The positives of photinia An open letter to the Kingston community and Kitsap County Department of Parks and Recreation: I…
This year holds several challenges that will affect all of us in Kitsap County. The first issue, of course, is…
Sound Off is a public forum. Items are selected from letters to the editor or may be written specifically for this feature. Today, in a piece taken from the Washington Alliance for a Competitive Economy’s blog, Gov. Christine Gregoire’s proposed no-taxes budget is getting mixed reviews — and not always from those one might have expected to praise or criticize the Democratic state excecutive.
This edition of the North Kitsap Herald marks the last of its kind. On Jan. 9, we’ll follow a newspaper trend that’s becoming widespread by decreasing our publication dates from twice weekly to once weekly and changing formats from broadsheet to tab.
Torrens Talk
We certainly have had our weather over the past few weeks!
My journey of being Miss Kitsap 2008 has been nothing short of amazing. I couldn’t have done it without the overwhelming love and support from the people of Kitsap County. I sincerely thank you for giving me the most memorable year that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Nothing will ever be able to come close to my experience as being your Miss Kitsap. Many times I have gotten the question, “what has been your favorite part of being Miss Kitsap?” and I can’t pin it down to a single part. I have loved every minute of it and feel so blessed to have been able to do it. My senior year in high school I began on my journey into the wonderful world of pageantry and it has made me the woman I am today. After my first time running for Miss Kitsap (also my first pageant ever), I moved to Eastern Washington and ran for Miss Spokane. Something didn’t feel quite right over there and I realized I wanted to carry the title of Miss Kitsap and represent the county that I have grown up in and has given me so much. So, I came back home and put my mind toward winning the job of Miss Kitsap. My hard work paid off and my dream came true!
If you have a loved one serving in the U.S. military this holiday season, you understand the sacrifices of a military career.
In the waning days of Operation Deep Freeze, it isn’t what happened that will live in my memory, but three things that didn’t.
My journey of being Miss Kitsap 2008 has been nothing short of amazing. I couldn’t have done it without the overwhelming love and support from the people of Kitsap County. I sincerely thank you for giving me the most memorable year that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Nothing will ever be able to come close to my experience as being your Miss Kitsap. Many times I have gotten the question, “what has been your favorite part of being Miss Kitsap?” and I can’t pin it down to a single part. I have loved every minute of it and feel so blessed to have been able to do it. My senior year in high school I began on my journey into the wonderful world of pageantry and it has made me the woman I am today. After my first time running for Miss Kitsap (also my first pageant ever), I moved to Eastern Washington and ran for Miss Spokane. Something didn’t feel quite right over there and I realized I wanted to carry the title of Miss Kitsap and represent the county I have grown up in and has given me so much. So, I came back home and put my mind toward winning the job of Miss Kitsap. My hard work paid off and my dream came true!
Not all news stories rate huge headlines, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t important. While the pages flew off the calendar bringing 2008 to an abrupt close, many faces and places splashed across the pages of The North Kitsap Herald – some famous, some infamous.
I refer to the piece, “A lesson in religious tolerance,” by Val Torrens that appeared in the Dec. 13 edition.
Most should now know Commissioner Jan Angel is the only commissioner who had the gumption to vote against ratification of Puget Sound Regional Council’s (PSRC’s) VISION 2040, taking us now to the next step of regional government. Commissioner Josh Brown voted for it. Commissioner Steve Bauer was absent from the vote. (Whether by accident or design, we don’t know.)
Recently a Florida newspaper revealed that it had found 30,000 likely felons on the state’s voter rolls, and so informed Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning.
I am really starting to feel the difference between Brazil and the United States now thanks to the differences in the seasons. Instead of being 20 degrees Fahrenheit and snowing as it is in Bremerton, it’s about 90 degrees and sunny here! Right now, I am experiencing the “Brazilian summer” and I have to tell you, I am really missing Washington state (ha ha)! Since it’s summer here, I am out of school for summer break until February. This has to be every kid’s dream, two summer vacations in one year. I am off right now, December to February (Brazilian summer), and when I get back home next summer, I’m off June to September (American summer) — what a deal! Yeah, I know you’re all jealous.
This is the third in a series of articles dealing with Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) Vision 2040, a region-wide long-range land use planning policy. The review is being provided by Kitsap Alliance of Property Owners to address the underlying question “Is vision 2040 beneficial to Kitsap?”
By Don C. Brunell
