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“What I like about ‘Ghost Sniffers’ is being able to empower my kids the way I hope their characters are empowering other kids.” — Jennifer DiMarco, writer, “Ghost Sniffers”
Miss Kitsap 2011 Hannah Wood crowns Jessicajae Townsend Miss Kitsap 2012, Jan. 7 in the Bremerton Performing Arts Auditorium. Mike Scott
‘Ghost Sniffers’
AMBITIOUS PLATFORMS FOR PAGEANT TITLEHOLDERS BREMERTION — Three young women are now wearing crowns — and carrying ambitious agendas — as Miss Kitsap, Miss Poulsbo and Miss Silverdale. The annual scholarship pageant was Jan. 7 in the Bremerton Performing Arts Auditorium. Miss Kitsap is Jessicajae Townsend 18, a senior at South Kitsap High School. She received $3,800 in scholarships in addition to a $1,000 scholarship to Olympic College. Her platform is “One Can at a Time — The Fight Against Local Hunger.” She is the senior class president and vice president of her Key Club and will be working with local food banks this year. Krystal Jimenez, 16, a junior at Bremerton High School, was named first runner-up to Miss Kitsap and received $1,600 in scholarships. Also participating in the Miss Kitsap Pageant were Elaina Ausbrooks, 17, of Bremerton; Kaitlyn Gervais, 19, of Bremerton; Taylor Mahoney, 18, of Bremerton; and Kiara Serantes, 17,
Faith DiMarco on the set of an episode of “Ghost Sniffers.” The Port Orchard girl plays Faith Forge, a nine-year-old ghost hunter whose Type 1 diabetes has given her the special ability to sniff out ghosts. GhostSniffers.com
In this local TV web series, characters’ medical challenges give them superabilities. Story by Erin Jennings, page 2
See PAGEANTS, Page 3
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KITSAP WEEK: ‘Ghost Sniffers’ SPORTS: Pages A6-7 CALENDAR: Upcoming events, A10-11
Working to break the cycle From left, PoulsboNorth Kitsap Rotary Club presidentelect Meredith Green listens as Jason Thompkins talks about his experiences with the Coffee Oasis teen drop-in center. He was homeless as a teen.
Center for homeless teens proposed in Poulsbo’s former Public Works offices By MEGAN STEPHENSON mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com
Frank and Mabel Raab were the subject of a story in the book, ‘Poulsbo: Its First Hundred Years,’ published in 1986. Both were active in the city. Centennial Book Committee
Mabel Raab was ‘an eternal do-gooder’ Former Poulsbo first lady founded NK Bellringer Fund, Raab Foundation By RICHARD WALKER rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — Mabel Raab, founder of the North Kitsap Bellringer Fund and dynamic Poulsbo first lady who was as active as her mayor-husband, has died. Mrs. Raab died Monday, 10 a.m., at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton. She was 99 and had been in declining health. Coincidentally, her death See RAAB, Page A8
POULSBO — Students at North Kitsap High School spoke of the desperation they’ve seen, of peers that have fallen through the cracks, without a permanent place to sleep at night. Homeless youth are a sad reality in Kitsap County, and a few organizations have come together to provide a better alternative for those in the North End of the county. The Rotary Club of Poulsbo-North Kitsap and Coffee Oasis, a nonprofit coffee shop and homeless teen center in Bremerton, have teamed up to establish a teen drop-in center in Poulsbo. “Not all kids who [are homeless] made choice to be homeless or run away,” said Marilyn Larrabee, outreach volunteer with Stand Up for Kids in Bremerton. “The majority of them are teens who have had some horrific family history.” Stand Up for Kids is one resource Coffee Oasis uses to help at-risk and homeless children. Larrabee was bolstered by the community support she saw for a teen drop-
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in center at Saturday’s meeting, hosted by the Rotary Club, Coffee Oasis and the City of Poulsbo. Meredith Green, presidentelect of the Rotary Club, said the club hopes the $19,600 it raised in 2011 will be a “catalyst” for a larger effort to bring services to Poulsbo. Green hopes the money will inspire others to help fund and support the center, including
INSIDE ■ There’s no issue more deserving of our attention than the issue of children living on the street: Editorial, page A4
the Port Gamble S’Klallam and Suquamish tribes, service clubs,
schools, churches, and social services such as Kitsap Community Resources. More than 150 people attended the forum in the Poulsbo City Hall council chambers. Green and Coffee Oasis director Dave Frederick said they heard more positive testimony for why the community needs the teen center.
Meeker wins Miss Poulsbo title, will focus on mentoring BREMERTON — Michaela Meeker came away from the Miss Poulsbo Scholarship Pageant with a title, money for college, and an ambitious agenda for the year. The 16-year-old junior at Kingston High School was crowned the 59th Miss Poulsbo, Jan. 7 at the Miss Poulsbo, Miss Kitsap, Miss Silverdale Scholarship Pageant at Bremerton High School. Michaela received $3,200 in scholarships. More than $50,000
INSIDE ■ Coverage of Miss Kitsap, Miss Silverdale selections: In Kitsap Week
in scholarships were awarded to the 18 contestants in the pageant. She succeeds Natasha Tucker, Miss Poulsbo 2011. Michaela’s platform is “Mentoring See CROWNED, Page A8
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See TEENS, Page A2
Miss Poulsbo 2011 Natasha Tucker crowns the 59th Miss Poulsbo, Michaela Meeker, who is joined on stage by her pageant Little Sister, Rayden Cardoza.
Mike Scott / Contributed photo