asking for money, residents can be assured it’s for an important cause.
POULSBO — There will be a big change taking place to the popular shopping district just off State Route 305 but no one is expected to notice a single difference.
Poulsbo Village Shopping Center owner Tim Ryan announced Monday that he is selling a portion of the retail venture to Western Williams of the Seattle-based Laurel Hurst Apartment Company. Tim Ryan Enterprises, which was created as a tool to manage the shopping center, will be dissolved.
KINGSTON — Miss Kingston is not just about wearing gorgeous dresses, meeting new people and traveling — it’s about each girl learning about herself and becoming a mature young woman.
That’s the goal of the board of directors for the Miss Kingston Scholarship Pageant, which is on the search for girls ages 15 to 18 years old to become contestants for its August event.
KINGSTON — Karla Woodside, the Race for the Cure team captain for Kingston’s “Flo-On” Team, is in a bit of a panic. Only 13 people have signed up to be a part of her team for the June 4 Seattle event that raises money to help find a cure for breast cancer.
That’s quite a difference from a few years ago when the team had 250 members and was one of the largest non-corporate fund raisers for the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, which organizes the race.
SUQUAMISH — Volunteers in Kitsap County came together Saturday morning to help families in need by swinging hammers, pushing lawn mowers and hauling trash.
At the end of the day, their labors paid off at six homes in Kitsap, two of which were in the North End, as part of the Rebuilding Together*Kitsap event (formerly known as Christmas in April).
PORT GAMBLE — Kim Campbell prefers live flowers over silk because she has a greater appreciation for the fresh blossoms when she knows they will only be around for a limited amount of time.
“Because it doesn’t last forever, to me, it seems like it needs to be enjoyed in the moment,” she said.
POULSBO — A competitive bidding market by contractors gave the North Kitsap School District a lower-than-expected price tag for Poulsbo Junior High School’s planned renovation, one that will provide the aging school extra dollars for a few more unanticipated upgrades.
POULSBO — North Kitsap track coach Joan Starr was pleased with the number of high finishes by Viking athletes at North Kitsap’s first home meet April 28. But she’s equally as happy about the quality as she is about the quantity.
“There’s a lot of purple and gold running out there,” she said of the meet. “That to me is the most exciting.”
POULSBO — April 13 and May 2 were remarkably similar days for the North Kitsap girls’ fastpitch team.
And definitely not in a way the Vikings (6-3 in league) would have liked.
On both those dates, North battled its county arch-rivals South Kitsap (10-0 league), with the match-up made more marquee by the fact that NK and SK occupy first and second in the Narrows Bridge division.
POULSBO — School board member Richard L. “Dick” Endresen’s destiny in public service began the day he was born.
His birth came, “during the Coolidge Administration,” he is fond of saying, on Feb. 12, 1927 — President’s Day — which prompted his mother to give him the middle name “Lincoln.
Cystic Fibrosis. If you don’t know what it is, do a little research. The first two sentences about the condition will likely be enough that you thank heavens for your next unimpeded breath of fresh air.
What do a worm’s sense of smell, the growth rate of plants and how fast a stream flows all have in common?
Three very eager students at both Vinland and Suquamish Elementary would be happy to tell you.
