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Grammy award-winning pianist George Winston will perform in Poulsbo to raise money for Operation Day of Hope. — Story, page 2
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Eat somE piE and takE to thE sky BREMERTON — Where else but the Bremerton Blackberry Festival can you let
the kids eat pie, climb a wall, bounce in a bouncy house, and ride in a helicopter or airplane all in the same day? The Blackberry Festival is Sept. 1, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sept. 2, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sept. 3, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Louis Mentor Boardwalk on 2nd Street and Washington Avenue.
Festival events include a fun run, pony rides, live entertainment and attractions, and tours of the USS Turner Joy. For a schedule of events, visit www.blackberryfestival. org. The Blackberry Festival Fly-In is Sept. 1, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bremerton National Airport. Shuttle service will be provided
between downtown and the airport. The Northwest BeechBoys formation demonstration team will delight festival goers with a special flight formation, visible downtown, at 12:10 p.m. On the ground at the airport, there will be antique, classic, contemporary and homebuilt airplanes.
Judges will award prizes in those categories, as well as for Greatest Distance Flown. Spectators can take helicopter rides. Children can take a Young Eagles plane flight for free. For more information about the Fly In, call Jim Swartwood, (360) 377-8570; or visit www. blackberryfestival.org/ blackberry-festival-fly.
The Bremerton Blackberry Festival Fly-In is Sept. 1. Jim Posner
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SoundRunner service ends Sept. 28 Without a partner, this season is likely passenger ferry’s last By Megan Stephenson
mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com
KINGSTON — Port of Kingston commissioners voted Wednesday to end SoundRunner service Sept. 28. Commissioners
have been up against a current of vocal disapproval from some residents and lack of resources outside their port budget to keep the passenger-only ferry service running. “Our gas tank is empty,” Commissioner Pete DeBoer said. “We just haven’t had any help.” To give the passenger ferry service more time to build up ridership, the commission voted in April to continue subsidizing it using funding earmarked
SoundRunner is averaging 34 passengers in the morning and 47 at night. But without a partner, that may not be enough to keep the service going, officials say.
for SoundRunner in 2013-14. SoundRunner cost $429,377.54 to run between January and July 31. Ridership has increased from the low 20s to an average 34 morning riders and 47 evening riders. Port Manager Kori Henry, who is also SoundRunner executive director, said the service saw 60 evening riders twice this week. Henry said she is “cautiously optimistic” of SoundRunner’s success
Where young people reign Children, teens have prominent roles in Chief Seattle Days
A young member of Tloke Nahuake, the Salinas family dance circle from Mexico City, performs the sacred Aztec fire dance Aug. 19 at the Chief Seattle Days Powwow. Children and teens had prominent roles in Chief Seattle Days.
By RICHARD WALKER
rwalker@nothkitsapherald.com
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here’s a belief in Indian country that decisions should be considered for their impact not just on the current generation but on the seventh generation to come. Many of the young people at the memorial service at Chief Seattle’s gravesite Aug. 18 were likely the seventh generation born since the great Suquamish leader signed the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855. On this cool summer morning, the treaty that Seattle and other leaders signed to protect their culture in a changing West seemed prescient. Despite the oppression of the post-treaty years, like residential schools and bans on cultural and religious practices, these children were sing-
photos inside Two pages of photos from Chief Seattle Days. — Pages A18-19 n
Herald file photo
See FERRY, Page A2
Band boosters will make up for cuts By KIPP ROBERTSON
krobertson@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — The band boosters for North Kitsap and Kingston high schools will try to make up a portion of budget cuts for the 2012-13 school year to keep their programs running at the same level as last year, Following cuts to building and transportation funds, the North Kitsap Band Boosters will have to raise approximately
Richard Walker / Herald
ing ancestral songs, studying their language and lifeways, speaking the language. Renewal Powwow and
Chief Seattle Days royalty, young people honored for their involvement in their culture, joined Peg Deam in
the Suquamish Gathering Song. Vincent Chargualaf, chairman of the Suquamish Youth Council, led singers in the PoleRaising Song, which goes with the totem pole overlooking Agate Pass at Clearwater Casino Resort. Cassy George, See YOUTH, Page A12
See BAND, Page A13
Where they won: A look at the primary results Who’s voting for Drew Hansen, James Olsen, Jay Inslee and Rob McKenna? Stories by the Bainbridge Island Review, the Herald’s fellow Sound Publishing newspaper, analyzing the primary election results are posted on NorthKitsapHerald.com
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