After a round about of proposed names and ideas as to what amenities would best suit Poulsbo’s newest green space, plans to create Fish Park are already making a grand splash. The site, located at the northernmost end of Liberty Bay, is yet another testament of the good things that can happen when folks put their heads together in the interest of the community.
SUQUAMISH — The Suquamish Tribe awarded nearly $70,000 to various non-profit groups and schools in the community recently using its quarterly Appendix X funds. A total of $67,900 was given to 13 non-profit agencies as part of the tribe’s quarterly charitable contribution program.
POULSBO — Northwest College of Art senior and Salt Lake City, Utah native Ryan Parrish got caught drawing on his desk in school one day — and hasn’t stopped drawing since.
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — “Sit up straight, heads up. Chest up!” yells rowing club coach and Poulsbo resident Allison Olanie. “Drive with those legs! Full pressure, full speed!”
KINGSTON — Wednesday’s downpour combined with minimal wind didn’t exactly create ideal conditions for sailing in Appletree Cove.
Yet, for the kids involved with Kingston Sailing Camps, it was as good a day as any to be out practicing their maritime and sailing skills.
POULSBO — While the weather’s been relatively dry lately, residents of the Austurbruin neighborhood have the wet stuff on their minds.
In particular, how to keep it under control.
While John Travolta isn’t likely to strut his way onto a brightly lit dance floor and the much-anticipated Bay City Rollers reunion tour may still be a few years in the making, Kingston will be turning the clock back to a time when polyester was king and disco was topping the charts.
KINGSTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has ceased its investigation of Nike Site No. 92 in Kingston and hasn’t guaranteed the safety of building a proposed public high school on and nearby the site.
POULSBO — When they fell into the losers’ bracket at the ASA Northwest Regional fastpitch tournament, the North Kitsap Ravens’ 14-U select team knew it would take a determined effort to reach nationals: win five games in two days.
But that’s exactly what they did.
KINGSTON — Around North Kitsap School District, bond projects are renovating old schools, as well as building a new one. But a unique situation is allowing Spectrum Community School a few improvements of its own.
A public hearing has been set to consider the proposed North Viking Avenue UGA Annexation for 7:15 p.m. Aug. 11 in council chambers at City Hall.
POULSBO — Snow white sands, a smooth stone walkway and topaz water as far as the eye can see greet visitors walking in the front door of Spa 101.
Granted, it’s just a mural, but aesthetician Karen Hart said it represents where workers at the new day spa hope to transport their customers.
POULSBO — Just two years after being added to the city’s park system, Poulsbo’s Fish Park now appears to have a direction for future development.
Which got two fins up from a group of stakeholders last week.
POULSBO — Bellingham native Jessica Bergsma Rockenbach, 21, was born — quite literally — into the art world.
In the midst of her mother Jody’s nationwide art tour, Rockenbach’s life began on the road, tracing her initial love of art back to her days traveling to galleries around the country.
POULSBO — As American Lance Armstrong was racing into the history books with a record-breaking sixth Tour de France title, an Englishman was making some personal history of his own on two wheels, here in the United States.
Simon Plummer, 29, of Poole, England, decided to come and visit his aunt and uncle, Poulsbo residents Steve and Ruth Urand. After a flight over the Atlantic to Yorktown, Va., he assembled his Scott-USA model bike, strapped on a helmet and began to pedal his way to Poulsbo.
POULSBO — Logging of the proposed high school site in Kingston could begin as early as Aug. 9, a date which would not only give the district to get seven weeks of site development in this year but breathing room on its time line to open the school by 2006 as well.
Will “close” cut it at the North Kitsap School District’s proposed site for the new Kingston High School? After months of intense study at the site, maybe it should. But it seems like every time NKSD takes one step forward on this one, a few vocal neighbors give it a solid push two steps back.
KINGSTON — It depends on what one’s definition of “safe” is.
While Environmental Protection Agency officials say that while they’ve found no reason to continue investigating Kingston’s decommissioned Nike missile site, they also can’t comment on if the site is acceptable — or safe — for a high school.
POULSBO — Two heads — the old saying goes — are generally better than one.
Organizers of the West Side Hoops select basketball association are hoping that a combined effort of both girls’ and boys’ select squads will improve the competitive quality of youth basketball in North Kitsap.
The candidate filing period for the November 2004 election runs through July 30.
