Kingston Community News, January 27, 2012

Kingston • Eglon • Hansville • Indianola • Little Boston • Port Gamble

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Vol. 29 No. 2 •

February 2012

$73K: Neighbor Aid breaks a record

By RICHARD WALKER

EDITOR

KINGSTON — More than 300 donors — churches, companies, households, individuals and organizations — donated $73,846 to Neighbor Aid during the fall/winter campaign, which

Casino project at halfway mark

ended in January.

The amount is a record and will help ShareNet extends its reach of help. Last fall/winter, the campaign raised $60,000.

“It’s just amazing,” ShareNet board secretary Barbara Brumagin said Jan. 25. “I think

everyone doing what they can makes a difference ... Last year, we gave $33,000 to help people with their electricity and rent, and we will be able to do that again and probably more.”

ShareNet serves Eglon, Hansville, Indianola, Kingston

Little Boston, Port Gamble, and a portion of Poulsbo and Suquamish.

ShareNet operates a food bank, a clothing bank, and a program to make nutritious food available for school children on weekends.

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‘It’s striking to see how narrow the culvert was’

— Naomi Maasberg, Stillwaters Environmental Center

By MEGAN STEPHENSON

STAFF WRITER

Annual Civil War reenact canceled

By KIPP ROBERTSON

LITTLE BOSTON — The new Point Casino in Kingston is at the midway point in construction and, thanks to some forward thinking, won’t stop with the winter weather.

Casino marketing director Scott Laursen said the exterior “skin” of the bigger casino is up, and crews are working on filling out the inside. “[We] timed it just right before the snow got here,” he said.

The new casino is built using an aluminum framework and a fabric roofing material, giving the building a domelike look. The finished casino will feature traditional art

by Native artists, to be commissioned by a Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe artwork committee.

Laurie Mattson, executive director of Tribal Government Services Administration, said the tribe put out the bid to tribal members, and is very pleased with the 18 local artists that responded.

“We’re pleased with the quality

This bridge across Carpenter Creek will replace a road and culvert, allowing for free flow of Kipp Robertson / Community News water and improved wildlife habitat conditions.

is scheduled to be completed the week of Feb. 5-11, according to Kitsap County Engineer Jon Brand. However, because much of the work left to be done depends on the weather, including paving, it's possible there will be slight delays.

While the entire project is expected to be finished in February, the bridge was

PORT GAMBLE — Right now, Howard Struve thinks the best thing for him and the Washington Civil War Association is to remember the Battle for Port Gamble for what it was and move on.

The association, which has called Port Gamble home to one of its more popular reenactment venues for seven years, will not hold a Civil War reenactment in 2012.

According to Struve, the association vice chairman, an increase in town rental fees forced the cancellation. The cost fluctuates each year, but the expenses this year were too much to handle.

“The reaction from [the association] was glum,” Struve said.

“There were a lot of people not happy.”

According to a letter sent out to association members by Struve, it cost between $1,500 and $5,000 to rent land in Port Gamble. Struve said as the town increased its presence as a destination location, the

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STAFF WRITER

Carpenter Creek bridge project nears completion

By KIPP ROBERTSON

STAFF WRITER

KINGSTON — Within the next month, wildlife in the Carpenter Creek Estuary will be able to enjoy a more natural flow of things.

Barring any more formidable weather, the Stillwaters Fish Passage on South Kingston Road will be finished in February. The project

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Continued from page 1 the rates rose and certain parts of town became off limits to the reenactment.

For 2012, the land rental fee increased to $10,000. Struve said Port Gamble administration was willing to lower the cost to $8,000.

Port Gamble events coordinator Julie MacAfee said a flat fee is charged to rent land for the event. That fee has increased, but she would not disclose the amount the Civil War Association was charged in the past. She said she felt the reenactment wasn’t returning because the association was not being provided ample space for the event.

According to the letter sent by Struve, the $10,000 is based off the possible

income Olympic Property Group, Port Gamble’s owner, can make when hosting weddings, parties, etc. during busy summer weekends (May through September).

The association hosts about 45 events each year.

It runs on a budget between $50,000 and $60,000.

Expenses include renting property, portable toilets, security and liability insurance.

Struve said with the increased fee, Port Gamble would be the most expensive place to hold a reenactment.

Aside from Country Christmas, the festivals held in Port Gamble are not coordinated by Olympic Property Group, which manages the town. MacAfee said festivals are a way to create exposure and feed businesses, but are not rev-

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enue generators. The town does not receive tax revenue from the county. The income it does generate is by leasing buildings and renting homes. Weddings and parties also generate revenue, as the property group leases St. Paul’s Church and the newer pavilion, which is booked the majority of the weekends during summer months, according to www. portgambleweddings.com.

“We are booked for weddings pretty much yearround,” MacAfee said.

The association was offered another plot of land outside of town; the same plot on which remote-controlled airplanes are flown just outside of town. Struve said the price was reasonable ($500, according to his letter), “but it’s not condu-

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Continued from page 1 of art proposals we received,” she said. “We think art will beautifully represent the tribe’s cultural heritage.”

From murals to carved masks to canoe paddles, drums and weavings, “We’re going to get some beautiful things.”

Construction began on the 52,000-squarefoot building on Aug. 15.

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The annual Civil War reenactment will not take place this year in Port Gamble; organizers cite high land rental fees.

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cive to what we do,” he said.

If the event was held this year, Struve said the increased cost to rent Port Gamble would go directly

to the spectator. On average, the association charges $8-10 for adult tickets, $5 for children; children 6 and younger get in free.

larger gaming floor, double the table games, a dedicated poker room, and a sports and cigar bar featuring a cabaret.

Laursen wouldn’t comment on the total amount of the project. The North Kitsap Herald previously reported the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe secured financing for the project through East West Bank, a $20 million loan. The tribe also contributed $5 million of its own funds.

Laursen said part of the old casino building will be used for administrative offices. The rest will be demolished.

Port Gamble S’Klallam’s new casino will be 52,000 square feet in size and feature expanded dining, entertainment and gaming.

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In 2011, the association broke even on costs. Struve said it would have been a definite loss this year.

“That was a risk we weren’t willing to take,” he said.

Depending on the weather, estimates of how many spectators the reenactment brought in ranged from 1,500 to more than 3,000.

Between 500 and 600 people participated in the reenactment.

“We loved to have them here,” MacAfee said, adding she hopes the association finds another location it is pleased with.

Struve said the Civil War reenactment could return if Port Gamble lowers its land rental fees.

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Giving

Continued from page 1 ShareNet also assists families and individuals facing eviction or needing help keeping their utilities on.

Between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011, ShareNet put food on people’s tables 9,578 times. Some 260,929 pounds of food were distributed.

ShareNet spent $30,000 in 2011 helping people avoid eviction and keep their electricity on. ShareNet provided more than 165 new, stocked

Creek

Continued from page 1 expected to be completed in January.

Naomi Maasberg, administrative director of the Stillwaters Environmental Education Center, took a walk down to the bridge recently. Though one side is still under heavy construction, she said when looking at the project from the Apple Tree Cove side, it's easy to see what the final work will look like.

“I’m thrilled with the way the bridge looks,” she said.

“It's striking to see how narrow the culvert was.”

The project is intended to restore a more natural exchange of water between Apple Tree Cove and the Carpenter Creek estuary on the other side of South

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backpacks to students needing back to school supplies.

Adults needing clothes for work received them from ShareWear.

The Thanksgiving holiday meal box program served 695 individuals with a total of 11,321 pounds of food, each box containing enough for Thanksgiving and several meals beyond. The Christmas Shop ensured more than 190 children received Christmas gifts.

The continued increase in the number of people helped by ShareNet paints

a picture of the times: In 2007-08, ShareNet’s food assistance was almost onefourth of what it is today.

ShareNet’s staff has met the need without an increase in staffing or space; today, it has the same number of staff (four part-timers) in the same space as 2007-08.

(Volunteers worked 3,938 hours on 2011, according to the ShareNet website.)

ShareNet’s annual budget is about $150,000.

ShareNet executive director Mark Ince theorized that giving has increased

because people in the community are seeing the need close to home.

“They’re feeling the pinch themselves, whereas maybe four years ago (the economic downturn) hadn’t hit Kitsap that hard,” Ince said. “Now, maybe they have neighbors who are suffering, or family members who are suffering.

They are seeing it up close and personal in their own lives.”

Ince said the increase in giving will enable ShareNet to help more people.

“More money allows us

to serve more people, to augment our current programs and to create new programs. We created Food to Grow On, which provides weekend food for school children. That continues to expand. This year, we’ve added Kingston High School for the first time.

(Giving) allows us to have a bigger impact on the community.”

Brumagin said giving to Neighbor Aid was diverse.

Liberty Bay Auto in Poulsbo donated $100 for every car sold in November; that

came out to $5,000. Two donors gave money from trust funds. Others gave what they could.

“We are very humbled and grateful,” Brumagin said. “This is thrilling and humbling. We feel a great sense of responsibility.”

On Nov. 1, an event, “The Five Levels of Leadership featuring Dr. John C. Maxwell,” at the Kitsap Convention Center Harborside in Bremerton, raised $13,000 for ShareNet.

Kingston Road. With a more natural exchange of water, wildlife habitats are expected to see a change for the better.

What was once a 10-foot culvert will become a 70-foot bridge when crews are finished. There are already concerns over motorized watercraft entering the estuary.

A proposal to the Kitsap County Commission to build signs to warn any motorized watercraft not to enter the estuary passed recently. Maasberg said signs are the most basic thing they could install.

Without them, there is little that could be done to deter anyone from entering.

“Our concern is that we’re restoring the estuary for getting a better habitat for fish and wildlife,” she said.

“To add motorized vehicles

in a very shallow waterway [would be] upsetting to the very creatures we’re looking to protect.”

However, non-motorized watercraft such as canoes and kayaks will be allowed.

“It will be a much nicer place if a Sea-Doo can’t go running by,” Maasberg said, laughing.

Maasberg said Stillwaters will monitor the wildlife habitats and water flow once the project is finished. She said to expect an increased amount of fish, but, more importantly, a healthier habitat and more food sources for wildlife.

Stillwaters will monitor the area for a minimum of 10 years, but some changes in habitat may not be noticeable for 30 or 40 years, she said. Studies will be done once per year.

Environmental groups

were studying the Carpenter Creek Estuary and watershed before construction began. Stillwaters and crews from the Suquamish Tribe took beach seining samples on both sides of the Carpenter Creek culvert.

Maasberg said the data collected before the project will be compared with data after the project is finished.

For now, contractor SB Structures of Seattle still has plenty of time to complete the project, Brand said.

Aside from a few delays, such as late materials, construction has gone smoothly, he said.

“Workmanship is paramount to us,” he said. “And they have done it.”

The contract for the project was about $2.1 million.

Brand said there may be minor cost fluctuations, but little has changed since it

was originally awarded to SB Structures in 2011.

The county and proponents planned the bridge project since 2001. A design was drafted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The Legislature OK’d the project in the 2010 state budget as part of a Puget

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Relieving the ferry lane I

t’s not uncommon these days for the ferry lane in Kingston to be backed up along State Route 104.

In fact, it’s expected during holiday weekends, as it has been for years.

Unfortunately for those held up in line — especially those people waiting further down 104 near Barber Cut Off — restrooms are not readily available.

As local traffic whizzes by, those trying to make the voyage across the Puget Sound are stuck holding it in, trekking to the nearest business that has amendments, or relieving themselves on the side of the road.

In response to the January Editorial (“Local Priorities for 2012,” page 4), Kingston Port Commissioner Walt Elliott — who is also chairman of the Kingston Ferry Advisory Committee — began looking at the possibilities of installing portable restrooms along 104. Two possible locations: At Lindvog Road and Barber Cut Off Road. We commend this initiative. However, there are factors to consider.

If installed, the amenities should be properly and frequently maintained. It’s going to take a cooperative approach to make sure the restrooms remain sanitary.

Because all areas of business in Kingston potentially benefit from ferry traffic, the responsibility should be shared by Washington State Ferries, Kingston Chamber of Commerce and the Port of Kingston.

Each entity could, for example, share the cost of cleaning and maintenance. Elliott said the restroom at Arness Park costs less than $100 a month.

Another concern is the aesthetic look of portable restrooms. There’s no getting around what they are, but finding a way to make the restrooms more aesthetically pleasing is necessary. This could be as simple as placing a few trees in planters on either side of the restroom, or as far as constructing a small, walled-in area with the restrooms inside. Naturally, there will need to be upkeep. Graffiti the restrooms could draw will need to be kept to a minimum.

But what if restrooms along the ferry lane do not come to fruition? Perhaps WSF could contract with local businesses to make restrooms available. The business could recover costs for maintenance and supplies, and attract potential customers.

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OPINION Letters MLK would have stood on behalf of the innocent Dec. 7, 1941: “A day that will live in infamy.” Aftermath: 60 million war deaths. Jan. 22, 1973: Controversial Supreme Court judicial overreach with Roe v. Wade. Aftermath: 54 million legalized U.S. abortions.

In the run-up to the MLK celebration, there was widespread local press and PR about appointed state Rep. Hansen’s public Bainbridge church presentation and a legislative floor speech on aspects of Dr. King. Rev. King was a fearless leader for the innocent and oppressed, a true man of action and not just chatter. If our legislative leaders understood more about the fire of MLK and about less the talking points, all Washington legislators would have left their warm marbled chambers to stand with the thousands standing in the snowy cold on the Capital steps on Jan. 17 for the “Right to Life.” Alas, most Washington legislators preferred their comfort to the front lines defending our most innocent.

Martin Luther King, like Jesus, would have been stirred to anger about the inactions in the Temple. I could easily have seen Dr. King standing arm in arm with the thousands standing in vigil for true protection of the innocent.

James M. Olsen Bainbridge Island

Liquor: The voters made their decision How appalling does it get? State Rep. Sherry Appleton is co-sponsoring HB2426, which would prevent stores such as Costco from selling liquor, after Costco successfully supported last November’s I-1183 to get the state out of the retail liquor business.

What I find most astounding are her comments in support of the measure.

She accuses Costco of “gaming the system,” when the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled government has no business regulating political speech. Costco has quite clearly exercised its rights. And

it has done so as a public company, which must answer to its shareholders and to its customers. Apparently neither constituency has been too troubled by Costco’s efforts to get the state of Washington out of the retail liquor business. Costco stock over the past three years has doubled. In the last year, it is up nearly 15 percent.

I agree with The Seattle Times editorial. The voters chose. Give it up.

This and other such bills to “send a message” are a total waste of time. And a waste of state treasure.

Finally, what is most egregious is Rep. Appleton’s attitude, like that of an angry mother to her six-year-old son, when she states, “We’re saying this is reality. We want you to think about what you’ve done.” This to one of the most respected companies and best employers in the state of Washington.

We need a clean-up in the Poulsbo aisle of the state Legislature.

Ron Carter Kingston

Thankful for caring neighbors Every once in a while, I think what good people and businesses we have in the north end of our county.

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My wife and I are handicapped and so many people offer to help. Some are older than us and we feel we should be helping them.

I’ve got to praise the service we receive from businesses, such as Henry’s Hardware in Kingston; they seem to have most everything I need and a great friendly staff that can find it for me and give me the information I need to use it.

The other business that comes to mind is Les Schwab Tire in Poulsbo; they give me fast and professional service. Lots of times there is no charge when I expect to pay.

I thank God I live here.

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Children before passenger ferries Did you pick up on the stupidity on the front page of January’s Kingston Community News?

Two headlines: “$340K for SoundRunner in 2012” ($700K total) for 24-29 passengers; and “Top Stories from 2011 / Clinic at Spectrum Closes” with 90-plus students no longer See LETTERS, Page 5

Online Poll Q: Portable restroom(s) on Highway 104 for motorists’ use when waiting in those long lines to get on the ferry during peak season. Kingston Port Commissioner Walt Elliott says it’s under consideration.

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Where to draw the corporate line W e’re at a time of unrest in history.

Many people are beginning to see firsthand how big corporations are accumulating far too much power.

Elizabeth Warren, campaigning for a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, said the rich must remember they have a social contract with the rest of us. “There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own.

Nobody,” she said.

She went on to say (I paraphrase here) that when a person builds a factory, the factory’s goods are transported on roads we pay for. Hired workers were educated in public schools we pay for. The business is safe because of police and fire protection we pay for.

So when a person makes big profits, that person’s social contract is to pay forward “for the next kid who comes along.”

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Continued from page 4 served, saving the Kitsap Health District $109K. What is wrong with us?

The choices our elected officials make are our responsibility to direct. Healthy, cared for young people are our future and I need them to determine the

as it turns out By marylin olds M. Blow frames this as “the corporate Contract With America: societal symbiosis.

We create a society in which smart, hard-working people can be safe and prosper, and they in turn reinvest a fair share of that prosperity back into society for posterity.

Everyone benefits.

“But somewhere along the way this got lost. Greed got good. The rich wanted all of the societal benefits and none of the societal responsibilities.” future of North Kitsap. I don’t want subsidized commuters whose loyalty is divided between Seattle and North Kitsap (few live in the Kingston Port District) doing the determining.

I know, Port money is not health district money but it all is our money. We must make smarter choices.

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The Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission 5-4 ruling gave corporations the same rights as people. They have now accumulated the same protections under the Constitution that individual citizens have, including unlimited free speech rights.

It’s a strange concept since corporations can’t act for themselves, they act through their employees.

Corporations don’t need a clean environment to survive, they’re businesses.

They don’t need healthy bodies, aren’t born, don’t eat, drink, breathe, feel pain, pray or die.

The 2010 Supreme Court

ruling gave corporations First Amendment rights that allowed them to contribute unlimited money to political campaigns and causes. Each major presidential candidate is now being helped by at least one money group, collectively known as “Super PACs,” which have few checks and balances.

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ish corporate personhood in cities and counties across America, from New York to Los Angeles.

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his aerial photo- water and formed into log graph was found rafts during high tide. The recently by Kingston rafts could then be towed to High School seniors Loren the mill.

Klemesrud and Aaron We would certainly like McCanna, while they were to know more about this organizing and filing mate- picture. When was it taken? rials for the Why was it Kingston taken? There Historical are several Society. houses. Who The tide in were their Apple Tree owners then?

By HARRIET Cove is parWe received tially out. so much good MUHRLEIN The wooden i n for mat i on slough bridge about Kountry can be seen in the center Korner that we are trying of the print. The road up again. the center is West Kingston This column is brought Road. to you by the Kingston The temporary log booms Historical Society. Contact into the Cove are on each us by mail, attend our meetside of the area where logs ing on Feb. 22, 10 a.m. at the were dumped. The logs Community Center, or call were then rolled into the Jack Minert at 297-3420.

A GLANCE AT THE PAST

he other day I was walking out to my car to drive to school at the college and I realized I wasn’t a kid anymore. For the first time, I really realized I was growing up and, until then, it hadn’t really hit me; I was closer to being an adult than I was to being a kid.

We all grow up, and we all want to. We want to go to school, get a job and have a family. We just can’t wait to complete all of the major goals we have in life. It makes it difficult to enjoy the time you are in right now, whether that be elementary, middle or high school, or however old you are. We are always looking to get to the next part of our lives.

When we are kids, all we

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By KYLER LACEY want to do is get older so we can be tall enough to go on the big kid rides at the theme parks and go to middle school where the big kids are. After we get to that point, it’s high school, a driver’s license and a job.

But we never take the time to enjoy what perks we get at those ages.

When we are in elementary school, we are pretty much carefree, with little homework, few chores and no responsibilities. As we get older, we gain responsibility and lose more and more free time. In middle

do we get the personal freedom of having a driver’s license, but we also get the financial freedom to buy the things that we want. Now you have to go to school, go to work and pay taxes. All of your time is taken up by something and the carefree child life is now gone.

Today, the No. 1 goal is to grow up as fast as possible.

The question is: Why do we want to do that? Being young and having little to no stress or responsibility is one of the best times in our lives that we cannot get back after we have lost it. Enjoy the time that you have while you have it, before it’s gone.

Always remember this: “Time you enjoyed wasting wasn’t wasted.” — John Lennon.

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CommunityCalendar FEB. 1 KINGSTON CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL: 7-9 p.m., Miller Bay Firehouse, 26642 Miller Bay Rd NE, Kingston. Open house from 5:30-6:45 regarding the Shoreline Management Program proposals. Info: Kathlene Barnhart, (360) 3375777, KBarnhar@co.kitsap. wa.us.

FEB. 4 BACKYARD DISCOVERIES: Feeder Watch, 10 a.m. to 1

p.m., Poulsbo Library, 700 NE Lincoln Road. Presented

by Stillwaters and Kitsap Audubon Society. Pre-register

by Jan. 30 at 297-1226; $20 person, $35 couple, includes beverages and snacks.

Contact: Joleen Palmer, (360) 297-2876, Joleen@stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org.

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The next big step is getting your license, adding driver’s education to the schedule.

After that’s finished and you take the official tests and you have your license, you’re free. Every parent with a teenager knows this feeling; your child no longer depends on you for transportation and can come and go as he or she pleases.

Getting a job is the final major step of our young lives. At this point, not only

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Technology: Keeping a balanced life T

hings have changed.

We all know it. Our world surely is not like it used to be! And that’s both good and bad. In this case, I’m speaking of technological advances that have changed our lives forever.

Email, for instance, has made staying connected with loved ones so easy.

About 13 years ago I started emailing regularly with one cousin I hadn’t seen for years, who had migrated to New York. Soon, she added another cousin. The other cousin added her sisters. Then another brother chimed in. Pretty quickly we had rousing, daily conversations going on between about a dozen relatives, some of whom I had never

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choices for the future By naomi maasberg met or hadn’t seen since we were kids. That daily conversation has continued since, on what we call “the cousinette.” We help each other through good times for emergencies and public events. See www.hansville. org for more details.

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Feb. 21

Bingo Night: 5:30 p.m., Greater Hansville Community Center, Buck Lake Park. Free admission, bingo cards extra.

A small refreshment bar with sandwiches, soft drinks and coffee will be provided.

Children can play if accompanied by an adult. Info: Fred Nelson (360) 638-0000.

Fat Tuesday Parade: 7 p.m., Suquamish Clearwater Casino, 15347 Suquamish Way NE. Second consecutive Fat Tuesday Parade of Service.

Voting on the floats begins Feb. 15 until the afternoon of the parade. Stillwaters will be one of 20 floats, and asks for you to stop by the casino and vote.

Coast Guard weekend navigator course: 6:30-9:30 p.m., Kingston Cove Yacht Club, Washington Boulevard, Kingston. Comprehensive course designed for experienced and novice powerboat and sailboat operators. Offered Feb. 21, 23, 28; March 1, 6, 8.

Cost: $75 fee includes class materials, additionally family members $35. Class is limited.

Reservations and information: Steve Hyman (360) 297-2494.

Feb. 15 Dan Hinckley at Kingston Garden Club: 9:30 a.m., Redeemer Methodist Church, 9900 Shorty Campbell Road, Kingston. Known for establishing Heronswood Nursery in Kingston and Windcliff and for collecting, propagating, and naming varieties of plants new to the North American nursery.

Presentation open to the public, donations are welcome.

Feb. 15 Book Sale Drop Off: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Greater Hansville Community Center, Buck Lake Park. Donate books, puzzles, CDs or videos for the Spring Book Sale. This helps our nonprofit serve the community with a warm center

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and bad, discuss all the important issues of the day, and work through amazingly tough family issues, like alcoholism and death.

Those family members are as near and dear to me as my own brothers. For that alone, I cannot thank email enough.

On the other hand, like many folks, I curse email daily. Every time I sit down at my desk and computer, there it is. Someone, everyone, seems to think they can have instant access to me. And, because I was schooled to always answer questions and to not keep people waiting, I can’t quite ignore those requests! Not that I want to, because each of those emails represents

a real person who seems to want to interact with me, and I value human interaction and honor my fellow people. So I wrestle with myself when I am really busy with my own priorities for work or home: Do I stop everything and take care of the other people represented in those emails, or put myself first and ignore them for a while?

I’m not a Facebook user; I check my page maybe once a month. Not because I can’t see the value of it, since it is used much like my “cousinette” to help people stay in touch with loved ones all over the world. What I would be afraid of is that I could get glued to it and find it just as demanding

as the “cousinette.” I really don’t want to spend my life attached to others through a keyboard and screen. And no, I don’t use my cell phone a lot either.

These are conscious choices on my part, not just resistance to anything “techie.” I am choosing to live, or try to live, more authentically and in the moment, paying attention to the people and surroundings of the moment. I am hoping to eliminate distractions and stay focused on who and what are in front of me in the moment.

“Distraction” is the word that I think of most often when I think about the technology around us. Again, it is both good and bad. Some

AUCTION: 4-7 p.m., Suquamish House of Awakening Culture, 7235 NE Parkway. The auction will include green, Earthfriendly things and experimental fun items from dozens of local businesses. Contact: Naomi Maasberg, (360) 2971226, naomi@stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org.

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BRIDGE PLAYERS: Monday, 1 p.m. at Kingston Community Center. Info: Delores Van Wyck, (360) 638-0271.

Kingston Business Group: Tuesdays, 7:30 a.m., at The Oak Table Café. Share business leads, ideas, network and socialize. Guests are welcome.

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distraction is good — when I need to get something off my mind at night, for instance, so I can sleep. But with so many wonderful people and places to take in and enjoy every day, every place we go, being distracted by something on a screen is not so good.

For me, being present in the moment and giving everyone and everything I do my full attention — something I value — means I choose to stay away from too much of the “white noise” of technology.

I believe that is a Choice for Sustainability!

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Neighbor Aid surpasses ShareNet goal K

ingston’s food bank, ShareNet, raised a whopping $73,846, more than $10,000 above its goal.

With great humility and appreciation, we thank the hundreds of local individuals, businesses and service clubs who, working together, responded to Neighbor Aid. The service organization experienced an increase in clients and service assistance after 2010’s relatively stable growth. ShareNet serviced 13,160 individuals — jumping from 7,236 in 2010 — and distributed 280,691

pounds of food, using 3,938 volunteer hours.

Growth at an organization is usually a good thing, but unfortunately this stat represents increased struggle in our community with hunger and unemployment issues. Volunteer hours also increased by about 1,000 hours. With every increase in service, it takes more volunteer commitment to operate ShareNet, and both our current volunteers and our community stepped up.

ShareNet’s weekend takehome program for school children, Food to Grow On, sometimes termed a “back-

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By MARK INCE pack program,” continued strongly in 2011, adding students, a school (Kingston

High), and expanding beyond the traditional school year to serve Wolfle Elementary School’s summer session. Food to Grow On is one of those programs that provide immediate satisfaction in that we get to see the gratitude and delight on children’s faces, not to mention school staff, in receipt of this food.

Retail sales in ShareNet’s Thrift Shop help fuel our program. But the store is about more than sales. It’s about helping lives through the means available there, such as providing free clothing, blankets, coats, shoes,

or other goods to those in need. The store also includes ShareWear, free professional attire for those re-entering the workforce who cannot afford the clothes they need to start the job.

Over the holidays, a single father recently relocated to Kingston and still struggling with the expense of the move, came to us seeking a coat for his young daughter.

There weren’t many good options in the shop at the time but, soon after, a secret Santa donated a brand new coat with the tags still on in just her size. She was so thrilled when she got the

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now is coming down as I write about our just-for-fun Winter Reading Program for adults in February and March.

Read a book, review it at our website www.krl.org, and enter a drawing for a gift card at a bookstore.

Drawings will be held at the end of February and March.

Your reviews will be posted on our website so others will get an idea of what to read.

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Rebecca Skloot will be the topic of discussion with the Kingston Book Group on Feb. 1, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Seattle Opera Preview lecture: Orphee et Euridice is Feb. 11 from 2-3:30 p.m.

Opera aficionado Norm Hollingshead tells the story of Orpheus’ descent to the Underworld to rescue his love, Eurydice. Talk about

drama: it doesn’t get any more dramatic than this.

Funded by a donation from an anonymous couple in Kingston.

The Kingston Writers Group invites you to join in a friendly supportive atmosphere to encourage writing poetry, nonfiction or fiction. Meetings are on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Indianola Room of the Kingston Community Center. Beginners are welcome.

LITTLE BOSTON LIBRARY EVENTS ■ Little Boston Book Group meets the first Wednesday of each month, 11 a.m. to noon. In February, the title we’ll discuss is “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand” by Helen Simonson.

■ Finding Balance in Your Budget, Feb. 4, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. In this introductory session about understanding credit, debt and budgeting, a financial adviser from Edward Jones

will present information on setting personal financial goals, managing expenses and debt, practical savings options for now through retirement, and creating a financial blueprint for the rest of your life.

■ Be one of our library Valentines on Feb. 11, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., by coming into the library to handcraft a rose, make a special Valentine, and decorate a cookie.

■ Adult Crafternoons: Wednesdays, 2:30–3:30

coat, her Dad brought her back to thank us in person. Our work at ShareNet often allows us to witness this kind of grace.

Beyond the individual community support that is so vital to our operation, ShareNet benefits in a variety of ways from its membership in Food Lifeline and Northwest Harvest, our region’s two largest hunger-relief organizations.

Significantly discounted and sometimes free food is made available to members of these agencies, as well as the latest news and best See SHARENET, Page 11

p.m. Bring your handwork projects and see our newest crafting books.

Please check our website www.krl.org for up-to-date program information.

Kitsap Regional Libraries will be closed Feb. 20, in observance of President’s Day. The Kingston Library is located at 11212 State Highway 104 in the Kingston Community Center. (360) 297-3330. Hours are: Monday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Plan ahead and set goals for a better future W

hen I was 15, I knew for sure what I was going to do for the rest of my life.

I would be a professional ballroom dancer. There was no “Dancing With The Stars,” only the movies to show me what a magical life I would have.

Well, life intervened and so did my parents.

I went to college, although I was sure I wouldn’t need the classes I took. Then the dance studio I was with closed, so my plan changed.

Now I would redirect my college classes and become a teacher. A better plan and one that served me well for

hansville happenings By donna lee anderson many years.

Better plans seems to be what this world is about.

They built a saw mill to make lumber for the local builders, then a better plan put that lumber on the train and sent it to other builders. Better plan? And fishing was easy in our waters with lots of fish, then the better plan was to share this bounty with a greater area.

Many boats came and the fish got less plentiful. Better plan?

What I’m getting at is the “better plan” needs to have a well thought-out conclusion, a thought-out process with long-term goals and people willing to stay in for the long haul. And I’m seeing that our own Hansville

Community Center is in this process of making well thought-out, long-range plans. And as usual, many volunteers are willing to stay in this for the long haul.

I’m not sure everyone is aware of the Planning Committee that is looking for funds to help rejuvenate the Club House, or about the many hours they have spent in research, meetings, and taking classes to learn about grants and funding sources. But you’ve probably heard about the other plans like the annual Rummage Sale. Do you know about the hundreds of hours it takes to sort and make the

Kiwanians are staying busy in 2012

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By Bob lee annual Valentine Day Gala that’s supports our local Boys and Girls Club. This social event will take place at the Oak Table Café and Firehouse Theater at 5 p.m. on Feb. 12. It includes all the food and chocolate you can eat, wine and champagne, special corsages made by Caring Clowns International, and silent and live auctions. Tickets cost $30 and can be purchased at Kitsap Bank, Columbia Bank, the Chamber of

Conmerce, Firehouse Theater, and Cup & Muffin.

Don’t wait, they are going fast.

The free movie this year furnished by Craig at the Firehouse Theater is “Roman Holiday” with

Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. How many times can you see an “Affair to Remember?”

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missed the deadline for the January edition of the Kingston Community News, but one of the things I wanted to share with the community is the great kids we have in our Key Club at Kingston High School.

Key Club is sponsored

by Kiwanis but has its own charter. Last year, club members raised funds for the Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN). The organization helps people in Third World countries that suffer with severe bone trauma. Without SIGN’s help, many people would die from their wounds.

The Key Club also collected hygiene kits from local businesses and organizations for homeless people, and delivered them to the Salvation Army.

They helped Judy Osborn by shopping for toys that teenagers would enjoy during the Kiwanis Toy Drive, helped at food drives and at our Valentine’s Day Gala.

We have some really great youngsters in our community.

We are already busy with projects for 2012 with the

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Have you attended a Neighbor Luncheon? This is when you come to the Club House and for a small fee you get a wonderful lunch, sometimes a speaker, and as a bonus you could meet someone new, a neighbor you didn’t know yet.

Have you gone to a Soup Supper? There was such a night a few weeks ago, where heads of all those committees we have throughout our area were invited to have soup and give their opinion of what would make the HCC better or what they would like to see happen there. Another Soup Supper was held to introduce our new postmaster, Steve Hicks.

I can’t list all the events being held at the Hansville Community Center, but here are some you’ll want

to make sure to attend this year, in addition to those I’ve already mentioned: the Ladies Aid Dinner Dance, the Children’s Christmas Party, the Pinewood Derby, Bingo, Picnic in the Park, Car Show, Book Sale, and the Flotsam and Jetsam Garden Club meetings. If you visit www.hansvillelog. org, you’ll find many more.

As I said before, the Hansville Community Center is fully involved in meeting the wants and needs of our community and the board is working hard to make these plans well thought out to a conclusion with long-term goals. So, thank you, President Judy Tallman and the board of HCC. And if you want to be part of these exciting plans, they could use all the volunteers they can get.

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Rotary sending three KHS students abroad K

ingston-North Kitsap Rotary Club will send three local students abroad this summer as part of the Rotary Summer Exchange Program (STEP). All three candidates exhibited outstanding academic and extracurricular abilities.

Simon Campo is a junior at Kingston High School who has a wide range of talents. He has been an avid soccer player since the age of 4 and now plays on the Kingston High School soccer team as well as for the Premier League with the North Kitsap Storm.

Simon’s sports abilities are diverse. He is a key member of his school’s mountainbiking team and also enjoys hiking, snowboarding, surfing, running and, as he puts it, “anything outdoors.”

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By NANCY MARTIN Academically, Simon is an honor student and is co-president of the school’s National Honor Society.

This year, his courses include three Advanced Placement classes: Biology, Chemistry, and Language and Composition. Simon is a self-taught piano player and is now taking a course in digital graphics.

This fall, Simon was selected Homecoming “prince” by his classmates.

He recently was nominated to attend the Boys State, which will give him a detailed understanding of how government works.

This one-week honor will come just before he leaves

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for his Rotary exchange.

Simon wrote on his exchange application, “Every kid has a dream … in my case to see the world.”

His Advanced Placement course last year in World History reinforced that dream. His exchange next summer will be a first step in a dream’s fulfillment.

Two young ladies will also travel abroad next summer,

Taylor Larson and Leah van Lieshout.

Taylor, now a freshman at Kingston High School, is an A-student and has honors classes in math and English.

She is a people person and finds it easy to talk to people of all ages.

Taylor’s participation in school activities include serving as manager of the football team and being

an active member of the Interact Club. Taylor definitely plans to attend college, seeking a career either as a science teacher or an animal trainer.

Leah is an A-student and is now a sophomore at Kingston High School.

She loves sports and this year is co-captain of the school cheer squad. She also loves creative writing.

Her academic goals include enrolling in Stanford University, but she has not yet decided whether she would prefer to become a marine biologist or a veterinarian.

All three students were accepted into the STEP program at the district level and now await news of their placement with a Rotary district abroad.

STEP ambassadors

expected to receive news in late January as to which country they will travel.

Then in April, they will receive the name and location of their exchange partner and start making arrangements for travel.

A fun part of the STEP program is when our local candidates return to Kingston with their exchange sisters or brother. It’s an opportunity for Kingston Rotarians to introduce our guests to the wonderful town of Kingston.

This is another great benefit of membership in Kingston Rotary — the opportunity to interact with local and international youth.

Please feel free to attend a meeting and learn more about our Summer Exchange Program.

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Before you think about adjusting your investment strategy in anticipation of any actions coming from Washington, keep a couple of facts in mind. First, few campaign promises become reality. And second, due to our system of government, radical shifts in direction are difficult to implement — which is why so few of them occur.

Still, we may see some smaller-scale — yet not insignificant — changes in the near future. In light of this possibility, what investment decisions should you make? Here are a few suggestions: Consider owning investments that are taxed in different ways. No one can predict what will happen with income tax rates or the tax rates that are applied to capital gains and dividends. Consequently, it may be a good idea to seek “tax diversification” by owning investments that are taxed in different ways.

For example, when you sell appreciated stocks, you pay capital gains taxes, whereas interest payments from bonds will be taxed at your individual tax rate.

And it’s always a good idea to take advantage of tax-advantaged vehicles, such as an IRA and your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan.

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Spring projects are already under way at the Port A third of the way through winter and today, as I am writing this column, we are enjoying the first snowfall of the season. Where was all this wonderful white stuff when we had the tree and all of the holiday lights on display down at the port?

I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas holiday enjoying the traditions and fellowship of the season. Additionally, I hope you were all able to get down to the marina and enjoy the light show that the port staff and a dozen volunteers created for you to enjoy. We even bundled up my 93-year-old mom and

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brought her down for a look.

She was duly impressed.

As the snow covers our park, all of the bulbs that

Ray and the grounds crew planted a month or two ago are preparing to bloom to bring you yet another springtime full of color. I’m ready for some spring color.

In December, the Port was invited to become part of the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council (KRCC) by serving on the Transportation Policy Committee. This appointment will help our town be represented over issues dealing with important local transportation. The KRCC examines many issues throughout the county and brings recommendations and priorities for consideration to the Legislature.

Among the projects at the Port this winter and spring: replacement of a lot of our creosote-coated piles with new steel ones.

That should be done by the end of February. Next, we are going to replace all of the gated entrances to the permanent moorage docks with new modern gateways.

That project should be done by the start of boating season.

As we enjoy our winter weather, the committees that bring us all the fun in the summertime are busy.

I talked with Nancy Martin the other day and she already has five concerts lined up for our Concerts on the

administers the Grocery Rescue program, which ShareNet operates locally, benefiting from food donated from grocery stores — in our case, Kingston Albertsons and Poulsbo Walmart.

In 2011, ShareNet, with its partner in administering this assistance, St. Vincent de Paul at St. Olaf ’s, again prevented hundreds of evictions and power shutoffs by distributing more than $30,000 in crisis assistance

to local residents unable to pay their bills. We remain the only significant provider of crisis assistance for our particular service area.

Our Thanksgiving holiday meal box giveaway was another big success in 2011,

DOWN AT THE PORT

By PETE DEBOER

In the days of the square riggers, when a crew member onboard became sick, his name was placed on the

Binnacle List: A ship’s sicklist. A binnacle was the stand on which the ship’s compass was mounted. In the 18th century and probably before, a list was given to the officer or mate of the watch, containing the names of men unable to report for duty.

The list was kept at the binnacle. Many modern Navy and Coast Guard ships continue to publish a Binnacle List, keeping departments informed as to who may not be available for duty.

As always, thanks for reading this column.

— Pete DeBoer is a Kingston port commissioner.

Contact him at pete@petedeboer.com

serving 695 individuals with a total of 11,321 pounds of food, each box containing enough for Thanksgiving and several meals beyond.

Our Christmas Gift Shop served 190 children.

ShareNet provided more

than 165 new, well-stocked backpacks to struggling families in our community at our Back to School Supplies event, and donated the remainder.

— Mark Ince is executive director of ShareNet.

Cove series. The Kingston 4th of July Celebration board is meeting to keep the party going for our Independence Day celebration. This year, July 4 is on a Wednesday so a two-day event is being planned for July 3-4. The Beautification Committee of the Chamber of Commerce has all of the hanging baskets stored and being replanted up at Fox Glove Nursery. Call the Kingston Chamber if you want to sponsor a basket.

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New name for old feature: 1,000 Words A vehicle carefully navigates Port Gamble Road after a burst of snow blanketed much of North Kitsap, Jan. 17.

1,000 WORDS

By BRAD CAMP

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he skies darkened and opened up with snow and freezing rain over Kingston recently.

It was the first big snow of the year and it started to stick, much to the dogs’ and kids’ delight. As a photojournalist, my first instinct was to strap on the boots, grab the scanner and head out.

It didn’t take long to find cars in ditches. Ironically, most of the ditched cars were 4WD vehicles.

Dramatic weather has

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always been a driver for me as a photographer. After spending my youth stormchasing across the Plains, the weather of the Pacific Northwest lends itself to a more poetic visual take.

After visiting the usual haunts for bad roads in North Kitsap, I sought out

a more peaceful vantage point from which to capture the storm. On my way back from Port Gamble, I noticed virgin snow across the road where old Port Gamble Road connects to Bond Road. I maneuvered slowly down the road until I found a spot where the framing

was suitable for a backdrop.

I parked and waited.

I was waiting for a car, a horse or a pedestrian to break the palette of fresh snow and give the scene a sense of place and scale.

Very promptly, a Subaru barreled past and helped create the frame I was looking

for. I would have preferred a horse, but horsepower would do in this case.

After that, experience was telling me it was time to go.

— Brad Camp authored this column when it was called “Picture This.” He coowns Olympic Photo Group.

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Contented feeling should not be sought I

t was a snow day! The kids were home, and we had some fun. In the morning, the snow was fresh and new, and the kids weren’t soaked and tired yet.

I was inside by the fire, cuddling in a sweater and nibbling a homemade cookie.

Water for cocoa warmed on the stove.

Two of our dogs lay at my feet, and the puppy was outside with the kids. She’s about 70 pounds now and wasn’t cooperating with the kids’ plans for her to ride the sled down. She does enjoy chasing them, though.

That day, I felt content.

Doesn’t happen very often; there’s always something to worry about, a problem to work through, needs to be met, or some place to be.

My kitchen floor was clean for a few minutes, until the kids and their wet clothing came inside. I just sat there and enjoyed it, as I enjoyed

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Continued from page 9 on Jan. 12 and presented a check for $500 in support of the Boys and Girls Club.

Sheriff Steve Boyer was our guest speaker and went home with a new uniform tie, clown nose and rubber chicken.

The sheriff is very supportive of the local Kiwanis and Rotary clubs and enjoys speaking at our events. He understands our communities and really cares about our safety. It’s great to know that Sheriff Boyer, with 40 years in law enforcement still has time to meet at night with regular citizens.

The new Mustang is in action, looking great (black

Roundabout By denise Roundy the happy noises I heard outside.

One day over Christmas, I watched the classic 1945 movie “Christmas in Connecticut” (Barbara Stanwyck), twice in a row.

Well, I didn’t really watch it; I’ve seen it so many times, all I have to do is listen to know what’s happening on the screen.

Have you seen the movie?

It’s about Elizabeth Lane, a woman who writes a home-

with red stripes), and tickets are on sale everywhere in Kingston. Last year’s success allowed us to be able to fund all our commitments, make sure we can help our deserving students with their college aspirations, and allow our kids a chance to have fun in a safe environment (Boys and Girls Club). Tickets are $10, and there is a limit of 3,500 that can be sold.

The final toy count this year was 700-plus toys and books, which made sure 228 families had gifts under the tree that may not have been there.

As usual, we are looking for folks to increase our ranks so we don’t get burned out and to introduce those that have never had an

making column, letting her readers think that she lives on a beautiful farm in Connecticut with her husband and family, where she cooks amazing meals, spins wool, and milks her cow, Methuselah. In reality, she’s single, lives in the city, and can’t cook.

I sometimes feel like Elizabeth Lane, just a little.

I love writing about my family in our little house in the big woods in Kingston – big snowy woods lately. For the most part, my life is just what I would want it to be.

However, I feel a little guilty sometimes. Do I pick out the best parts of my life and present it like it’s all that way? Kind of like those Christmas letters you sometimes get, telling all about perfect kids with perfect grades who are involved in every extracurricular activity possible; promotions at work, fabulous vacations, all

that sort of stuff. I would hate to have someone read my column and think that my life must be perfect or better than theirs.

So here’s a little Roundy reality, because I want you to feel good about yourself.

Right at this moment, my bathrooms are in serious need of deep cleaning. If you came to my house and asked to use the bathroom, I’d have to say no.

I have two closets that are such a mess, I can’t close the doors. This is inconvenient, as they are both in hallways and we have to step around the open doors.

I’m out of vegetables, and I don’t care.

Also, I have a pile of laundry to fold that is taller than two of my children, and my youngest is 8. Yeah.

Fabulous vacations we have planned for the year: Did I mention the kids are outside playing in the

opportunity to be a member of Kiwanis to realize the joy of helping kids and their community. We have a lot more fun than hanging out at the Post Office, walking up and down Ohio Street for exercise, pushing the shopping cart at IGA and Albertsons, and waiting for spring so we can plant our roses. Come and join us at

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At the fair, you can get free tax preparation (for household incomes under $50,000) and basic financial and tax advice. Experts will offer advice and services related to identity theft, HUD loans, credit counseling, financial aid, and consumer rights.

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The happy sounds of my children playing right now: This just tells me that no one has taken a snowball to the face so far.

And yet, I am content.

Why not? If I waited until everything was just the way I want it in order to feel happy, I’d never get there.

It becomes quieter outside. The kids got bored with our little hills and went to check out the neighbors’.

(Aren’t you glad we’re not your neighbors?) The puppy lies exhausted at my feet, and our beer-fetching older dog gallivants out with the children.

Life is good.

— Denise Roundy writes Roundabout for the Kingston Community News. Contact her at dirkroundy@yahoo. com.

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Morgan excels with high school jazz ensemble FAB SPOTLIGHT I

n choosing Victor Morgan as FAB’s (Fine Arts Boosters) featured artist for February, music teacher Adam Campagna wrote, “Victor is a very talented and dedicated musician. He plays an active role in our Wind Ensemble on the contrabass clarinet and is pianist for the Kingston High School Jazz Ensemble and is one of the band’s equipment managers.”

As I interviewed the KHS junior, I was once again wowed by the talented life of a KHS artist. He is intense and serious and his email address includes “pianoman,” which tells us his passion for music.

“It is fun, different from normal school where I can express myself with piano, clarinet and contrabass,” Victor said.

By MARILYN BODE

I learned that the contrabass is the biggest clarinet still used and is played the same as the familiar clarinet, with the music in the treble clef. Lower-bassed clarinets are no longer used; the human ear could not hear their lowest notes.

The Bremerton Symphony Youth Orchestra, which performs in the Bremerton High School Auditorium, is blessed with Victor and his clarinets. He began playing the clarinet in the sixthgrade band and his piano lessons began at age 10.

Dianne Johnston of Poulsbo is his piano teacher.

Having always lived in North Kitsap, Victor said he

“likes the rain pattering on the windows.” His favorite activities are playing piano and reading epic fantasy. He said “The Great Gatsby” is the best book he’s ever read.

Victor had a difficult time deciding his choices for his favorite music, among them Eric Burdon of the Animals, Eric Clapton, and British rock group Status Quo. Students now must pay much of their music-study costs, and Victor said “you get a real education. Serious artists are better students and learn how to express themselves.”

He was recently one of four KHS musicians selected to go to Pacific Lutheran University for the High School Honor Band, rehearsing for two full days for a Saturday evening concert.

Not only does he express

Victor Morgan, a junior at Kingston High School, was recently selected to travel to Pacific Lutheran University for honor band.

Morgan also performs with the Bremerton Symphony Youth Orchestra.

himself through music, he debates.

“It is good to be able to speak in front of people and to form points and argu-

Local fire districts seek cost savings

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By MICHÈLE LABODA the district’s apparatus maintenance operation are defrayed by contracting out mechanics’ services to other fire departments.

Other efforts with neighboring agencies have netted savings. Rather than hiring an employee to do the work, NKF&R contracts with the Olympic Educational Service District to provide information technology services at a much lower cost. One facilities maintenance specialist is shared

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That number is down about 5 percent from 2010 (2,480 responses).

This is likely due, in part, to fewer winter storm events than usual. We’d also like to think that our community is getting safer. We’ll analyze the data further and provide more details when our 2011 Annual Report is published this spring.

In their final meeting of 2011, our fire commissioners signed contracts with employee groups, freezing wage increases for the next three years and sealing the latest in a series of costsaving measures to help the district maintain service levels as property tax revenues — about 90 percent of district funding — continue to drop.

NKF&R’s employee groups have partnered with district leaders on similar efforts since the beginning of the economic downturn.

Personnel agreed to forego a promised cost-of-living increase in 2009 and every year since. Personnel costs comprised 83 percent of NKF&R’s budget in 2010.

The district has worked hard to economize in other areas as well, imposing budget discipline in areas such as supplies and utilities charges. Expenses for

ments for meaningful conversation,” he said.

Victor said he thinks it is good to see both sides of an issue, and he believes in bipartisan politics.

“If Congress lived in Washington, D.C. with

family, and personal political relationships preserved like they used to be instead of often flying home, that would deal with polarization,” he said.

He does not like the Stop Online Piracy Act. Oh, and about his future?

“I don’t think about it. I just enjoy high school,” he said FAB constantly thinks about the future of the Arts at KHS. To borrow words from Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat about artists, “Their passionate devotion to art and their positive attitude toward life has profoundly moved me.”

Me too!

At a time when society’s dour mood is all about cutting back, FAB and KHS arts teachers are taking a “flying leap with ludicrous optimism” (Westneat’s words.)

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Greater Kingston C H A M B E R

KINGSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2012 LEADERSHIP President DONNA ETCHEY North Kitsap Herald / Kingston Community News Vice-President BIM PRINCE Edward Jones Treasurer EVA MONLUX Stanley Steemer Secretary SHIRLEY BOMGAARS Creative Office Guru

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT - Donna Etchey Welcome to 2012!!

Your new board of directors met on January 10th and we started planning out the year and new committees. I am very excited to be working with this group of business members. I believe they will all bring a great deal of knowledge and a new perspective to your chamber. If you are interested in getting involved or you have some area of expertise, we NEED you. 2012 is going to be a very dynamic year, stay tuned and check the chamber’s website often to see what is happening.

For my first official column of the New

Year, I thought I would start with some Time Management tips, that everyone can use.

TIME MANAGEMENT Plan each Day – The best time to plan your day is Sunday night before the week even starts. Mark in the important objectives and goal items of the upcoming week.

Tackle the Toughest Job First – Don’t procrastinate on those unpleasant or arduous tasks; chances are they are the most important on your list. When you tackle the worst first, the rest of the day will be easier sailing.

Learn to Say No – As you’re about to raise your hand, pause for a moment and ask yourself “Is it really necessary for me to do this”?

Implement Deadlines – Challenge yourself by setting deadlines for competing tasks. i.e. “I will

Donna Etchey, President and Publisher of North Kitsap Herald, Kingston Community News and Sound Classified (360) 779-4464 or detchey@northkitsapherald.com

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT- Johnny Walker, Almost Candid Photography Beginning with a commitment to “give back” and support the local communities of greater Kingston and the North Kitsap Peninsula, Johnny Walker formed Almost Candid Photography in 2011 as part of J. Walker Enterprise LLC to help fill a gap in local photojournalism, small business marketing, and art photography. Almost a year later, his trademark fedora is widely recognized behind the lens at many regional events ranging from festivals to sports, and family gatherings to politics.

Almost Candid Photography began as a mobile business taking the lens to customers. Though preferring the use of natural settings and light, portable backdrops and lighting were soon added to provide for more traditional portrait requests and wedding support. A physical studio for appointment only is expected to be available in the spring

of 2012. Combined with an existing computer lab for digital processing, local production of standard sized prints is available. Packages, bulk orders and custom sizes became available in collaboration with Smugmug online services in December.

As a Kingston based cottage business, samples of Johnny’s work can be seen online at www.almostcandid.net and on facebook at Almost Candid Photography. Gallery prints are sponsored by the Cuppa Bella Bagelry & Espresso Café on highway 104 at the Kingston IGA mall. Drop in and tell them Johnny sent you.

As an early part time business started in 2004, Johnny Walker also provides music entertainment and audio support as the iPJ – or digital disc jockey. With over 5,000 song titles, a 500-watt portable system is ideal for music at dinners,

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Member-to-Member Discounts Sharing discounts with fellow Members, and in this way boosting business, is another benefit of chamber membership.

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finish all my copy by noon.”

Perfection can Paralyze – Know when to say when. The pursuit of perfection is noble but you have to be mindful of productivity.

Find Quiet Time – Need to get away from people, phones and other distractions? Do it. Find your oasis of high productivity. Many high performers arrive at work an hour early to enjoy the oasis.

Personal Habits – Keep your work area neat and tidy, your work tools and materials handy and your files in good order. Take a minute or two before you leave at the end of the day to straighten up your desk and office.

Just Do It – It’s the best way to get things done.

Pictured here, enjoying the Jan. After Hours hosted by Cuppa Bella, are Kim Gurnee (Main Street Ale House) and Randy Monlux (Stanley Steemer). The February 9 After Hours will be held at Little City Catering from 5 – 7 PM.

GELDER TO SPEAK AT CHAMBER LUNCHEON Kingston Chamber Business Luncheon on Tuesday, February 7, at the Kingston Cove Yacht Club, sponsored by Liberty Bay Bank welcomes Commissioner Rob Gelder as guest speaker. Call 297-3813 to RSVP. Little City Catering will be serving: Pecan Crusted Chicken with Honey Mustard Sauce, Creamy Homemade Macaroni and Cheese, Caesar Salad, Fresh Fruit Garnish, Tiramisu Trifle and Beverages.

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Kingston Chamber Luncheon - 12 PM @ Kingston Cove Yacht Club Events Committee - 4 PM @ Cleo’s Learning Center

Kingston Historical Society - 10 AM @ Kingston Community Center Kingston Networking - 8 AM @ Little City Catering’s meeting room

THURSDAY Every Thursday

2nd Tuesday

Friends of the Library - 10 AM @ Kingston Library Plus or Minus 50 Singles Night - 6 PM (Call for location: 360-297-4414)

Kiwanis Meeting - 7 AM @ Oak Table CafĂŠ in Kingston

3rd Tuesday

2nd Thursday

Village Green Foundation - 4:30 PM @ Kingston Fire Station

Kingston Chamber of Commerce After Hours - 5 PM @ Varying Locations – www.KingstonChamber.com

WEDNESDAY Every Wednesday

FRIDAY 1st Friday

Rotary Lunch - 11:30 am @ Kingston Cove Yacht Club

7:30 AM @ Little City Catering – All members welcome with notification to 297-3813.

FEB. 7 Kingston Chamber Business Luncheon

FEB. 16 Westsound Business Expo 2012

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2 PM Visit www.hansville.org for more information.

12 Noon @ Kingston Cove Yacht Club.

Sponsored by Liberty Bay Bank. Guest Speaker Commissioner Rob Gelder, Kitsap County. $15 with RSVP to 297-3813 or $20 (cash/check) What do I get for my Membership? at the door (or pay in advance via our website at Minimum: Website and Business Directory www.kingstonchamber.com ). Lunch provided Entry, link to your website, blast to the world by Little City Catering. Door Prizes welcomed! about your belonging to the Chamber in the Bring your business card to enter into the March 2012 Member Spotlight Article drawing in the Kingston Community News, on Facebook Chamber Newsletter. Refer a new member to the and on our Weekly E-News.

Chamber and get your lunch for FREE! More: Publication of news and articles from FEB. 8 your business on website and in E-News, KINGSTON NETWORKING Hosted by the networking opportunities galore!

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MONDAY 4th Monday

FEB.14 Kingston Chamber Board of Directors Meeting

2 – 7 PM @ Kitsap Pavilion.

ALL CHAMBERS AFTER HOURS. Meet fellow businesses in the county, enjoy free samples, door prizes, entertainment, etc. Want to buy a booth? Contact your Chamber Office for details.

This event is FREE and open to the public.

FEB. 17 - 19 Mystery Dinner Theatre and Auction “The Mirrorball Murder�

@ Poulsbo Eagles Club. Enjoy a spectacular, original musical dinner theater production of “The Mirrorball Murder� written, directed, & performed by Options parents, current & alumni plus A sumptuous four-course dinner prepared and served by Options parents & students Live & silent auctions throughout the evening $45 per person / $40 for seniors / $40 per person when booking a table for eight ** Cash bar. Reservations required.

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Kingston Chamber Ambassadors – Open to EVERYONE

8:00 AM @ Little City Catering on the corners of Ohio and 3rd in Kingston. If you have a business you’d like to promote, come and bring lots of business cards. Visit one of our many coffee establishments on your way in! This opportunity is FREE. Chamber Membership Benefits will be discussed as well as Ambassador opportunities.

FEB. 22 KINGSTON NETWORKING Hosted by the Kingston Chamber Ambassadors – Open to EVERYONE

FEB. 9 Kingston Chamber After Hours

5 – 7 PM @ Little City Catering on the corners of Ohio and 3rd Avenues in Kingston.

8:00 AM @ Little City Catering on the corners of Ohio and 3rd in Kingston. If you have a business you’d like to promote, come and bring lots of business cards. Visit one of our many coffee establishments on your way in! This opportunity is FREE. Chamber Membership Benefits will be discussed as well as Ambassador opportunities.

FEB. 11 KHS Buccaneer Bounty Dinner and Auction

6:00 PM @ the Indianola Clubhouse.

Entertainment by Buccaneer Jazz Band.

Reception, Silent Auction, Dinner, Entertainment, Wine Tasting and Live Auction. $35.00 per Ticket. Table of six $210.00. Pay at the door or order your tickets in advance by calling either Julia at 360-9304775 or Rich at 360-620-4483.

FEB. 25 Stillwaters Annual Auction

4:00 PM @ Suquamish Tribe Education Center. More information and ticket order form http://www.stillwatersenvironmentalcenter. org/documents/Flyer2012.pdf To order tickets online: 1. Send your request for admission tickets or Golden Raffle tickets to naomi@ stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org Be sure to include number of tickets. 2. Your tickets will arrive in the mail!

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Urban Economic Development Committee (Stakeholders) - 9 AM @ Cleo’s Learning Center

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Kingston Citizens Advisory Council - 7 PM @ North Kitsap Fire and Rescue Station on Miller Bay Road

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Super Seniors Lunch - Call (360) 811-0288 for more information Kingston Networking - 8 AM @ Little City Catering’s meeting room

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s a recap of Port Gamble Country Christmas, we want to thank Ferrell Gas and Pope Resources as sponsors of our fireworks show and Boom Town Fireworks for a fabulous job — we look forward to 2012.

A huge “thank you” to all the businesses in Port Gamble for supporting the events that are held in Port Gamble and for all the visitors who shop and eat in Port Gamble and the locals who continue to support the businesses.

Two items that I would like to highlight from our fun-filled weekend was our annual Fruitcake Contest

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Continued from page 15 dollar maintenance equipment, the three departments are sharing items such as brake testers and more.

Commissioners are actively pursuing further efficiencies in ongoing talks with Poulsbo Fire.

port gamble gazette By shana smith and Santa’s Workshop!

We were excited to have as our guest judges Gregg Olsen, author of the “Empty Coffin” series and book

Another source of savings is the deferral of major repairs, improvements and replacement. While that strategy is helping on a temporary basis, it cannot be sustained into the future as the district’s vehicles and facilities age. n

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“Envy” (which takes place in Port Gamble); Eric Ellis, district manager of Ferrell Gas; and Eric Ayala, hotel director.

Our winner was William LaVigne of Port Orchard.

William has been making fruitcakes for 30 years, and his son Vern and his family have been involved in helping him bake the fruitcake for the last 14 years.

This past year marks the 75th anniversary of the family’s fruitcake tradition, which dates back to 1933 when William’s grandmother started it in St. Maries, Idaho. Congratulations to William and family!

Santa’s Workshop, which

was held in the WalkerAmes House, was a first for Country Christmas. The Port Gamble staff transformed the house into a place for children and their parents to have their photos taken with Santa and the children made up to six craft projects that they kept or gave as a gift to a loved one. We were pleased to have more than 700 children pose with Santa!

All of us survived the holidays and the winter storms brought to us in January. It is now time to indulge in chocolate and love; it must be February.

We are pleased to announce another children’s

free car seat checks. The program is made possible by the dedication of our volunteer child passenger safety technicians, donations from our own personnel and a grant from the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s Point Casino.

The next event will take place on Feb. 11, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at our Paul T. Nichol

Headquarters Fire Station, 26642 Miller Bay Road NE, Kingston.

A first aid and CPR class will be held Feb. 22 and 23, 6-10 p.m. in our Paul T. Nichol Headquarters Fire Station. Tuition of $40 per student must be paid in advance to reserve a space in the class. For more information, call 297-3619.

workshop: The Children’s Valentine Workshop. The Valentine Workshop is scheduled for Feb. 11, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Walker-Ames House.

Bring your children, grandchildren, niece or nephew to create a Valentine gift for families, friends or your favorite teacher. For just $5, you will be able to make three craft gifts. For more information, please call (360) 297-8074.

OTHER FEBRUARY EVENTS

n Quilt Classes Galore, 930-8145 for information. n Valentine’s Day dinner specials: Bistro By Night, 297-4225 for reservations; Port Gamble General Store, (360) 297-7636 for reservations. n Feb. 18 Ghost Walk (360) 297-8074 for reservations.

Thanks to the same grant from the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s Point Casino, we’ve purchased a limited number of devices to enhance the fire safety of elders who otherwise might not be able to afford over-the-stove automatic fire extinguishers and/or smoke alarms for the hearing impaired.

upcoming EVENTS n March 2-18: “The Good Doctor,” Port Gamble Theater Co., 977-7135. n March 24: Ghost Walk, 297-8074 for reservations. n April 28-29: Port Gamble Presents: Fibers and Fabric, 297-8074 for more information.

Here are the ways you can keep up with us in Port Gamble: Follow us on Twitter @PortGamble and @ PortGambleWed. “Like” us on Facebook at Port Gamble or Port Gamble Weddings.

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If you or someone you know might benefit from this opportunity as well as from the accompanying fire safety education, contact me at 297-3619 or laboda@nkfr. org for more information.

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Winter chores and officials’ faux pas

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ur lives are getting a little humdrum with the weather ever changing from one day to the next.

If one is fortunate enough to have the time, curl up with that book you have been promising to read. Here on the acres, the world seems asleep with an occasional twit from birds raiding the feeders. Windsong flows through tall fir trees sweetly calling like the Sirens of mythology; come out, come out and walk among us.

I love each season, but after a bit I do find

this ‘n’ that By jacque thornton myself longing for the next.

Although, with each season comes different chores that have to be done.

A good friend emailed some interesting household hints a while back. If you happen to be like me, you don’t always have the neatest linen shelf or drawer, and are always on the hunt for the matching pillowslips.

A handy idea of solving this problem is to fold your sets of bed linens and put them in matching pillowcases, then neatly pile one on top of the other.

Something else I hadn’t thought of is putting a nylon stocking over a vacuum hose end to find earring backs and other tiny items that fall on the floor.

Also, save the different colored plastic tags that come off bread wrappers as they can be used as labels on each computer plug in. With a marker, put an identity letter on it. Don pulled the

plugs out one time after the power had been off. What a mess it was getting them in the right places again, so this is a great idea.

For some odd reason, I have always been a collector of inane sayings and cute stories. That’s actually how my column title came into being in the Kingston Community News, because I wanted to share my idiosyncrasy with others.

While glancing through my old daily journals the other day, I came across a few fancy ticklers that some may remember, but oth-

ers may not. This one is a no brainier by then Rep. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who remarked, “Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said,, ‘Thank God, I’m still alive,’ but of course those who died, their lives will never be the same

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Yep. Nothing like a nice hefty slice of humble pie to reset this pod-jockey’s meter.

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Our interview kicked off five minutes before the Big Top Legacy program was under way. We saw plenty of chiropractors, all right â&#x20AC;&#x201D; glancing our way as they ran past to grab their seats and seek refuge from the pelting rain under the shelter of the big tent. In all fairness, some did stop and brave the rain for a moment to enjoy our banter. As the main attraction got under way though, our audience quickly vanished. But two ladies remained, loyally hanging on our every word.

Now, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider myself a celebrity by any stretch of the imagination, but podcasting has put me in the limelight, and Logan and I have developed quite a

following around the globe with our niche audience.

So, naturally, I was flattered to have these two lovely ladies, who were obvious diehard fans, braving the rain to take in one of our shows in person.

As my guest responded to my questions, my mind would drift in and out to thoughts of later signing autographs and answering behind-the-scene questions about our show.

Unbelievably, the two ladies watched the entire interview, all 21 minutes 10 seconds of it.

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One such story took place in the farmlands just outside of Portland. Logan and I were invited to heft our studio down to the Big Top Legacy Gathering â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a regular old-school chiropractic philosophy turnout held under a circus tent.

Over the course of the day, influential leaders in our profession would take to the stage under the grand spectacle of the big top. Our studio was set up just outside and our job, of course, was to interview them.

As the chiropractorattendees arrived to this surreal event held out in a cow pasture, my intention was to have our on-location studio on the air with our first interview in progress.

Loudspeakers were set to project so attendees could easily stop and enjoy our show.

My scheduled guest was Dr. Lyle Koca, a passionate chiropractor and leader from Nebraska. I had no doubt that he had the makings for an excellent interview. I failed to account for two things though: technical difficulties and how rain would affect our audience.

Technically, our studio did not set up as smoothly as it had in the past. Without boring you with details, just know that it took much longer than I had planned.

And then, as it does in the Northwest, it began to rain.

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Some explanation about the state ferry service FERRYFARE W ith all the thrashing about cutting ferry service, I figured that I’d pour myself a drink and explain what little I know.

Kingston Ferry Advisory Committee

It takes $220 million to operate the ferry system; $150 million comes from fares and $70 million comes from taxes. Half of the tax money is from ferrydedicated sources and the remaining $35 million per year is “transferred” from other state Department of Transportation accounts.

The governor says she can’t make these “transfers” and, without new revenue, we’ll lose ferry runs.

Prior to 2000, the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax provided this tax money. When MVET was annihilated, a Blue Ribbon Committee foretold ferry fare increases would make up the difference. When fares went up,

however, labor and fuel costs increased and ridership went down.

Ballot measures in 2003 and 2005 elevated gas taxes to a prestigious 28 cents per gallon, pushing WSDOT revenues up to $2 billion per year.

So why is $35 million per year for ferries, or 1.8 percent of the budget, such a problem?

Four hundred new projects were promised in those gas tax levies, and payments on bonds to fund them now gobble up most of the $2 billion per year.

How’d that happen? After six years of double-digit revenue growth, WSDOT assumed that continued

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revenue growth would pay Larry Seaquist’s HB3309. for operations and main- These bills will set up a ferry tenance. When revenue riders’ committee empowprojections flattened out in ered to examine WSF’s 2009, WSDOT was up the costs and the necessity for creek without a paddle. increased fares.

This fall’s Task Force Traffic made it clear that Job No. 1 Twenty years in the was sustaining roads, tranmaking, a plan to solve sit, bridges and ferries. The proposal to meet this need Kingston’s ferry traffic woes by raising fees, such as reg- has emerged as one of North istration fees, will raise $3 Kitsap’s top three highway billion over 10 years with $1 priorities. In the 1990s, a Kingston Traffic Circulation billion going to ferries.

Why raise fees? Because Study led to a conceptual that requires only a sim- design that included: n Running both inbound ple majority vote of the and outbound traffic Legislature.

Why $1 billion — $100 down the north side of million per year — for fer- the Community Center on ries? Because $1 billion 1st Street (the toll booths includes operational and would be moved to the end of 1st St.). capital funding needs. n Widening State Route As reliable as rain, there 104 between the Community will be calls for WSF to cut costs and raise fares. Center and Lindvog Road. n Building a holding lot, So in addition to the fare with a tally ticket booth and increases, we need two long restrooms, on the WSDOT overdue bills: Sen. Christine Let the community know about your services! Advertise in the “AtRoad Your property at Lindvog Rolfes’ SB3541, and Rep. Service” Directory by calling the North Kitsap Herald at 779-4464.

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(originally planned to be a WSF passenger ferry’s parkand-ride).

As we’re crackerjack at churning out lots of plans, I wasn’t altogether surprised when the Kingston Circulation Plan, along with designs, were later burned in a fire, probably having been mistaken for heating fuel. An unusually talented group of state, county and Kingston representatives sallied forth to develop a replacement plan where we recommended: n Putting in an automated tally dispenser at the Lindvog Rd. and SR 104 intersection. n Using the WSDOT parking lot across from the “Filling Station” for an overflow holding area. n Running both inbound and outbound traffic down the north side of the Community Center on 1st St. When WSF was told to

use a reservation system instead of expanding holding areas the only part of our proposal that survived was the last item, moving ferry traffic out of downtown.

Alternatives for a roundabout or signal lights at West Kingston Road were mulled over last winter.

The next steps are to get a sense of direction that the community would like to pursue and to seek funding for a State Route 104 design from the existing community center to the ferry dock, including a redesigned “main street.” As the planner commented to the Kingston Citizens’ Advisory Council this “allows you to take back the downtown.”

— This column was written by Walt Elliott. He is a Kingston port commissioner and chairman of the Kingston Ferry Advisory Committee.

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Survival guide for the adult student D

o you, Mr. or Ms. Mature Reader, find yourself staring into the face of a new year craving new challenges? Do you miss the smell of textbooks and the trauma of finals week?

Would you welcome the opportunity to meet new people and feel like a fossil?

Then you should go back to college. I did. I survived. You can too.

For many years, I’ve had half a mind to renew my academic pursuits, but I worried that half a mind might not be enough (rim shot). But it turns out the disadvantages of shriveled brain cells are offset by the sheer pigheadedness of middle age. I’ll be dagnabbed if I’m going to let any newfangled science class make a monkey’s uncle of me! Truly, obstinance is old age’s recompense

on kingston time By wendy tweten for the mental agility of youth.

So, for your consideration (and my extra credit), here’s a survival guide for the returning “adult” student.

Remember, day classes are dominated by the young, while evening classes are skewed with an older crowd. Thank goodness for the Olympic College Poulsbo campus and online classes, which

make higher education accessible to those of us on the north end.

No matter how tough or inapproachable they look, chances are the other — younger — students are more nervous than you are. Strike up a conversation and you’ll discover most of them are perfectly lovely people who are relieved to have someone to talk to. Apparently, we older — old — students are non-threatening, asexual teddy bears around whom the “kids” feel they can be themselves.

Cookies are the great equalizer. My motto is: If you’re old enough to be the class mom, be the class mom! File this hint under “How to win friends and bump up your grade point average.” After all, teachers like cookies too.

Good news: No peer pressure! No peers, no

pressure!

Warning. Algebra kills.

I myself had several neardeath experiences while graphing inequalities and factoring quadratic equations. If algebra happens to you, treatment is available at the math tutoring lab. My advice is to panic early and often.

Fifty-something is a great age at which to enroll in a beginning acting class, especially if it’s taught by Bainbridge Island’s Bob McAllister. There’s nothing like drama to make one realize that self-consciousness is a waste of life.

Arrive early to class if you don’t want some chippie to steal your favorite seat.

When you learn that one of your new friends is a 17-year-old Running Start student, do not allow the words “old enough to

be your grandmother” slip from your lips unless you are prepared for a long, awkward silence.

When a professor tells the class there will be a cure for wrinkles, menopause and erectile dysfunction long before anyone there needs it, fight the urge to roll your eyes and sigh wistfully.

Wear your reading glasses proudly.

You too can experience the joys and terrors of returning to school.

The work is hard, but the rewards are huge. And think what an inspiration you’ll be to the younger generation.

So maybe I’ll see you in algebra. You can’t miss me.

I’ll be the one in the back row, weeping softly.

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Thornton

Continued from page 19 recognized?” I’d say that was a real faux pax.

This next remark is a bit of wisdom by President Nixon that is still apropos. “It’s the responsibility of the media to look at the President with a microscope, but they go too far when they use a proctoscope.” Amen! On an added note, most of what we’re hearing from Congress today doesn’t make any sense either, does it?

By the way, keep checking your bank accounts. Banks are trying to fee for every tiny service. And hotels are adding more fees, like a fee for parking when you arrived in a cab. Verizon wanted to put on a new fee and people hollered. Complain, my friends, loud and clear, and let them know you aren’t going to take it anymore, because I’m sure not going to!

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Project means big changes for estuary A

s you all have seen, the culvert replacement on South Kingston Road is almost complete.

As of this writing the last concrete is laid and paving begins soon.

After the bridge deck is ready, the bypass road can be dismantled and the final section of culvert and corrugated metal pipe extending the culvert through the bypass road will be removed.

Then something stunning will begin. The water level

of the slough (or some call it the estuary) will change dramatically.

I (and maybe you too) have walked down to the water’s edge on the Apple Tree Cove side of the new bridge structure and have become aware of some amazing things.

First, as you look south under and through the existing small portion of the culvert and the corrugated pipe, you see how perched the slough estuary has been.

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Thus, the full ebb and flow of the water with Apple Tree Cove was not possible. It also means the water velocity in the slough was artificially slowed, causing faster deposition of more fine

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The new, wider bridge connection will make pretty dramatic changes in the water level in the slough.

If you think of the whole tidally influenced slough/ estuary, which extends into the beautiful portions of waterway you view from West Kingston Road (connecting with the salt marsh and the Carpenter Creek watershed), the water levels in the whole estuary area

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Water will now rush through a wider underbridge connection changing its speed and trajectory.

The wider area has already significantly changed Apple Tree Cove north of the culvert. Its change in water velocity will change its capacity to carry sediment and nutrients. We already see these effects!

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The new pattern of water movement created by the wider path under the bridge is modifying banks on either side of the opening.

That water is sculpting a new terrain!

We will be watching nature’s forces change the landscape as we watch the new water levels, stream channels and shoreline outlines form.

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Kingston prepares for ‘sustainable’ streetscape, stormwater solutions KINGSTON — The Kingston Citizens Advisory Council on Jan. 4 reviewed the progress made in addressing streetscape and stormwater solutions for the Kingston downtown area.

Peter Brachvogel, AIA, of BC&J Architects, and 20/20 Engineers of Bellingham led the second in a series of presentations and workshops on the topic.

The focus of the study and resultant engineering springs from nearly a decade of design and master planning work performed by the Brachvogel and members of his Bainbridge Island firm.

"We initially worked on a grassroots level with property owners on a weekly and monthly basis to garner consensus for a direction for the town,” Brachvogel said. “The results included, among many things, a unified agreement to combine streetscape improvements with overall stormwater management."

In 2009-10, BC&J developed conceptual streetscape

hierarchies funded by Kitsap County. The design work resulting from that effort was unanimously approved by the Planning Commission. Shortly thereafter, a Kitsap County Public Works initiative to improve the stormwater systems of many of the communities in the county was commenced.

In the case of Kingston, a number of design markers already explored has allowed the broader 20/20 team to move smoothly through the public process.

In future presentations,

the design team will present design refinements backed by engineering based on runoff loads. The refinements will include a variety of streetscape designs tailored to suit specific areas of the Kingston core.

Enhanced parking and bicycle and pedestrian paths are key features.

Brachvogel said these components will be designed into a network of planting areas that clean runoff prior to eventual arrival into Puget Sound and offer a more pleasing and naturally lush environment.

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