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Three fatal crashes in one month By RICHARD WALKER
EDITOR
KINGSTON — One couple was
Anthony Adams and Marian known for fostering children and Sparks were memorialized Dec. 1. helping people overcome addic-
tions. Another was a young husband and father. They were among the five North Kitsap people to die in car crashes
between Nov. 9 and Dec. 10. Two of the crashes occurred in North Kitsap. One North Kitsap resident died in a fatal crash in Port Orchard.
Dec. 10, a man was killed and his female passenger rushed to Harrison Medical Center after See FATAL crashes, Page 6
Making history
Kingston Food Bank must move
Marriage equality becomes reality for five couples at Heronswood
Citing building safety, county gives tenants notice
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By KIPP ROBERTSON
Editor
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KINGSTON — Just the thought of the Food Bank building closing stirs Barb Fulton’s emotions. The building, which also housed Faith Community Church and VFW Post 2463, was built by Fulton’s father, Ray, about 50 years ago. The building originally housed ambulances next to the fire station — now the Firehouse Theater and Oak Table Cafe. It later housed VFW Post 7329 — which became 2463 when Poulsbo merged into it — as well as Faith Community Church and one of two food banks in Kingston. But the building, already vacat-
Barb Fulton stands in front of the building that the Kingston Food Bank shared with the VFW and Faith Community Church. Fulton’s father built the building about 50 years ago; it was originally used to house ambulances. The building is being vacated because of safety concerns. Kipp Robertson / Staff photo ed by the church and the VFW, will soon be empty. The building is owned by the Kitsap County’s Parks and Recreation Department, which is
concerned about the safety of the building, County Commissioner Robert Gelder said in voice message in November. A fire safety inspection was done earlier in the
year, and there is a significant amount of work that needs to be done. Parks and Rec Director
KINGSTON — Makeup artist Sarah Jones of Bainbridge offered her services as a sign of solidarity with the couples marrying this day. She’s white and her husband is African-American, and it wasn’t long ago that marriages like hers were not legal; it was only in 1967 that a U.S. Supreme Court decision ended all race-based legal restrictions on marriage. So on Dec. 9, as genderbased legal restrictions on marriage were lifted in Washington state and the first same-gender
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Neighbor Aid update: 241 donors, $36,803 as of Dec. 12 KINGSTON — Approximately 241 donors contributed $36,803 to ShareNet’s Neighbor Aid campaign as of Dec. 12. That’s according to
ShareNet board secretary Barbara Brumagin. The campaign, which helps local residents in need of food, shelter and other assistance,
Community PO Box 250, Kingston WA 98346 360.297.2266 • www.sharenetfoodbank.org
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in this edition n There’s still plenty of time to enjoy port, community volunteers’ labor of love. Pages 18-19.
From left, Greg Nolan and Bill Trombley sign their marriage certificate after they were married Dec. 9 at Heronswood Gardens. Watching is Sharon Purser, who officiated.
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Federal funding cuts discussed at tribal conference By MEGAN STEPHENSON
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POULSBO — This year’s White House Tribal Nations Conference, Dec. 5, was a first for Joe Price, who represented the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe. In fact, if not for Price, Port Gamble S’Klallam wouldn’t have had a representative this year. Price was already heading to D.C. to attend a youth conference for his work with the Healing of the Canoe program. When he spoke with Kelly Sullivan, executive director of tribal services, she said no one had signed up to go before the price of plane tickets became too expensive. Price traveled with his wife, Laura, who also works for Port Gamble S’Klallam youth services and who attended the other conference while Price went to the Department of the Interior.
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Continued from page 1 James Dunwiddie said the building has had severe water damage from leaks. The VFW is relocating to the Poulsbo Sons of Norway Lodge, Post Commander Robert Loveland said. The relocation is temporary, unless it becomes a good fit for the VFW. The VFW office occupied the building for about five to six years. During that time, Loveland said VFW members have tried to repair the roof and its leaks. “It’s bad,” Loveland said of the condition of the building. It would cost approximately $90,000 to renovate the building, Dunwiddie said. That $90,000 is money Parks and Rec does not have, he said. The next step is for the department to figure out its options. Those
“[My daughter] thought it was cool,” he said. “[She] told her classmates I got to see the president.” Now in its fourth year, the White House hosts the annual conference to strengthen the relationship between the U.S. government and tribal governments; and to develop and implement policies to achieve a brighter future for tribal governments and the people they serve. A representative from each 566 federally recognized Tribes in the U.S. is invited to attend. Price believes the president and the administration respect tribal sovereignty. But, “Some tribes still have issues with the administration, through treaties that aren’t being followed through. I know they’re working on them,” Price said. “To just be at the table with [administration offioptions include finding the $90,000 and occupants to help share the costs of maintaining the building and utilities, or demolishing the building, Dunwiddie said. “It’s under both extremes,” Dunwiddie said. Though the Parks and Rec department did contact the occupants of the post building, Dunwiddie said there was never a specific date given in which the occupants had to vacate. He said the department advised the occupants “they may need to start looking for a location.” The Kingston Food Bank will temporarily relocate to the Windermere office building, 26569 Lindvog Road NE, after the holidays. The food bank will pay for electricity and phone service at its new site, but will not pay rent, Fulton said. The owners of the building have offered the space for
Joe Price, whose grandfather was a Navajo Code Talker in World War II, meets Code Talkers Bill Toledo, Peter Mcdonald and George James at the White House Tribal Nations Conference. Courtesy Joe Price cials] and have them sit there and listen … I took it as an honor that I’d be able to do something like that.” Price was also honored to meet some Navajo Code Talkers at the conference, he said. His grandfather was a code talker, and he said the three men remembered his grandfather. Suquamish Chairman
Leonard Forsman also attended the conference, as he has for the last three years. He and Price said the biggest topic of the day was the fiscal cliff — if Congress does not come up with a solution to the national debt, every federal department and program will see an automatic funding cut Jan. 1.
two to three months. If the food bank needs some extra time to find a permanent location, Fulton said there is flexibility in the timeline. However, if someone wants to rent the space long-term, Fulton said the food bank will have to vacate. The space has not been occupied for about five years. The current food bank has a large pantry, three freezers and tables that display clothing and other items. The space in the Windermere building should be large enough for the food in the pantry and the freezers. “It’s going to be a lot smaller,” Fulton said. “But we’ll make do.” Fulton is thankful for the generosity from Windermere, which also donated 50 turkeys for
Thanksgiving baskets this year. The food bank provided 62 food baskets total. Fulton and the food bank volunteers are now preparing the Christmas boxes, which include gifts for children and food. The food donated includes rolls from the Borrowed Kitchen Bakery. The food bank also receives weekly donations of Costco fruit and vegetables from Grub Hut owner Sean Pickard. Because patrons of the food bank often walk to the current downtown location, Fulton does not want to see it move to far away. The Windermere location should be fine, but move too far out, and the elderly that walk there may have difficulty, she said. There are also the homeless living in the woods nearby that
Tribal leaders have worked with the National Congress of American Indians to protect the federal funding for Indian country, which is based on the language in treaties, Forsman said. After the initial speeches, the conference broke up into smaller workshop sessions, delving into topics such as economic development, tribal law enforcement and cultural preservation. Because he works with youth, Price attended a workshop on community health, education and youth. Forsman noticed more emphasis on protection of sacred sites than in previous years, he said. “A big initiative within the agency is [to] deal with land resources to help protect sites that are culturally important,” he said. “It’s a very difficult but very
important issue.” Forsman said he advocated for passage of the Violence Against Women Act, which includes stronger provisions to protect Native women who are victims of domestic violence. The clauses relating to tribal jurisdiction have hit roadblocks in Congress, because some members are concerned about Tribal law enforcement being given jurisdiction over non-Native offenders. Forsman agreed with Price about the importance of the yearly conference, and said he felt “grateful” to have the opportunity to speak with federal officials. “The administration’s gover nment-to-gover nment relationship, working toward making a difference in long-standing needs in Indian country, are really being met,” he said.
visit the food bank as well, Fulton said. Fulton had to turn down an offer for a space on Highland Road NE, off Highway 104 near Wolfle Elementary School, because it lacked amenities and was too far away from downtown Kingston. The food bank has occupied its current site for about 40 years. If Windermere hadn’t stepped up to help, however, Fulton said she was not ready to quit. Fulton owns a 22-foot mobile home, which she is ready to use to contin-
ue the food bank’s services. Fulton is ready to take care of her people, she said. Faith Community Church has also relocated — to Redeemer United Methodist Church, 9900 NE Short Campbell Road. The congregation most recently worshipped in the Firehouse Theater. As for the post, Commander Loveland said attendance has been down recently. The move back to Poulsbo, where more members live, may improve attendance.
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Food Bank has helped us; we need to help it T
he Kingston Food Bank is an important part of the local safety net. While ShareNet Food Bank is larger and serves a broader base, Kingston Food Bank is important because it meets the needs of an important demographic: Older residents, homeless residents, people who rely on foot or pedal power. This year, the Kingston Food Bank provided Thanksgiving food baskets to 62 households. Food bank volunteers are now preparing Christmas food boxes, which include gifts for children. The Food Bank is open every Wednesday and Friday, noon to 3 p.m., or people can call director Barb Fulton at home. The Kingston Food Bank has been meeting local food needs for 40 years. Now, it needs the community’s help. The Food Bank must move from its current site, which is owned by the county Parks and Recreation Department. The SPEAKING OF building needs repairs HELP ... and the county doesn’t n ShareNet’s 2012have the money to fix it. 13 Neighbor Aid Faith Community Church campaign continues. and the VFW, which Update, page 1. shared the building with the Food Bank, have already moved. In finding a new location, Fulton is staying true to the organization’s primary constituency. She turned down an offer of space on Highland Road, off Highway 104 near Wolfle Elementary School, because it was too far away from downtown Kingston. After the Christmas holiday, the Food Bank will move to the Windermere office building, 26569 Lindvog Road NE. But that move is temporary. Here’s how you can help: 1. Help the Food Bank find a new, suitable location near downtown. Contact Fulton at 297-4861 or 297-7100; email bettyboop66@centurylink.net; or visit her Wednesday and Friday, between noon and 3 p.m., at the Food Bank, 2609a6 Bannister St. NE., Kingston. Or, 2. Help the Food Bank stay where it is. Parks and Recreation Director Jim Dunwiddie said it would cost approximately $90,000 to bring the Food Bank building up to code. If the county can find a tenant or tenants who can help share the costs, the building can be saved. This is a worthy community project. Coffee Oasis, a coffee shop and youth drop-in center, is opening at 780 NE Iverson St. in Poulsbo because of $87,000 in grants, donations and volunteer labor. Organizations that helped include the Americana Music Fest, Kiwanis Club, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce, and local churches The Kingston Food Bank’s mission is “To supply food and basic necessities for our local families in Kingston that need our services. No child is to go hungry.” A worthy cause indeed. Contact Fulton if you can help ensure a stable future for the Kingston Food Bank.
Letters Concerns about wording is a sham The absurdity of Scott Henden’s take on tribal sovereignty should be seen for exactly the kind of political diatribe it is (“Henden disputes sovereignty,” page A1, Dec. 7 North Kitsap Herald). It’s hard work for everyone involved, making a school district run. It’s even harder when basic language and reasoning (skills we hope all of our kids learn at school) are ignored by board members. The vast majority does understand the fact you have chosen to politicize. The sham of moral indignation or deep concern over the words “sovereign nation” is preposterous.
You are wasting precious resources and time. So, I would appreciate it, Scott, if you would leave your political agenda home, do the job you were elected to do, or seriously consider resigning, so someone who supports public education with the broadest views for the good of all present and future students can take your place and move eduction forward not backward. Marsh Menne Kingston
Kingston lighting really impressed I was so impressed with the lighting at Kingston. The people who made the waterfront park such a beautiful place with the lights, everything was so special Dec. 1
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at the tree lighting. Thanks to the people who made this possible. I’m so happy so many people turned out. The only thing that would have made it better was if they could have had the crowd singing Christmas carols after the high school band finished. Alan Shelbourn Kingston
Lower the speed limit on 104 On my way home from the ferry, I came across the fatal crash scene in which three people died on Highway 104 in Kingston, Nov. 14. I have lived in Kitsap County for six years now and am always terrified by the speeds that people force
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you to drive on these narrow two-lane roads. A few years ago, the speed limit on Hansville Road was lowered by 5 mph in places, and I wish they would do it on Highway 104 as well, as the road is just littered with memorials to dead people. Everyone is just in too darned much of a hurry. I actually enjoy driving these roads at around 40 mph when there’s not a tailgater on my tail. It feels much safer and you can see where you are in the surrounding countryside. In honor of these people who just lost their lives, I propose a speed limit reduction on Highway 104 between Kingston and Poulsbo as soon as possible. Joy Jaber Hansville
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Let’s work for what is good for Port Gamble Bay W
e are members of the North Kitsap 99%, a group of Kitsap County citizens who meet on a regular basis to self-organize into grassroots action with the intent of making more peaceful, positive and sustainable choices for ourselves, our community and the environment in which we live. We were among a group of citizens that recently expressed concerns to the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners about the inclusion of a proposed development for Port Gamble as a Limited Area of More Intense Rural Development in the Shoreline Master Program
MY VIEW By NORTH KITSAP 99% (SMP) update for Kitsap County. The proposed development would have placed an urban-like complex, including a mix of homes, commercial buildings, a hotel, roads, dock-related activities, and parking lots on the shoreline of Port Gamble Bay. This bay is among the most ecologically and culturally rich bays in Puget Sound. It is now apparent that the Board of Commissioners has decided to exclude any
project-specific wording describing the proposed Port Gamble development plans from the updated SMP. We applaud the commissioners for their willingness to listen to the citizens of Kitsap County. We join with others in looking forward to seeing a revised SMP in which all references to Port Gamble development project plans are removed. Future development of Port Gamble can follow the normal process of public review and governmental permitting. The proposed Port Gamble development poses numerous challenges. Some of the most severe include its location in a FEMA Flood
Hazard Zone, the lack of basic sewage treatment and drinking water facilities, and its proximity to critical habitats for threatened salmon species and important herring populations. Furthermore, in reviewing the evolution of county documents since the 1999 declaration of Port Gamble as a Rural Historical Town, we saw evidence that the county may have lost sight of its own initial objectives. There is absolutely no historical precedent for these structures on the site of the former mill on the shoreline of Port Gamble Bay. On the cultural level, we were shocked that the county planning efforts
seemed to agree with the concept that the historical aspects of the development plan should reach back only to the start of the town by a commercial operation that essentially stole what was the home of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe for more than a millennium. Again, we thank the Board of Commissioners for recognizing that we, the citizens, are responsible for protecting our local waters. We hope that involved citizens and our Kitsap County representatives can continue to determine what is good for our local waterways rather than designing elaborate schemes and tradeoffs (which will look
like buy offs to future generations) for mitigation of known or unforeseen consequences of construction on our shorelines. We should learn from history and not make shortsighted exceptions to the rules and regulations in the SMP designed to protect us all. — Marilyn Bode, Kingston; Mary Gleysteen, Kingston; Baker Stocking, Poulsbo; Bert Jackson, Kingston; Mark Barabasz, Hansville; Craig Jacobrown, Indianola; and Bruce McCain, Suquamish. www.nk99.kitsapcommunity.org
Jan. 8 Greater Hansville Area Advisory Council, 6:30 p.m., Hansville Community Center at Buck Lake Park. Online: www.kitsapgov.com/dcd/ community_plan/Citizen_ Advisor y_Committee/ GHAAC/ghaac_main.htm. n Eglon Port Commission, 7 p.m., Eglon Schoolhouse. n Indianola Port Commission, 7 p.m., Indianola Clubhouse. Online: www. portofindianola.com.
Jan. 10 North Kitsap School Board, 6 p.m., district board room, 18360 Caldart Ave. NE, Poulsbo. Online: www.nkschools.org. Jan. 15 n Village Green Metropolitan Park District Commission, 6:30 p.m., North Kitsap Fire & Rescue headquarters station, 26642 Miller Bay Road. Online: www.myvillagegreen.org. Jan. 16 n School Closure Community Forum, 6:30 p.m.,
Poulsbo Middle School gymnasium, 2003 NE Hostmark St., Poulsbo. Final forum in the series. Jan. 24 n North Kitsap School Board, 6 p.m., district board room, 18360 Caldart Ave. NE, Poulsbo. Online: www.nkschools.org. Feb. 6 n Kingston Citizens Advisory Council, 7 p.m., North Kitsap Fire & Rescue headquarters station, 26642 Miller Bay Road. Online: www.kitsapgov.com/dcd/
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Public Meetings Upcoming Kingston Port Commission, 7 p.m., Port of Kingston offices, 25864 Washington Blvd. NE, Kingston. January meeting not scheduled at press time. Go to www.portofkingston. org.
Jan. 2 Kingston Citizens Advisory Council, 7 p.m., North Kitsap Fire & Rescue headquarters station, 26642 Miller Bay Road. Online: www.kitsapgov.com/dcd/ community_plan/Citizen_ Advisor y_Committee/ Kingston/kcac.htm
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their car crashed into a power pole on Miller Bay Road near Orseth Road. Kitsap County Coroner Greg Sandstrom identified the man as Benjamin J. McLain, 27, of Suquamish. North Kitsap Fire & Rescue crews were called to the scene at 4:38 a.m. Arriving at the scene, they found a silver Mitsubishi crashed into a power pole and McLain, the driver, dead, NKF&R spokeswoman Michele Laboda reported. Firefighters tried to get an Airlift Northwest helicopter to transport the passenger but, because of weather conditions, could not. McLain’s passenger, identified by authorities only as
a 27-year-old Suquamish woman, was being treated Dec. 12 for serious injuries at Harrison Medical Center, said Deputy Ken Dickenson, sheriff’s spokesman. Deputies believe the Mitsubishi was traveling southbound on Miller Bay Road and for an unknown reason began to rotate out of control. The vehicle then left the roadway, striking a utility pole before falling 10 feet down an embankment. Nov. 14, three people died in a two-car head-on collision on Highway 104 near Balmoral Place NE in Kingston. Killed in the crash were Anthony A. Adams and Marian D. Sparks, both 44, of Little Boston; and Robin N. Bishop, 59, of Kingston. According to the State Patrol, Bishop was driving westbound on 104 when her
Lexus crossed the center line and struck Adams’ Ford Escort, which was headed eastbound. The impact redirected Adams’ car toward the southwest shoulder and both vehicles ended up in the ditch. According to State Patrol, Adams was the only one of the three wearing a seatbelt. At Little Boston, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe helped people grieve from the loss of two wellknown community members. Sparks, Port Gamble S’Klallam, and Adams, Suquamish, were a huge support to friends and family, according to Kelly Sullivan, the Tribe’s executive director of tribal services. “They took in foster kids and supported people who didn’t have any place to go,”
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she said. On Nov. 9, Kristina B. Blow, 52, of Kingston died after her 1991 Chevy Blazer crashed on State Highway 16 six miles east of Port Orchard. According to State Patrol, Blow was driving east on State Highway 16 about 11:09 a.m. when her vehicle left the roadway to the right and struck several trees. She was not wearing a seatbelt, according to State Patrol. She was the only person in the vehicle. The Washington State Patrol, Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office and other departments issued press releases in November urging motorists to be extra cautious on rain-slick roads. “There are more crashes this time of year because it gets darker sooner, the
roads are more slippery, and there are more drunk drivers out,” a press release from the Poulsbo Police Department stated. There were several other crashes — and scares. Nov. 17, a passerby and State Patrol officer extinguished a vehicle fire that started after an SUV went off the road and rolled, trapping the driver inside, on Bond Road near Rova Road. Poulsbo Fire Department and North Kitsap Fire and Rescue went to the scene of the single-car crash at 1:40 p.m. When crews arrived, they found that a passerby, who claimed to be a former New York City firefighter, and the Washington State Patrol had already extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher, according to Poulsbo Fire spokeswoman
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Jody Matson. However, the 51-year-old Hansville woman was still trapped in her Subaru SUV. “Firefighters extricated the woman and transported her to Harrison Hospital in Bremerton with what appeared to be minor injuries,” Matson reported. Dec. 7, a 16-year-old Poulsbo boy was pinned under his Chevy El Camino after it went off the roadway and into a shallow ravine at NE 288th Street just off of Hansville Road. He told firefighter he had tried to push the car up the incline and it rolled onto him. Firefighters say the teen’s life was likely saved by the cushion of the soft and loamy surface where the vehicle came to rest. He was uninjured.
Thank you from the North Kitsap Schools Foundation Together we are building a strong foundation for our kids, our schools and our community Because of your generous support, NKSF was able to award more than $32,000 in school grants for the 2012-13 school year and $12,800 in scholarships to help fund college, swim lessons and driver’s education for 28 students. NKSF grants this year support programs at all seven North Kitsap elementary schools and focus on improving student success in math, reading and science. Examples include: •Staffing and providing materials for an after-school math program at Gordon Elementary •Providing materials for science kits for the NK School District’s Summer Science Academy •Providing tutors and books for the Rolling Reader program, which targets struggling readers at Suquamish and Wolfle Elementaries, Kingston Middle School, and is starting a pilot program at Poulsbo Elementary. Thank you to everyone who supported the foundation by attending events such as Dine Out for North Kitsap Schools, Poulsbo Noon Lions Club Spaghetti Feeds, Halloween Trick-orTreating at Mora Iced Creamery and the North Kitsap Schools Foundation Alumni Golf Classic.
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Left photo: Greg Nolan gets a congratulatory hug after he and Bill Trombley, background, were married Dec. 9 at Heronswood Gardens. At right is Sharon Purser, who officiated. Right photo: Rhonda Boothe and Jessica Salmonson exchange rings. Officiating is the Rev. Diana Cash of Suquamish. Richard Walker / Staff photo Marriage Act in its upcoming review. The 1996 Act defines marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman for federal and interstate recognition purposes in the United States. Under the Act, no state is required to recognize a same-sex marriage from another state. Section 3 of the Act codifies the non-recognition of same-sex marriages for all federal purposes, including insurance benefits for government employees, Social Security survivors’ benefits, and the filing of joint tax returns. Still, to say this day was significant would be an understatement. “This is a recognition by the public and the state of Washington that we’re as good as other couples,” Boothe said. Noting that the Tribe supported Referendum 74 and opened Heronswood to same-gender marriages, Salmonson said, “The Tribe rocks.” For Greg Nolan and Bill Trombley of Vashon Island, the first couple to marry at Heronswood Dec. 9, this day was a day they had talked about for 10 years; they’ve been together for 15. They had friends who had gone to other states to marry, but “we wanted to be married in Washington, in our adopted state,” Nolan said. Having the wedding at Heronswood had special meaning for Trombley. He’s
a grants management specialist in the U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Native American Programs (Nolan is an antique appraiser). “I’ve been working for 10 years with Native Americans in Indian country, so this means a lot to me,” Trombley said. “It means a lot to me that the Tribe is supportive and is giving this gift in love.” Sharon Purser, executive assistant in the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s administration offices, became ordained in the Universal Life Church so she could officiate at Trombley and Nolan’s wedding; they are friends of her sister’s. After the vows were recited, they retired to a room to sign marriage certificates. Purser gave the couple a copy of their vows and an embossed copy of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s logo. “I feel like I’m a part of history, that mankind has evolved to this point,” Purser said. “I’m so proud of the Tribe taking the stance they did and offering this up.” The weddings were also a first test of Heronswood as a wedding venue. The Tribe bought the famed gardens at auction in June from Burpee Seed Co. and is assessing all of Heronswood’s possibilities. Heronswood will be available as a wedding venue in spring, and the gardens are being restored to their Hinkley-era level of
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care. The Tribe is considering opening Heronswood for horticultural and native plant education, and retreats. The Tribe may incorporate Native art into the landscape and add a sensory garden for children. Dawn Purser, economic planner for the Port Gamble Development Authority, said weddings will create additional opportunities for local cake decorators, florists, and photographers. That was evident Dec. 9. Although their services were complimentary, the day was a showcase of local culinary and floral talent. Companies represented included Sweet Life Cakery of Kingston, which provided the buffet in a pre-wedding reception room; and Nancy’s Green Garden of Kingston and Diamond Custom Floral of Bainbridge, which provided flowers. Mary Hanna, an assistant in the development authority office, coordinated the transformation of the former Hinkley-Jones home into a wedding venue. Consider
all the details that go into planning a wedding; Hanna and her team of four had to plan for five, including two held simultaneously in different parts of the house. “It was short notice, but everyone working on it did a good job,” she said. The Rev. Diana Cash of Suquamish officiated at the marriage of Boothe and Salmonson. “Marriage symbolizes the ultimate intimacy between two people,” Cash said. “Therefore, it is not to be entered into lightly, but with certainty, with mutual respect, and with a sense
of reverence which can include beauty, humor and joy.” She quoted the poet Rilke, that “a good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of her solitude … loving the expanse between them which gives them the possibility of always seeing each other as whole and before an immense sky.” Then, each spouse promised to tenderly care for the other, to respect her individuality, to cherish her as she is, and to love her with fidelity.
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couples married, Jones felt compelled to be there, offering free makeup services to the spouses-to-be and members of their wedding parties. “I read an article [about the weddings at Heronswood] and I was moved to support it,” she said. “At one time, interracial marriage wasn’t even legal. It’s normal now. Someday, this will be just as normal too.” The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe hosted five same-gender marriages at its Heronswood Gardens Dec. 9, the first day that couples could marry under state law. The law, Referendum 74, was approved by voters Nov. 6 and took effect Dec. 6. The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Council had endorsed Referendum 74 and opened Heronswood for weddings without charge, as a gift. “We’ve really been looking forward to this,” said Jamie Aikman, a Port Gamble S’Klallam council member. “The Tribe is open and supportive. Everybody should have a right to be married, to have insurance, to be able to take care of each other and speak for each other.” Couples married in the former home of Heronswood founder Dan Hinkley and his partner, Robert Jones, then paused in the gardens for photographs. There were five weddings between noon and 2:30 p.m. For some couples, the elation of the day was tempered by the fact that samegender couples still don’t enjoy the full benefits of marriage extended to others. Rhonda Boothe and Jessica Salmonson, the third couple to marry Dec. 9 at Heronswood, pointed out that, while their marriage is legal in Washington state, neither of them can receive the other’s Social Security benefits if one of them should die. Unlike straight couples, they will pay inheritance tax on their spouse’s half of the estate. Boothe is an administrative assistant at Olympic College. Salmonson is an author and editor. They live in Bremerton and have been together since 1998. They estimate there are at least 300 benefits straight married couples receive that same-gender married couples don’t. Boothe is hopeful the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the Defense of
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Port will dip into savings to pay for dredging By MEGAN STEPHENSON
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KINGSTON — The Port of Kingston is doing its best to cover the cost of its maintenance dredging project, but will need to dip into a savings fund to finance the project in 2013. The Board of Commissioners approved the 2013 budget Nov. 19. The port’s total expected revenues are $1,245,049, generated from three main sources: marina user charges (permanent and guest moorage), property rentals and fuel sales.
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continues through January. The campaign total and a list of donors will be published in the February edition of Kingston Community News. Watch the thermometer on Lindvog Road and Highway 104 to see what you and your neighbors are doing to meet local needs. More than 300 donors — churches, companies, households, individuals and organizations — donated $73,846 to Neighbor Aid during the 2011-12 campaign. That amount, a ShareNet record, helped put 280,691
The expenses are estimated at $960,836, which do not include the year’s capital projects, which are budgeted at $1.02 million. The port will need to take $208,207 from the marina rehabilitation fund, set aside to rebuild the docks in about 15 years. Scott Coulter, the port’s business manager, said the account will have $1.78 million by the end of 2012 but is not intended to be a reserve account. “I’d rather earn through operations throughout the year,” than use the marina fund, Commissioner Pete
DeBoer said. “If we have a good year we won’t have to do that … [But] I’d rather borrow from ourselves for a year or two.” The biggest capital expense is the dredging project. The port’s engineer estimated the dredge could cost as much as $698,298. Port Executive Director Kori Henry said the cost and the timing of the dredge depends on the soil samples that will be analyzed in January. If the soil inside the cove is clean, the port can begin the two-week dredge work before the Feb. 28 cut-
off and dispose of the soil in Puget Sound near Everett. If the soil is contaminated, the port will need to apply for one more permit to dispose of the soil upland and push the project to July. The permanent moorage rate increased by 2.7 percent, a $3.80 increase per month fora 24-foot boat. The port also increased their rental rates for the Kingston Cove Yacht Club, up 2.75 percent, and the state Department of Transportation for the ferry dock, up 2.14 percent. The port also approved a 2 percent property tax levy
increase. Coulter said the port has not increased the levy in five years; the additional funding will help pay for the dredge. The rate is estimated to be set at 21 cents per $1,000 assessed home value in the port district. The budget also includes a 2.7 wage increase for staff members, totaling about $570,000 for salaries and benefits. Coulter said commissioners asked that the raises be included. DeBoer said the board wanted to recognize and appreciate staff members
for their work. They have not received raises in five years, sometimes not even cost-of-living increases. “I think [the port] is one of the best jobs they can have in North Kitsap County,” he said. “They get to mix with the public, see how [the public] enjoys what [they’ve] done,” such as the Christmas lights and the summer concert series. “They deserve to be wellcompensated for that,” he added.
pounds of food on local residents’ tables and keep people from being evicted or having their utilities turned off. The money ensured 80 children got proper nutrition during weekends. It provided holiday meals for 695 individuals, provided Christmas gifts for 121 children, and provided necessary school supplies for 165 students. “It’s just amazing,” ShareNet board secretary Barbara Brumagin said at the end of the last campaign. “I think everyone doing what they can makes a difference.” ShareNet serves Eglon, Hansville, Indianola, Kingston Little Boston,
incr ease Port Gamble, NEIGHBOR AID in staffing and a portion or space; of Poulsbo and Amounts raised in today, it Suquamish. previous years has the ShareNet 2009: $62,880 s a m e operates a food 2010: $62,082 number bank, a clothing of staff bank, and a pro2011: $73,846 (four partgram to make 2012: $36,803 as of timers) in nutritious food Dec. 12 the same available for space as school children 2007-08. on weekends. ShareNet also helps fami- (Volunteers worked 3,938 lies and individuals facing hours on 2011, according to eviction or needing help the ShareNet website.) ShareNet’s annual budkeeping their utilities on. The increasing need met get is about $150,000. ShareNet executive direcby ShareNet paints a picture of the times: In 2007-08, tor Mark Ince theorized ShareNet’s food assistance that giving has increased was one-fourth of what it is because people in the comtoday. ShareNet’s staff has munity are seeing the need met the need without an 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 in an earlier interview. “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. [In 2011],
we 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 in 2011-12 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 in an earlier interview. — TO GIVE: ShareNet, 6061 United Road, Kingston. Mail: P.O. Box 250, Kingston, WA 98346. Phone: (360) 297-2266. www.sharenetfoodbank.org.
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working with and the adults they were interacting with. They didn’t break anything either on accident or on purpose, and nobody did anything that would require disciplinary action. On the other hand, I visit the high school at lunch to see some of my old friends. We talk and eat lunch and catch up. I don’t get to see them as often, since I take my classes at Olympic College. What I see there I just can’t figure out. The students — teenagers, some of them legal adults with jobs and cars — act younger and less mature than the fourth-
Sheriff’sLog The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office reported responding to the following calls in North Kitsap Nov. 27 to Dec. 3. Nov. 27 n Assault 4 (neglect of a child) reported on Hansville Road NE, Kingston. Occurred around 10:42 a.m. Nov. 28 n Theft reported on Pennsylvania Avenue NE, Kingston. Occurred around
9:30 a.m. n Theft reported on Kingsview Loop NE, Kingston. Occurred around 9:40 a.m. n Theft reported on NE West Kingston Road, Kingston. Occurred around 9:53 a.m. n Theft 3 reported on Kingsview Loop NE, Kingston. Occurred around 12:55 p.m. Nov. 29 n Malicious mischief 3
reported on Tuckerman Avenue NE, Kingston. Occurred around 11 p.m. Nov. 30 n Theft reported on State Highway 104 NE, Kingston. Occurred around 3:13 p.m. n Child molestation 1 reported on NE Timberland Drive, Kingston. Occurred around 8:53 a.m. n Residential burglary reported on NE Hood Canal Place, Hansville. Occurred around 8:29 a.m.
graders I was with during the field trip. That got me thinking about other things that high school students do that you don’t see elementary students doing as much. Students at the high school argue with and badmouth teachers, behind their backs and to their faces. They intentionally misuse and abuse the equipment they are given to work with that they are lucky to have, and they are just awful to each other. It almost seems as though as we get older we forget how to behave. College is a different
atmosphere entirely. There are people there that have jobs, spouses and children of their own in high school. The college environment is considerably better than high school. I’m glad I got out of high school when I did and now I am where I am — with competent adults and other students who are working hard and earning their educations. Everyone there wants to be there. At the high school, I heard people talking about how the only reason they were there was because it’s required and how they were done with school after
they graduate. They weren’t taking anything seriously and made it more difficult to learn in class, slacking off and distracting teachers and other students. Now, my classes are filled with people working their hardest and putting everything they have into their educations. Nobody has to be there, so everybody that is, wants to be. — Kyler Lacey is a senior at Kingston High School taking Running Start classes at Olympic College. Contact him at kylerlacey@gmail. com.
n Theft 3 reported on Woodside Road NE, Kingston. Occurred around 3:30 p.m. n Theft 3 (shoplifting) reported on Miller Bay Road NE, Kingston. Occurred around 5:08 p.m. Dec. 1 n Criminal trespass
2 (burglary) reported on Skunk Bay Road NE, Hansville. Occurred around 10:02 a.m. n Burglary 1 reported on Miller Bay Road NE, Kingston. Occurred around 6:43 p.m. Dec. 2 n Theft (taking motor
vehicle w/o owner permission) reported on NE 288th Street, Kingston. Occurred around 3:46 p.m. Dec. 3 n Burglary reported on NE State Highway 104, Kingston. Occurred around 11:36 a.m. — Megan Stephenson
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CommunityCalendar Dec. 14 Christmas Home Tour: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hosted by Hansville Ladies Aid. Tour six decorated homes, Point No Point Lighthouse and the Community Church’s Nativity Scenes. Tickets are $12, available at Hansville Grocery or from any Ladies Aid member. Dec. 16 Hometown Band Family Christmas Concert: 2 p.m., Greater Hansville Community Center at Buck Lake Park. Sing carols, wish your friends a Merry Christmas and prepare yourselves for a great holiday season. Open to the public. Dec. 18 Indianola Port Meeting: 7 p.m., Indianola Clubhouse. Special meeting to discuss general port business. Dec. 20 “The ToyMaker’s Gift”: 6:30 p.m., Redeemer United Methodist Church, 9900 Shorty Campbell Road, Kingston. Hosted by the Sunshine Women of Redeemer UMC, performed by the Hansville Community Church Players. Adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s “Where Love Is, There God is Also.” Free admission and refreshments. Info: Jim Wise (360) 638-1994.
Puppets Please Show: 7 p.m., Greater Hansville Community Center at Buck Lake Park. Children can interact with large marionettes who sing and dance, share their Christmas wishes with Santa Claus, and receive a small item. Cookies and Christmas punch will be served. Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve Bingo: 5:309:30 p.m., Greater Hansville Community Center, Buck Lake Park. First bingo starts at 6:30. Cards, food, non-alcoholic beverages available for purchase. Participants younger than 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Info: Fred or Jo Nelson, (360) 638-0000. Jan. 12 Book sale drop-off: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Greater Hansville Community Center, Buck Lake Park. Not for the general rummage sale, but for a book sale in the spring. Jan. 19 Pinewood Derby workshop: 1-3 p.m., Greater Hansville Community Center, Buck Lake Park. Kits, tools, lots of advice and help to make a car for the big race, Feb. 9. Info: Chuck Strahm at (360) 638-2882.
Jan. 25 FREE Community Meal: 5-6:30 p.m., Ed Moon Activity Building, behind Bayside Community Church, 25992 Barber Cut Off Road, Kingston. Held on the last Friday of each month, hosted by five local community churches. Info: (360) 297-2000, ext. 11. ONGOING BRIDGE PLAYERS: Mondays, 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 ideas and leads, network and socialize. Kingston Citizens Advisory Council: First Wednesday of the month, 7-9 p.m., Miller Bay Firehouse, 26642 Miller Bay Road NE, Kingston. Open to the public; light refreshments are served. KINGSTON GARDEN CLUB: Third Wednesday of the month, 9 a.m. (beginning with coffee and socializing), Bayside Community Church, 25992 Barber Cutoff Road. Port Gamble Historic Museum lecture series: Second Monday of the month, 5-8 p.m. Info: www.portgamble.com.
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get questions about the benefits of the Stillwaters Fish Passage (aka “the Bridge”) at the mouth of the estuary all the time, which is nice. I’m glad folks are curious and concerned about the estuary. Most of these questions can be answered by “too soon to tell.” Since environmental changes that are natural mostly happen gradually, over decades, most of the changes are not blatant yet. That’s why staff and volunteers at Stillwaters will be monitoring for at least 10 years after the culvert replacement. Here are some of those FAQs, with my answer at the moment. It’s an ongoing process: n What do you do with the data you get? The
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data is sent to a variety of places — departments of Ecology and Fish & Wildlife, Cornell’s EBird, and the Nature Mapping Website — all of which are pretty obscure to most of us. Also, Betsy Cooper writes a very interesting monthly article in the Kingston Community News, Water Ways, with some aspect of our data or observations explained. We also have a website of our own (the Carpenter Creek Journal), and finally found a person to work on this project of posting more information. Besides posting on websites he is taking data from all aspects of monitoring and trying to come up with methods to communicate it in understandable, interesting ways.
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should be, not trapping fish but allowing them to move around freely to wherever they want to be. The variety of fish species was about the same. n If the sediment was built up and the flushing action provided by the larger culvert doesn’t clean it all out, what then? Silt that built up is definitely moving around, but not flushing out like gangbusters. There were some gradual changes in the path of the stream, banks that have changed their shapes, etc. The bulkhead around the adjacent park was also removed as part of the project, and that bank is eroding with the winter high tides. We planted lots of shrubs above it and hope to plant
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Though wet, our climate keeps things interesting R
ight around the time you are reading this, you might notice that the days are getting, incrementally, just a little bit shorter. Our shortest day of the year: Dec. 20, when sunrise happens four minutes before 8 a.m. and sunset occurs at 4:19 p.m. That’s not much daylight to get things done. One of the things I really enjoy about living in the Northwest is that we get these experiences of dramatic changes in weather and atmosphere. We may be a little soggy right now, but those last two months of summer 2012 were the best. I hope you’ve had a chance to get down to the port and look at all the holiday lights. The staff and more than 20 volunteers have created this
Down at the Port By pete deboer for you and they are very proud of it. On the night of the Kingston Country Christmas party, it was great to see so many of our neighbors coming out to enjoy the celebration. Kingston High School’s Jazz Band, under the direction of Mr. Whitson, did a great job of putting us all in the mood.
When Santa arrived, after counting down the beginning of the light show he pulled up a chair and visited with dozens of our young people, a few dogs and an adult or two. The first day of December brought a little excitement to the water side of our operations as well. You might recall that it was a blustery day. When staff arrived in the morning, there was one sailboat drifting aground in the cove after parting an anchor rode. The port work boat brought that boat off the beach. Then a powerboat, about 45 feet in length, parted an anchor line and found herself securely stuck on the breakwater as the tide began to ebb. While beginning to deal with that little issue, the staff had to divert and rush back into the cove
to retrieve a second sailboat adrift and running aground. It turned out to be a busy couple of days to sort out and deal with the Coast Guard, EPA, Kitsap Countty Sheriff’s Office and several other agencies, all with something to do when things like this happen. Fortunately, there were no hazardous materials spilled into our cove. The sailboats were secured in the marina and the powerboat was re-floated on the high tide Sunday morning and brought into the marina where pumps were running constantly to keep up with the flooding while she was made ready to tow down to Ballard for final disposition. Jan. 25 to Feb. 3 is the time for the Big Seattle Boat Show. I know a lot of you go for any number of rea-
sons. This year, the Port of Kingston will have a booth there. The purpose is to attract more boaters to stop by and spend a few days in our marina and enjoy our town and parks. If you are planning to go to this event, please stop by and say hi to our staff and commissioners who will be manning the booth. By the way, one of the best ways to attend the boat show is to walk on the ferry in Kingston and catch either Amtrak or the Sounder Train down to King Street Station, where the stadium is just a short walk away. There is always a free shuttle to take you to the show at Lake Union. Check the Amtrak and Metro websites for train schedules.
NAUTICAL TERM So with all that stuff, what
would be a good Nautical Term of the Month? How about “Gale.” Wind speeds of 28-33 knots are a near gale, 34-40 knots a full gale, and 41-47 knots a strong gale. This would be a Beaufort Scale 9 in the North Sea. The Beaufort system is a great guide for maritime weather and an interesting thing to study online on a windy day. On behalf of my fellow commissioners and the entire staff at the Port of Kingston, I would like to wish you a wonderful Christmas season and a happy beginning to 2013. As always, thanks for taking a few minutes to read this stuff. I hope you found something interesting. — Pete DeBoer is a Kingston port commissioner. Email pete@petedeboer.com.
Wind instruments and rapping: Reimann is a standout art student Fab Spotlight I
t boggles my mind: Tubaist (or tubist), choir bass, high-tech recording arts artist, and rapper. Senior Logan Reimann is in the Fine Arts Booster (FAB) Spotlight. Sitting in Cuppa Bella, I furiously wrote notes on the words flowing out of Logan. “I have a weird brain. My mouth doesn’t mesh with my brain,” he said. When I asked how it
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works to be a rapper, he said, “When I have ‘brain rabble’ I rap and put it out.” I said “coffee.” When he asked me for a noun, he rapped on that. Amazing and spontaneous. Logan is a tuba player in the KHS marching band and concert bands. He started on the baritone at Wolfle Elementary and changed to The culvert that was replaced under South Kingston Road was not “lipped,” so it may not have made a huge difference in the amount of water entering the estuary, as much as the velocity with which it was entering and exiting. Replacing this second culvert will be different because it is “lipped.” That means it is sitting higher than the low-tide point, so you have to get quite a bit of water built up on the downstream side before it is enough to get through the culvert and move through to the upstream side (salt marsh). Replacing this second culvert should allow more tidal flow into the marsh. n What are the trends that the monitoring has discovered? We don’t have other information yet, such
audio industry evolves,” Richard said. Logan looks forward to study at the Art Institute of Seattle, where he will start with a two-year associate’s degree, learning “everything to do with sound,” and then will pick his creative track. “I’m having a non-academic year,” said Logan, who’s taken AP classes. “I think I would burn out if I worked too hard as a senior, and I’m complaining less.”
as insect I.D., because we have to find someone with skills in that area. And the monitors are working twice a week to process all the sediment samples. They have finished the pre-bridge set, and will soon begin the post-bridge set. Fortunately, that is only done every three years. It’s very tedious, but should be interesting and show some changes. n Is the culvert doing what it is hoped it would do for the health of the estuary and the salt marsh? That is definitely an ongoing question. So far, it looks good, but stay tuned!
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Now he participates in band and choir, where he sings bass. “Art is a divergence from everyday life,” he said. “Everyone has their own reasons why art is important. One can lose their self.” Yet, Logan loves math. “Mrs. Gale is the best
math teacher whose considerable intelligence is wholly self-evident,” he said. “I am, on the other hand, really good at regurgitating big ideas to sound intelligent.” Logan’s family of five — a Band Booster president mother, a firefighter father, See Reimann, Page 15
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cold or rainy and the birds are hiding. n Is the salt marsh healthier with the culvert removed? The upper salt marsh is another story. We need to get the West Kingston Road culvert out of there to get more salt water in there. We’re working on that. Right now, with Kitsap County and Great Peninsula Conservancy, we are working on a grant for design work for a bridge. We are measuring the changes in the tidal inundation with a meter that stays in the water just in front of that culvert. So we’ll know if that first culvert replacement is making a difference in the amount of water getting into the estuary.
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the tuba at Kingston Middle School. Logan spends his free time making music on the guitar and ukulele. “Although I like video games, music is my hobby and hopefully it will be my profession in audio design,” he said. “Music is the most perfect form of expression.” Richard, Logan’s recording arts teacher, said Logan is an “inspiration.” “He keeps up with the latest developments as the
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‘Thank you’ to those that made 2012 special; what’s next port gamble N gazette ot only is the New Year a chance to look forward with excitement and anticipation, but it’s also an opportunity to celebrate the past 12 months by recognizing and thanking the organizations and individuals that made 2012 so special. So, without further ado, a warm, heartfelt thank you to: n The Kitsap Forest & Bay Coalition for its ongoing efforts to help our community preserve nearly 7,000 acres of open space in north Kitsap County. At a time when public funding is limited, this diverse group understands the urgency and importance of this property acquisition initiative. The group is leaving no stone unturned in an effort to secure the necessary dollars before the purchase option agreement expires on March 28. n The North Kitsap Trails Association and all of the recreationalists who not only use the nearly 60 miles of trails on Pope Resources’ land, but more importantly volunteer hundreds of hours on the maintenance and development of the trails’ system, mak-
ing it a true destination for hikers, bikers, horseback riders, birders and other outdoors people. n The residents around Gamble Bay for their participation, open-mindedness and ideas as we all move forward to preserve this community jewel that is Gamble Bay and to create a sustainable future for the town of Port Gamble. n The 36 commercial tenants and 52 residential tenants who live and work in the town of Port Gamble and help make it a vibrant waterfront community with a great future ahead of it. n The state, regional and local elected officials and their staff members, many of whom work tirelessly and without much recognition, for their continued efforts to ensure that north Kitsap County remains a wonderful place to live, work and play. n Port Gamble’s annual Country Christmas, a popular holiday tradition for north Kitsap, simply wouldn’t happen without support from companies and individuals like Ferrell Gas and Olympic Property Group, which sponsored the fireworks; John Westerlund
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By Jon Rose and shana smith at Westerlund Wood and Tree Service, who provided the community Christmas tree and helped hang nearly 100,000 holiday lights around the town; and, local author Gregg Olsen and Eric Ellis of Ferrell Gas for helping judge the annual holiday fruitcake contest. n All the caterers, photographers, wedding planners, officiants, DJs and florists that help make Port Gamble one of the most spectacular wedding venues in the Pacific Northwest. Since 2003, when we opened the Port Gamble Wedding and Events business, nearly 600 couples have tied the knot in Port Gamble. Thank you to all the brides, grooms and wedding parties that selected Port Gamble for their special day. Now, on to 2013.
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time to get serious about those pesky New Year’s health and fitness resolutions. Here’s a suggestion: Participate in the new “Yoga at Port Gamble” program. Instructor Trish Olson will teach the practice of gentle yoga postures, breathing techniques and deep relaxation, in a class designed for all levels. After exercising your body, why not go strengthen your mind? Our free Museum Lecture Series returns on the first Monday of every month, (Jan. 14, Feb. 9) from 6-8 p.m. at the Hood Canal Vista Pavilion.
Knowledgeable speakers and/or panelists will detail some of the more significant parts of Port Gamble’s rich history, as well as sharing some of the quirks and mysteries of the historic mill town. If you’re looking for a fun new experience, join us on one of the acclaimed Port Gamble Ghost Walks where you’ll get to experience a spookier side of the town. The walks take place from 7-9 p.m. on Jan. 19 and Feb. 16. The walks book up quickly, so make your reservation now for groups of 16 or more.
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either rain nor storm kept 16 courageous Kingstonians from a December meeting with WSF. Here are highlights of the night: n Great cookies! n Walla Walla: As you may recall, one of the Walla Walla’s drive motors fried when power was applied with the shaft locked. For reasons we don’t understand, WSF’s spare rotor wasn’t ready to go and had to be shipped to Anaheim, Calif. for refurbishment. If that is successful, Walla Walla will return in midMarch. For the first week in January, the 87-car Klahowya will be our second boat; afterwards, it will be 144-car super-class ferries. n On-time perfor-
mance: Afternoon on-time performance is 85-90 percent for five minutes, 96-99 percent for 10 minutes. Along-termissueremains. An average of 51 trains pass through Edmonds daily. This will grow to 77 by 2020 and 96 by 2030. If the proposed shipping terminal in Everett goes through, add another 18 trains per day. This means 11 hours of train traffic daily. To keep ferries on schedule, it’s been proposed to run ferry traffic under the train tracks at the cost of about $70 million. The alternative is moving the terminal south to Point Edwards for about $200 million. n Fares: Expect a 2.5 percent fare increase next year. Other changes being considered include: Increasing the tiny car discount, reduc-
FERRYFARE Kingston Ferry Advisory Committee ing passenger fares by changing the current vehicle/passenger fare ratio of 3.4 to 1, and allowing multiride ferry fares to be in the ORCA system. A concern was voiced that a single fare for all central Sound isn’t equitable. Elsewhere, routes pay on the basis of their length. Here, we all pay based on the Bainbridge rate, so Kingston pays a bit more while Bremerton pays a lot less. n WSDOT budget: With a sprig of holly in her heart, the outgoing governor has proposed $4.8 mil-
lion of ferry service cuts on all routes except for Kingston and Bainbridge. This is a distraction from the real problem of megaproject cost overruns (think Boston’s Big Dig) during a revenue decline. A recent “business roundtable” recommended increasing the gas tax and something like an motor-vehicle excise tax to save WSDOT. n Schedule change: WSF is looking into using our Friday night schedule on Saturday and Sunday. This gets us more evening sailings, but we’d lose the 12:55 a.m. Saturday/Sunday Edmonds sailing. n Ferry staffing: Missed and late sailings because of “no shows” hit the San Juans, Clinton and Point Defiance hardest. The causes were: Reading the schedule incorrectly and
personal problems (80 percent); dispatcher errors (20 percent). WSF’s actions include discipline, a joint letter with the unions on the problem, and a management/labor task force. Crewing that allows the boat to sail with reduced crew when at less-than-maximum passengers would eliminate most missed sailings. A ferry captain commented that he would not be covered by his liability insurance should he decide to get underway with less than the required number of crew members aboard. FYI the ferry’s USCG Certificate of Inspection, which says what’s required for safe operations, is posted for review onboard. n Liquefied Natural Gas: Safety and security plans for LNG fuel are being developed and the next step
will be a design to convert Issaquah-class ferries. The conversion will reduce fuel costs by about half and also meet all future emissions requirements. n Other comments were made on: early cars being offloaded last, Edmonds line jumping, ORCA cards going through turnstiles when regular tickets can’t, tight spacing that won’t allow car doors to open. There were also sent-in questions that WSF didn’t get to. We’ll get the answers to these in future columns. — FerryFare is written by Walt Elliott, chairman of the Kingston Ferry Advisory Committee. He is also chairman of the Kingston Port Commission. Contact him at elliottmoore@comcast.net.
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New leaders for Kingston Rotary have been elected. Don Hutchins’ term as president lasts until June 30. Stepping up to lead the club beginning in July will be Meisha Rouser. Her career has been a rich mosaic of leadership development, marketing, program and product management, business development, pub-
al behavior, leadership, and work/life balance. Joining Meisha will be the following slate of offiBy NANCY MARTIN cers: Vice President Randy Monlux, Secretary Suzanne lic relations, organization Jenny, and Treasurer Jerry development, coaching and Tellingheusen. training. With this capable leadMeisha started or played ership, Rotary a major role in a should be off to number of startup a fine year. Join organizations, as us for lunch, and well as working meet our officers for large corporate and membership. organizations. Her New members are undergraduate always welcome degree is in manto the Wednesday agement informaluncheon meetings tion systems, and Meisha Rouser at the North Kitsap she recently com- ... takes office Fire Station, 26642 pleted a master’s as Rotary Club Miller Bay Road degree in organi- president in July. NE, Kingston. zation psychology. For directions Meisha’s future and more informaendeavors, besides leading tion, contact Clint Boxman, the Kingston-North Kitsap (360) 271-1143. Rotary Club, include more — Contact Nancy Martin research and development at nanjmartin@mac.com. of theories and methodologies related to organization-
how he feels about what is going on in the world, his answer was, “The Middle East is just a blip in the radar. Eventually, all wars end. Looking with a historical perspective, what will matter is the change in technology. It will redefine how we will interact around the world. Wei Bong, in China,
is like Twitter and is redefining China’s politics.” Upon searching, I found there were more than 3 million links to this. As we were leaving and my mind was feeling — like I said — boggled, Logan said, “You know, the brain can only do only one thing at once, so in multi-tasking
year’s tourney was a sell-out. The tournament offers a fun day at the gorgeous White Horse Golf Club. Greens fees, cart rental, range balls, box lunch and awards dinner are all included in the $150 registration fee. Kingston Rotarians are busy signing up sponsors and securing prizes for the tournament. There will be a silent auction that takes place during the awards dinner, featuring some pretty incredible packages and prizes.
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Bird count provides invaluable connection to nature Noo-Kayet L Destiny Wellman, a Tribal member who works for our Natural Resources Department, participated in the bird count and was responsible for tabulating the collected data. Destiny was never a part of a bird count before. Destiny worked with Audubon experts, including Fay Linger, Judy Willott and Randena Walsh, to learn how to identify different species with little more than a pair of binoculars, a field book, and her own desire to re-discover nature. “The thing I appreciated most about the bird survey was how connected I felt to nature in a way that I
ast year in this column, I wrote about the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe and the Kitsap Audubon Society partnering on a count of bird species around Port Gamble Bay. For a year beginning October 2011, Tribal members and staff and Audubon came together 23 times to count birds in three key locations around Port Gamble Bay, including Point Julia. This area on the shores of Port Gamble Bay has special significance: it has been home to my Tribe since our ancestors were located from their village at Port Gamble in 1853.
Our Village By Jeromy Sullivan haven’t in a very long time,” Destiny said. “I feel like that’s the missing link for a lot of people in environmental stewardship.
“If we could find a way to help everybody feel that sort of connection to nature and the environment, they might feel more obligated to do their part in helping restore the balance necessary to allow our resources to flourish.” This sentiment is particularly important as finding a way to secure that connection to the natural world is all the more essential now with our Tribe’s ongoing emphasis on the protection and restoration of Port Gamble Bay. The information generated by the Port Gamble Bay bird count will also serve as an invaluable tool
for the Tribe’s efforts to protect natural resources within the bay. Birds identified around the bay, such as Marbled Murrelet, Bald Eagle, Osprey, Kingfishers and many others, feed on forage fish within the bay and those fish depend on eelgrass and other aquatic vegetation. The data from the bird count is a good indicator of the health and strength of this connected ecosystem. During the course of the bird survey, there were many wet and windy days. There were days when the counters’ hands felt cold as ice. Others when the sun beamed down hot and
bright. They braved it all. For their tenacity and dedication, I am grateful. On behalf of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, I would like to thank everyone who participated in the Port Gamble Bay bird count. A special thank you to our Natural Resources staff and Fay, Judy and Randena from the Kitsap Audubon Society. We appreciate all of your hard work! — Jeromy Sullivan is chairman of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe.
Live a life of vitality with these dump-busting lifestyle strategies A in a Dump” analogy from late chiropractic icon, Dr. Fred Barge. He used to say, “If you have a dump, you’ve got rats.” It doesn’t work the other way around. Rats don’t create the dump; rather, rats are attracted to the dump. In many ways, germs are a lot like rats in that they are both opportunistic. Germs, like rats, not only seek out but require a place to set
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— disease and death. And therein lies the key to health: life. Are you truly 100 percent alive? Or are your lifestyle choices preventing you from reaching that target, chipping away at the percentage? “Germs,” as Rudolph Virchow, the Father of Pathology, stated, “seek their natural habitat — diseased tissue — rather than being the cause of the diseased tissue.” In other words, you can’t “catch” something if you are expressing 100 percent life — because if you are, by definition you are absent of disease. Even Louis Pasteur, the father of our culturally revered “Germ Theory,” reportedly recanted on his deathbed that “the patho-
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The planned community center includes space for a 4,000-square-foot library, which would more than triple the size of the existing Kingston Branch Library. The Village Green Foundation has been working now for several years to plan and create a new community center in the Village Green Park on West Kingston Road. In partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Snohomish County and the Library, the Village Green Foundation has obtained a state grant and a grant from the Birkenfeld Trust, along with significant other pledges toward the facility. The Village Green Foundation is in the process of hiring an architect to design the building.
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he moment you’ve been waiting for is finally here: The campaign to finish off the funding of the new community center at the Village Green is kicking into high gear. At 3 p.m., Jan. 26, come to the picnic pavilion at the Village Green. You’ll enjoy live music and an opportunity to participate in a big photo shoot. We’ll mock-up the new building’s footprint with our own feet — the more participants, the merrier. If it’s raining, you’ll have a chance to get a “I Support the Village Green in Kingston, WA” umbrella.
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We’ll parade down the street to the existing building for soup and beverages and a demonstration of the activities planned at the new building. We’re planning a Kinect/Wii demonstration, in which the kids can show the seniors how the systems work; a building demonstration, where the kids can actually see how a building is constructed; and an origami-folding lesson, in which all ages can learn to make a basic envelope that will contain a nice surprise everyone will find useful. Just in time for all of this, the Village Green Foundation has concluded an architectural services contract with Miles Yanick & Company, the architect who’s done the concept and schematic design. So this could be the most opportune time to add your thoughts to the building design.
By harriet muhrlein The final installment in a June 1890 magazine article about Kingston, titled “Kingston, The Monterey of Washington.”
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An engine and coal car that ran short distances from various locations in North Kitsap’s forests. Kingston Historical Society pleted there will be regular excursions to Kingston, and those who have visited this charming little cove will agree with the writer that this will one day be the greatest health resort and country seat of the state of Washington.
The photo is of the engine and coal car on the railroad that ran short distances from various locations in the forests of North Kitsap in the 1920s. Logs were taken to the log dump located at a site on Port Gamble Bay. It is the only
known railroad in the area. — The Kingston Historical Society meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month, 10 a.m., in the Kingston Community Center Indianola Room. We need new guests or members to add to the history.
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More than just a light display, it’s a labor of love Chicquita Smith weaves lights into the frame of a seahorse Nov. 16 in the Port of Kingston office. The seahorse is one of many new and larger lighting displays this year at the Kingston Country Christmas.
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KINGSTON — Twice a week, the Port of Kingston office transformed into a holiday lights workshop. Sitting around a few tables in the main room of the office, volunteers and port employees worked to turn strings of lights into LED masterpieces for the Port’s Country Christmas light display, which will be up until Jan. 15.
Fish, crabs, poinsettias, a sunflower, and even a seahorse are just a few of the creations that have been created from the lights. It’s an effort that involves more than a dozen volunteers. Working on a poinsettia of her own, Patty Fortune said the classes held in the port office have become a social function. A quick scan of the room Nov. 16, while listening to the chatter, and
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Fortune said. “If you can count, you can do this.� However, not all displays are as simple as the experi-
enced make them look. One of the most difficult plants to make are the Red Hot Poker. The pokers — genus Kniphofia — are also called Torch lily or Tritoma. Because of the complexity of the plant — red flowers on top, with yellow underneath and green stems — it makes for a challenge when stringing lights together. The lights also need to be held together tightly while the plant is created. This year, the main focus of new light creations are animals. In addition to many of the previous items seen at last year’s display, there will be
an ocean-themed section. It will also feature a “winter wonderland.� Look for the snowman. And watch for a special holiday appearance from a favorite animated movie. Workers weave LED lights into metal frames that are already shaped like the creature or item. The frames are not storebought. Like the final product, the frames are created at the Port. Marina attendant Ed Clark welds and forms the frames in the Port’s shop. The ideas come from those weaving the lights, and even coloring books, which have simplistic outlines in them. Though some of the shapes are taller than some See Lights, Page 19
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Left, Gianna Turner, 16 months, enjoys a light display that resembles presents under a tree. Gianna is the daughter of Garet and Carolyn Turner of Kingston. Right, Santa gives a candy cane to Avery Baker, 2, of Kingston, on the Mike Wallace Park stage. Richard Walker / Staff photo
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Continued from page 18 of the people working on them, and some are threedimensional, it doesn’t take Clark long to make the frames. Clark’s been welding “probably a lot longer than you’ve been alive,” he said — more than 26 years. Clark enjoys doing the work. Because there are more taxpayers than people who use the Port of Kingston, he thinks of it as a way to give back to everyone. “It’s my way of giving back to the taxpayers,” he said. Though workers do have directions for making various displays, volunteer Hollace Vaughan said they don’t necessarily follow them. That may be wise or not wise, but out of all the displays carried over from last year, only four will need some kind of repair. Creating a light display that will be up for one-anda-half months is not without its challenges. During the light-making class Nov. 16, Christine Conners, the Port’s assistant business manager, was pulling apart a fish from last year for its red lights. The extra red lights that were ordered for this year did not arrive. So
in order to finish the bottom of the poinsettia tree, sacrifices were made. Port employee Paige Savage is helping lead the light display effort this year. It’s not an easy task to coordinate, she said. The light display classes are held throughout the year, which helps keep everything from being done last-minute. However, as Dec. 1 neared, Savage could still feel the pres-
sure. “Once it comes to crunch time … trying to get everyone on the same page and assigning projects … there’s just so much to do,” she said. Along with making the displays, volunteers must set up and check the displays and make any needed fixes. “There’s just so much to do,” Savage said again. The volunteers are
greatly appreciated. Most have helped with the light display since the first year, Savage said. It can take three to four hours to make one flower. In order to meet the deadline, volunteers are taking flowers home with them to
finish. “With the amount of flowers we have, there’s no way we could do this without them,” Savage said of the volunteers. In all, there’s about 14 volunteers. Port employees give their time when avail-
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Thrift shopping sparks memory of beloved friend I
don’t believe in angels. Really, I don’t. Sometimes, it’s hard to believe in much of anything. But there I was in the cups and glasses aisle of Goodwill, and I may have met one — an angel, that is. Angels have a puckish sense of humor, it seems. They like to play against type. According to the pictures tacked to the walls of my childhood Sunday school, angels are fairskinned, blue-eyed beings with Hollywood good looks. But in a divine lesson on the futility of stereotyping, my Goodwill angel was in a Chinese or South Seas
guise with long, gray cornrows of hair squeezing from beneath a scruffy knitted cap. Her clothes were shabby. Her coat bristled with pet hair. No wings, no halo, no harp. Nothing to give her away. She said she was an artist. I don’t know how it came up. We were looking at coffee mugs at the time. She was holding a brightly colored Mary Engelbreit mug that sported some inspirational quote. I had just seen one that said “Friends are Forever.” And I was frozen. Just a few days earlier, my dearest childhood friend had died unexpectedly. Goodwill was to be my distraction — second-hand therapy, as it
on kingston time By wendy tweten were — but it was a bad choice considering Jackie and I loved to shop there together. Already I’d imagined her car in the parking lot. I’d spotted her bread-
maker (just like the one we found together at a yard sale) on a shelf. The rodeo chaps I’d tried on two days before Halloween still hung on the rack. Jackie took pictures and encouraged me to buy them. Zombie cowboy, she said. Like the angel, Jackie was an artist. But Jackie’s art was her voice. As far back as fourth grade at Wolfle Elementary, she stunned us all with the beauty and power of her singing. As an adult, Jackie earned her master’s degree in music and taught voice privately and at the college level. She performed in operas and musical theater from the St. Moritz Choral Festival to
Seattle’s 5th Avenue. Her soprano was as sharp and seraphic as St. Michael’s sword. Singing was Jackie’s gift, but her family was her life. And her friends were her second family. So there I was at Goodwill, overcome by a mug with a message I knew to be a lie. The little woman with the cornrows and cilice continued her thought. “I like to paint clouds,” she said. “You see all kinds of pictures in clouds. Sometimes you see faces, since clouds are close to heaven.” Having delivered her message, the angel vanished. Well, not really vanished.
She put the Engelbreit mug in her shopping cart and shuffled off. It was then I began to suspect her true identity. I want there to be angels. I want there to be heaven. There should be a heaven for Jackie. Don’t get me wrong — Jackie was no angel, even though she sang like one. She was never, ever boring. But she was also kind, loving, funny, and my best friend. She wanted to be happy. Jackie deserved better from life. In death, she deserves heaven. I watch the clouds. — Contact Wendy Tweten at wendy@wendytweten.com
Obituaries Marian Sparks and Anthony Adams A service was held Dec. 1, noon, in the Port Gamble S’Klallam Gym for Marian Dean Sparks and Anthony Ambrose Adams Sr., who died in a two-car crash on Highway 104 near Balmoral Place NE. The driver of the other car also died. Marian was born Sept. 13, 1968; Anthony was born Jan. 7, 1968. Their family submitted the following obituary: Marian and Anthony passed on Nov. 14, 2012. They met in high school at North Kitsap High and started dating Feb. 5, 1985. They married in June 1987 and have been very much in love ever since. Marian raised their children while Anthony served overseas in the Army in Germany and Desert Storm. When his tour of duty was over, he came home to restart their life together, living between the Port Gamble S’Klallam and Suquamish Tribes. She worked as data collections specialist for the Early Childhood Education Program and Anthony worked at several of the local casinos before finally becoming a treaty fisherman. They are survived by their children, Anthony Ambrose Adams Jr., Maylene, Steven, and Domonique; six grandchildren; combined seven siblings; her father, George J. Sparks, and stepmother, Marcelene Sparks; his parents, Harvey and Judith Adams; and numerous foster children.
Anthony Adams and Marian Sparks. — Family of Marian Dean Sparks and Anthony Ambrose Adams Sr.
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Maurice M. Murray of Kingston passed away Nov. 10 at Swedish Hospital in Seattle after complications from open heart surgery. He was 79. He leaves his wife of 39 years, Dolores Murray, and four children: Shawn of Florence, Ore., Leesa of Everett, Wash., Mary of Kingston, Wash., and Ralph of Skagway, Alaska; and one grandson, Tyler of California. He was predeceased by his parents, Ethel and Nile Murray, and his brothers Roger and Scott Murray. Maurice was born and raised in Bluffton, Ohio on March 26, 1933. He graduated from Ada High School and received a degree in mechanical engineering from Ohio Northern. He served his country in the Army. He was employed at Boeing for 30 years and traveled extensively for the company in the early years for the Minuteman Missile project. He was proud to
have been one of the design month adventure all though engineers for the Apollo Europe. Maurice had a passion Lunar Rover program and also for the design of the for antique clocks and was known throughthermal blanket out Kitsap County that wrapped Apollo for his meticulous on the launch pad. clock repair and He also helped with restorations. He the Peacekeeper was also a huge MX Missile project, Seahawks and supersonic transMariners baseball port, and Boeing’s fan. Alternative Energy Maurice was Windmill project. Maurice Murray quite a storyHis Boeing career teller and had a found him working in Saudi Arabia and he fin- fun, genuine way of makished his career in Seattle ing everyone feel special. working on the F-22 Raptor He really liked to kid and brought much joy, laughter for the military. Maurice and Dolores and friendship to all those traveled to many interesting around him. — Family of Maurice M. and unusual places around the world, including a nine- Murray
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Thanksgiving was a group effort; a unique donation A whole community came together to make Thanksgiving happen at ShareNet for about 200 local families in need, for a total of 600 individual persons served. On Nov. 14, 20 volunteers gathered at ShareNet for what we thought would be nearly a day long adventure in pre-packing the non-perishable parts of the Thanksgiving boxes to be provided to clients. Operations Manager Amy Phillips had done such a great job of organizing and making the event efficient, and we had such able support from our group of volunteers, that we completed the packing in just over 2 hours in a true factory-style assembly line. On Nov. 16, fresh produce and turkeys were added to the boxes and distributed for a complete holiday meal with leftovers to spare. Food drives are frequent and generous during this time of year, but even so most of the Thanksgiving distribution has to be purchased. That holiday purchasing, as well as our regular food budget, is made possible mostly by
Poulsbo Audubon Society as well as Soroptimists International of Greater North Kitsap. He is also an art docent at Wolfle Elementary School, teaching charcoal drawing and watercolor to fifth-graders two times per month. Morrison won North Kitsap School District’s prestigious Starfish Award for his valuable work encouraging kids in teacher Trang McGillivray’s classroom. McGillivray has also been instrumental in Wolfle’s summer sessions, which ShareNet helps support. Morrison’s mantra to students is, “Anyone can draw if they practice.” Maybe, but few draw and paint as well as Morrison. In a previous career, Morrison had some instruction in technical drawing and drafting, so perspective was natural for him. He has also been influenced by Byron Birdsall, a Whidbey Island resident known as an “Alaskan” painter. Morrison got to meet Birdsall last year and picked up some techniques that are different from those utilized by most watercolorists.
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sharenet & you By mark ince generous donations from our local community. Recent food drives augmenting this event, as well as pending December distribution, have included Poulsbo Lions Evening Pride Branch, the Leo Club at Kingston High School (thanks to ShareNet volunteer Robin Storey for spearheading that one), Kingston Kiwanis’s annual Apple Cup Food Drive, and Kingston Middle School’s ASB club. Volunteers of these service clubs often stand out in all weather representing these food drives on our behalf, and we’re deeply grateful for their contribution.
• Arthritic Knees • Hurts Going Up Down Stairs • Bone on Bone • Hurts to Get Up From Sitting • Weak Knees This watercolor of a Great Blue Heron is local artist Jim • You Walk Stiff Morrison’s way of helping ShareNet. The watercolor will be raffled off, with the ticket sales going to ShareNet. And Painful Contributed • Hurts To Stand Morrison is philanthropiThere are so many ways his wife to volunteer and help out, •cally Youinclined, Limpas isWhen and a resourceful commu- Julie, a long-time volunteer the Food Bank. nity like ours tries all of inYou Walk His work has appeared them. Recently, local artist Jim Morrison donated a beautiful watercolor of a Great Blue Heron for a raffle, with ticket sales to benefit ShareNet.
in magazines, books and, for those lucky enough to be on their list, Christmas cards as well. Previously, he has donated his work to the
Morrison’s wife, Julie, describes her husband’s themes as “Birds, boats, and mountains.” One characteristic he admires is the tremendous contrast found in Birdsall’s paintings. Morrison officially retired in 1995 but, as with most retirees in the ShareNet orbit, he is far from idle. An avid athlete as well, Morrison believes watercolors are easier than most people think, and says, “I enjoy having other people enjoy my art and that is part of the reason I paint.” The watercolor is currently on display at Kitsap Bank, Kingston. Raffle tickets are available for purchase during ShareNet Thrift Store’s open hours, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, through Dec. 20. The raffle will be held Dec. 21. Neighbor Aid 2012, our annual fundraising campaign, continues through December. — Mark Ince is executive director of ShareNet. Contact him at sharenetdirector@ centurytel.net.
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Cellphones ring at the wrong time, fall in odd places M ost of us have done some pretty odd things in our lifetime — no, wait, stupid things, having put myself in that situation so many times it really can’t be counted. Some years ago, when this newfangled thing they called a cellphone came out, I said I would never use such a gizmo. We had all done just fine with a plain landline phone — that is, until Don was scheduled for his last open-heart surgery almost eight years ago. Jon, our son-in-law, made a statement, “You are getting a cellphone on my family plan.” When Jon gives that “So be it” look, that’s it. It turned out to be one of the best things we ever did … only, to be honest, it has also caused some embar-
rassing moments. One of the earlier stunts I still seem to do is forget and leave Pesky (name for my cell) in my purse on returning home after shopping. Five-year-old great-grand daughter Sally will often yell, “Gramma, your purse is ringing,” or, “somebody wants you in your purse.” Then there was the time after the church rummage sale and the crowd had dispersed. We ladies were packing up and I couldn’t find the thing. It must have slipped out of my pocket into one of the many boxes (this thing has a mind of its own, I swear). I was praying it hadn’t hitched a ride in someone else’s loot. Pat and Maggie, my partners, suggested I go and call my cell on the kitchen
this ‘n’ that By jacque thornton phone. Oh, what a great idea. They would be able hear it and trace the ring — if I could remember my cell number. I just couldn’t come up with it. It took about 20 minutes of trying to get ahold of daughter Donna to get my cell number. I finally
reached her and, still laughing, she called and Pesky sang loud and clear. It had fallen into a box of linens. This little trick has saved me more than once when I misplaced it at home too. Well, at least I didn’t drop it in the commode, like someone else I know. Another of these idiotic incidents left me redfaced. I was standing with several pastors at a Ministerial Association luncheon the Sunshine ladies were hosting some years back, talking about things in general. Suddenly, Pesky started whining in a very low tone and I couldn’t get to it. Embarrassed, I tried to pretend I didn’t hear the music, or it was someone else’s cell. I kept talking. Finally, one of the pastors leaned over and
said, “Jacque, do you know your chest is singing!” They must have concluded it was time for hearing aids. I felt like a nut because it was in my bra waiting for a call I did not want to miss, and I forgot to turn the sound to vibrating. Well, I certainly wasn’t going to reach down my neck for it in front of those two. They stood, grinning at me, and I — never being at a loss for words — popped out with, “Yes, I have been waiting for God to call. He just signaled your lunch burned while I stood here talking to you two guys,” and walked in the kitchen with red cheeks, hearing laughter behind me (I gotta tell you, they love me). Today, Don is after me to get rid of old Pesky and
buy a new cell with a fancy camera. Can you imagine the trouble I could get into with something like that? Thanks to all the wonderful folks who donated items to Redeemer UM Church Sunshine Ladies Bazaar. And thanks to all the great volunteers who help to make it an annual success every year. Four hundred dollars of the raised money has been used provide for for the Kingston Food Bank. Please remember, it will still need more help in the coming days. — Jacque Thornton is a longtime columnist for the Kingston Community News. Her column can also be found online at KingstonCommunityNews. com. Contact her at jacquejt@centurytel.net.
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ne of the many things that make a stream, a great stream for fish, is the presence of fish food. Some of that food, researchers have recently found, are insects from land and the air. However, any fly fisherman will tell you the most important fish food are aquatic insects. They are what ecologists call “benthic invertebrates.” The word “benthic” refers to the creek bottom or on rocks and debris in a stream or a lake. Invertebrates are animals with no back bone or bony skeleton. Aquatic invertebrates in our freshwater streams experience changing water depths and temperature during the year. Some have relatively long life cycles (taking one whole year to mature and reproduce); others have very short lives (just a few days). Others go through many life stages before becoming that little flying creature that a fish or a frog will snap up quickly. Some are called “clingers,” since they have adapted physical features to grip onto the sides of rocks while water flows by. Some are very sensitive to pollution and others are very tolerant to the oil, sediment and the other kinds of chemicals that might be washed into the stream from stormwater. Some even have life stages where they are the predator, eating other bugs
WaterWays By BETSY COOPER BIBI. The BIBI number is called an “index,” because it is a combination of measurements of each of the aspects of the physical, chemical and biological structure of the stream. In that way, it takes diverse information about the types of bugs found, what kind of creatures they are, and how they live, and add them all up to get a score. For example, are they clingers, house builders (like stone flies) or worms; are they tolerant of pollutants or not; are they mayflies, caddisflies or stoneflies — especially important insect groups. This work has been
The caddisfly — tasty to fish, and a sign of a healthy stream. M.T. Frazier / Courtesy in the waterway. While Stillwaters does water flow and chemical monitoring to assess the health and quality of the riparian environment in Carpenter Creek, another way to monitor its health is with biological monitoring. While water management focuses on water quality, human activity near streams can also alter the habitat structure and the flow regime, and in turn
affect the trophic base and biotic interactions (who’s eating who) in the stream. Each one of those aspects of stream dynamics, added together, describes the biological integrity of the stream. To try to assess a stream’s health, scientists developed a method of sampling the stream for benthic critters to allow them to calculate called the Benthic Index of Biological Integrity, or
going on throughout the Puget Lowland Streams for many years. Kitsap County has undertaken BIBI since 1998. Twenty five locations have been samples within 20 Kitsap creeks. Some locations have been sampled yearly from 1998-2006, and again in 2010 and 2012. Others have been sampled less frequently. It is sometimes difficult to make the case to cash-strapped government agencies that funding these efforts is important. Therefore cuts in this and other types of ecological sampling are frequent and diminishes the validity of the data when the sampling cannot be repeated enough times to reveal reliable characterization or trend information. Carpenter Creek’s BIBI index has been evaluated
for site 1 – a stream segment just above the salt marsh in a wooded area on the Stillwaters campus. Its Index has been in the Low category but appears to be improving. This may be due to many influences such as stormwater pollution, proximity to salt water, variable flows. Carpenter creek’s site 3 - a segment just north (above) State Route 104, over the 7 years of sampling undertaken so far, appears to exhibit a moderate to good index. Next month more about the components of the index and what could be expected to be found in low, moderate and high biotic integrity. — Betsy Cooper is a board member and stream monitor at Stillwaters Environmental Education Center.
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT - Donna Etchey I would be remiss to not thank my fellow 2012 board members for really stepping up to the plate and accomplishing what we have this past year. We started out the year with some huge obstacles to overcome, we had to rebuild our financial records, had challenges with our taxes and had to cut back on our expenses considerably. I can honestly say that as I write this column your chamber has risen out of the hole and is on solid ground as we move into the new year. Thanks to a few special people that really assisted myself and the chamber in getting things figured out: Gale Kirsopp, with Kirsopp Consulting; Gale and her staff were instrumental in assisting the chamber in rebuilding our books, Gale also donated a computer to the chamber and really assisted the board in figuring out how to move forward. Eva Monlux, Treasurer ensured that we put money aside to pay bills and others that were owed money. Shirley Bomgaars, Secretary spent hours at the chamber inputting records into Quick Books. Jerry Tellinghuisen, worked hours in dealing with our tax situation and deserves kudos for the work he has done on behalf of your chamber. Other board members are Julie McAfee for all her fundraising efforts this year (and the great ideas she has for 2013), Ed
Foreman who assisted the chamber in creating a financial policy and updating our By-Laws. Bim Prince for being my right hand man this year, and to board members, Johnny Walker & Sandy Scott, who behind the scenes got things done. Thank you also to Colleen Carey, your Executive Director, who stepped into the position, rolled up her sleeves and is doing an incredible job on your behalf. Moving forward I would like to encourage you to get involved, what-ever your passion or experience is there is a committee out there that would love to have you. The Beautification Committee keeps the town clean and beautiful, the events committee works hard all year long and is responsible for bringing us concerts at the cove in July and August. Speaking of volunteers, a special thank you to Dorothy Harris and her team of volunteers who keep the doors of the chamber open year round. I wish you all a Prosperous and Happy New Year. Donna Etchey, President and Publisher of North Kitsap Herald, Kingston Community News and Bainbridge Island Review (360) 779-4464 or detchey@northkitsapherald.com
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT - Cleo’s Landing Treasures await you at Cleo’s Landing, located at 11215 NE State Highway 104 in downtown Kingston. The building houses DIVA, Nancy’s Green Garden, Savage Vine & Design Connection, collectively making Cleo’s Landing a retail destination not to be missed! In addition to the shops, you will find Cleo’s Meeting Space, available for special occassions, arts & craft classes, board meetings, event committee meetings, etc. Check it out when you come in! DIVA is a women’s resale boutique specializing in “comfortable sizes”. (We have size 10 through 3x) No blue jeans here, lots of tops and pants, skirts and dresses to make a special occasion a breeze to find something for. The owner, Susan Rodgers, is a professional interior designer. By appointment – at no charge - she will help you put something amazing together. (We can also shop for you to make it happen!) Party wear and classy work
attire at affordable prices will bring you back many times. Custom jewelry, shoes, hats and scarves along with specialty gifts and vintage finds make the shopping experience unique. Find Diva on Facebook. Phone # is 360-297-4414. Nancy’s Green Garden is a family owned and operated Full Service Florist and Gift Shop specializing in Hand Crafted Cigars, new and vintage sundries and luscious, fragrant fresh flowers. Their Florists are experts in customization and design from classic arrangements to unique and exotic bouquets. Whether it be a wedding, funeral, sweet 16 party or just a beautiful gesture to a loved one, their consultants will help you to meet all of your floral needs. With an ever changing selection of gifts and vintage items as well as intriguing, often one of a kind small furniture pieces, there is always something new for you to see at Nancy’s Green Garden. Phone: 360-638-2849 www.nancysgreengarden.com The Savage Vine is the first wine bistro in downtown Kingston! Open originally as a tasting room on Hwy 104 at Savage Nursery, this bistro is an extension of that
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2013 Board Donna Etchey, NK Herald & KCN Bim Prince, Morgan Stanley Wealth Mngmt Shirley Bomgaars, Creative Office Guru Jerry Tellinghuisen, Kingston CPA Johnny Walker, Almost Candid Photo & Frame Julie McAfee, OPG Weddings & Events Dan J Martin, Patchwork Equities Mike Haley, Rogers Family Insurance Dustin Wright, WCE Construction Beth Brewster, Kingston Adventures Siri Reinbold, Subway Bonnie Olson, Kitsap Bank
Commitee Chairs Sonny Woodward, Events Gail Halsaver, Beautification Pete DeBoer, Port of Kingston Nancy Martin, Events Outgoing 2012 Board Members Eva Monlux Ed Forman Sandy Scott Executive Director, Colleen Carey
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business which still exists. Owners Diram Hamley and Sara Walgren opened their downtown location in the fall of 2012. Specializing in fine boutique wines from all over the world, the Savage Vine still provides tasting options. Individual glasses of your selection are available to enjoy at the bistro with tasty appetizers, or bottles of your favorites to buy and transport to your own cellars. Check out the current hours of operation at www.thesavagevine.com 360-297-4005. Design Connection Custom interior design layout and specification from blue print stage to furnished completion; both commercial and residential projects of any size. Susan Rodgers, experienced designer for 40 years, brought this consulting business to Cleo’s Landing in 1997. Hourly consulting appointments include advice for quick fix changes or help you solve challenging design problems. Call Susan at 360-551-0029 to discuss your project and schedule an appointment. www.interiordesignconnection.net
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2012 KINGSTON BUSINESSES HOLIDAY LIGHTS WINNER Congratulations Jumpin’ Java! You are the winner of the 2012 Kingston Businesses Holiday Lights Contest and $100 to help cover the costs of the electricity! Corky Otis has owned Jumpin’ Java since 2003. She enthusiastically decorates for the holidays and every year adds something new to the creation. This year the entire area sparkles and bobs with lights and inflatable characters. Corky is as talented with a paint brush as she is with a hand crafted espresso. She and a friend painted the Patriotic Espresso Stand themselves. You can’t miss it as you drive through Kingston. It’s red, white and blue and adorned with little white stars. Corky painted the stand to “honor and show appreciation for our troops every single day”. Corky’s late husband, Herbert Otis, spent 22 years in the Army, serving in both Korea and Vietnam. After Herb passed away in 2005, Corky and her friends in the NW Freedom Riders Motorcycle Club began raising awareness and money for Hospice of Kitsap County. Congratulations, Corky Otis and thanks for all that you do! Runners Up in the Holiday Lights Contest were Apple Tree Cove Animal Hospital and Borrowed Kitchen Bakery. Good job guys! Your places look awesome and the contest was very close!
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JANUARY 2013
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JAN 8 Kingston Chamber Business Luncheon Noon
JAN 14 Port Gamble Museum Lecture Series starts back up 6PM at the Hood Canal Vista Pavilion. This is free to attend and includes free admission to the museum.
Kingston Cove Catering will be serving lunch at noon. This month’s sponsor is Kitsap Bank and our speaker will be Patty Page, North Kitsap Schools Superintendent.
JAN 16 Kingston Networking
Reserve your Spot by Friday, January 4th, for $15. Late Reservations and “Walk-Ins� are $20. Call or email Colleen at the chamber office for reservations. Door prizes welcomed! Bring your business card to enter the drawing for the next chamber newsletter Member Spotlight Article.
Hosted by the Kingston Chamber Ambassadors – Open to EVERYONE– 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month. Visit www.kingstonchamber.com for time and location.
JAN 19 Port Gamble Ghost Walks 7– 9PM
JAN 10 Kingston Chamber After Hours 5-7PM will be hosted @ the brand new Kingston Financial Center
Tour Port Gamble and it’s buildings with a history of paranormal activity. Call 360.297.8074 to reserve your spot. Cost is $15/person, pre-paid by credit card or check. The tour starts at the Port Gamble Historic Museum. Bring a jacket and a flashlight‌
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WEDNESDAY Every Wednesday
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Port Gamble Historic Museum free Lecture Series 6PM @ the Hood Canal Vista Pavilion.
Kingston Citizens Advisory Council - 7 PM @ North Kitsap Fire and Rescue Station on Miller Bay Road
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Community Beautification Committee - 9 AM Kingston Chamber of Commerce
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Kingston Chamber Luncheon - 12 PM @ Kingston Cove Yacht Club Events Committee - 4 PM @ Cleo’s Learning Center
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Friends of the Library - 10 AM @ Kingston Library Plus or Minus 50 Singles Night - 6 PM (Call for location: 360-297-4414)
Kingston Networking -Kingston Networking, hosted by the KingstonChamber Ambassadors, meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month. Visit www.kingstonchamber.com for time and location.
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Kingston Chamber of Commerce After Hours - 5 PM @ Varying Locations – www.KingstonChamber.com
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Super Seniors Lunch - Call (360) 881-0288 for more information
Kingston Garden Club -9 AM @ Bayside Church on Barber Cut-Off Road
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Village Green Foundation - 4:30 PM @ Kingston Fire Station
Kingston Networking -Kingston Networking, hosted by the KingstonChamber Ambassadors, meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month. Visit www.kingstonchamber.com for time and location.
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Support growing for skatepark in Little Boston Community members, companies donate services to help ‘Be the Change’ By RICHARD WALKER
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LITTLE BOSTON — On a webisode produced by the Sheckler Foundation, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe anthropologist Josh Wisniewski talks of looking out his office window daily and seeing young people riding skateboards, inline skates or bikes “with no real place to go to ride them and express themselves in their creativity.” That’s about to change. North Kitsap’s newest skatepark, proposed on the Port Gamble S’Klallam reservation, is taking shape with a growing list of community supporters. Construction could begin in spring. The proposed skatepark was chosen last spring via social media as the best of four projects nominated by the foundation, which was founded by profes-
sional skateboarder Ryan Sheckler to assist projects that benefit and enrich the lives of children and injured athletes. The skatepark is the foundation’s first project. Foundation representatives say their way of accomplishing a project is more about community empowerment than throwing money at it. In its Be The Change campaign, foundation representatives engage community members to make the project a reality — the idea being it doesn’t take money to “be the change.” A social network was activated and hundreds of people submitted plans to be the change in their communities. The foundation nominated four causes to be voted on by the social network; the skatepark received the most votes. A webisode on YouTube tells the story of the ensuing campaign to build the skatepark in Little Boston. The webisode outlines how the Sheckler Foundation is partnering with the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe and members of the community
to build the skatepark. Kelly Sullivan, the Tribe’s executive director of tribal services, said the project will provide another valuable recreation outlet for local children. “There’s no place for kids to skate [on the reservation], so there aren’t as many skaters as there can be,” said. “We’re trying to increase opportunities for activity, places to be socially. We see kids skating on the street and in parking lots. We want to create a place for them to learn it and master the skills.” Some young people said the skatepark will break down social barriers; their non-Native friends don’t visit the reservation, but they said that will likely change when the skatepark is built. Sullivan said the foundation has been providing various services for the project, from fundraising to engaging the community to soliciting donations of labor and materials. Here’s how the community is engaged: The Tribe is providing the site for the skatepark, located
near the Teekalet neighborhood. The site was selected by the youth leadership group SWAG — S’Klallams Working and Giving. “It’s an unused, visible area that would be accessible by most kids,” Sullivan said. “It’s protected and safe, and a place we can eventually develop into a larger recreation site, with trails and a park. But right now, our focus is just the skatepark.” After the site was selected, Angelique Zaki of the foundation visited Little Boston to help plan the skatepark’s development. She connected the Tribe’s planning department with Grindline Skateparks, a skatepark developer in Seattle which has built more than 120 parks — from Okinawa, Japan, to Orcas Island to Oxford, Miss. Grindline is donating its design services, Zaki said. After Eglon Landscaping learned of the project and met with foundation representatives, the company donated its services and cleared the park site. S’Klallam Tribe planning director Joe Sparr said it
was “moving” to see such generosity from a company that had, like so many local companies, been negatively affected by the economic downturn. “They came forward eagerly and they’re talking about giving generously. It’s touching to see that. It means a lot. It’s clearly from the heart,” Sparr said in the webisode. Other project partners: Map Ltd., construction and civil engineers of Silverdale, surveying services; Krazan & Associates of Poulsbo, soils testing; and Coho Concrete of Kingston, concrete laying. “We’ve got the hard part done, now we have to raise the money,” Zaki said, adding that the project will include a basketball court. Total project cost: approximately $75,000. Zaki said more webisodes are planned, a series to show other communities how to do similar projects themselves. “To be the change you want to make in the world, you don’t have to have a lot of money,” she said. “You don’t have to be Ryan Sheckler or a Kobe Bryant
to make a difference. You have to activate your community.” Zaki said she’ll be back in Little Boston with a videographer within the next couple of months. She said she hopes the project breaks ground in spring. When finished, the S’Klallam skatepark will be one of four skateparks in the area. Other skateparks are located in Kingston, at Raab Park in Poulsbo, and at Clear Creek Park in Silverdale. According to the Sheckler Foundation website, the foundation was created in 2008 “as an avenue for Ryan Sheckler, his family, friends and business associates to give back to the community and industry that they are so grateful for.” Sheckler, 22, is a professional skateboarder from San Clemente, Calif. He was the star of the MTV reality show “Life of Ryan,” and has been featured in 11 films and TV series. For information on the project and how you can help, go to www.shecklerfoundation.org.
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ear Jan: I recently noticed that you have the words “managing broker” after your name. I thought you had gotten a promotion, but then I saw someone else’s name in your office with “managing broker” after their name. Are you job sharing? Just curious. —VVS Dear VVS: Although you asked about me, I thought
I would address this in this column, because the title “managing broker” is a fairly new one and is often misunderstood. A couple of years ago, the Department of Licensing convened and decided to change what real estate agents are called. The change came because often when “the public” spoke about their agent, they said, “my broker.”
In reality, the broker was the person in charge of the office. So they decided the term “broker associate” should be used instead of “agent” for all licensees. They then needed to change several other names/terms. The broker who ran the office is now called the branch manager. The branch manager must have a managing broker’s license. The office is now
called the firm. Those who continued their education and have had the required classes and passed the test are now called real estate managing broker associates, or managing brokers. This means we could run our own firm or another’s firm if we chose to do so. Therefore, there can be many managing brokers in the same office, which is the case in most of our local
firms. As for me, no, I am not the branch manager, I am a managing broker. I prefer to work with the public and do what I love to do — list and sell houses. Thanks for emailing, though. It gave me an opportunity to address the subject. — Jan Zufelt is an agent with John L. Scott Real Estate in Kingston.
KCAC updates: Forest and Bay, food carts remain topics of discussion KCAC Notes A
summary of the minutes from the Dec. 5 Kingston Citizen Advisory Council meeting. The next meeting is Jan. 2, 7 p.m., at the North Kitsap Fire & Rescue headquarters fire station, 26642 Miller Bay Road NE, Kingston. Special Presentation Evan Stoll and Sandra Bauer presented information on the Forest and Bay Project. The purpose of the presentation was to explain the details of the project, provide an update on the status of project and invite KCAC to join as a coalition member. The group started about a year ago in hopes of acquiring and preserving properties that Pope Resources will be selling. The proposal deadline is March 28. Pope Resources’ timber management is moving out of the county after 160 years, and there are five blocks of property that total 6,690 acres that the group is hoping to obtain and preserve. There are several significant conservation benefits, including tidal wetlands, mudflats, beaches and freshwater streams. There is historical significance to the project as well. Pope is definitely planning to sell. They can sell to the coalition, a timber company, or to an investor in (already zoned) 20-acre lots. Benefits to the community include a linked system of publicly owned trails, recreational opportunities, marine and upland habitats, sustainably managed forests and protection of Port Gamble Bay and watershed. The purchase would also protect cultural resources, preserve Puget Sound shorelines, and conserve wildlife habitats. There are also economic benefits that include selective logging and fish and
shellfish harvesting. Funding strategies public and private fundraising. It is important to acquire documented community support of the coalition because grant applications require evidence of that support. People can help by joining the coalition and sending a letter of support to add their name to the coalition’s email list. Right now, there is no monetary commitment. It is unclear as to what the ramification of the deadline will be. Approximately $15 million is needed to assure the purchase of the shoreline and maritime parcels. Appraisal will be released within the next few weeks. The option is up in March and there must be evidence of substantial movement to secure an extension. The OPG is very supportive of making this purchase happen; the coalition has one shot at making this happen. Motion was made and seconded for the KCAC to join the coalition and select a member to send as a KCAC representative to any meetings. Motion carried. Temporary food cart research There are two types of use permits: a temporary permit, which is six months or less and a semi-permanent permit which is six months or more. The temporary permit is approved by DCD; it does not have a rigorous permit process and there is no land use table or design standard. The person asking to set up on Port property was more of a permanent stand. Generally, from a zoning point of view, the Port area is zoned for neighborhood community use. If the Port were to give a permit for a concession stand they would have to look at the use table to find the closest example which is an espresso stand.
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Permits for stands like this can be issued immediately. The use table is silent when it comes to temporary uses. Permanent use permits would have to be examined more closely by DCD and would have to meet health department requirements. Betsy could not reach the Health Department and, therefore, could get no specific answers regarding this piece. No temporary business can be placed on a Kitsap County right of way; this is county policy. If a private owner of land wanted to bring a temporary use stand onto their property and it was similar in size and shape to an espresso stand, they would be allowed to do so. Permits of more than six months require a more rigorous examination of use. Bottom line, it seems, is that there really isn’t anything that can be done to stop this kind of activity. Local property owners and their neighbors need to agree among themselves not to get started with this kind of practice.
Subcommittee Reports Parks & Open Space — Walt Elliott n Arness Park: The county has made a collaborative proposal to the Village Green MPD for a partnership on Arness Park trash pickup. They recommend that the MPD add the pickup to their schedule in return for use of the county dumpster at the Community Center. The Big Belly compactor would be removed
and replaced with two 32-gallon trash cans. There is no plan for county support for a porta-potty at the park and no grant request was made for the installation of the vault toilet. A second picnic table has been requested for the park. n Kola Kole Park: There is a contract with a local person for park maintenance. One Big Belly trash compactor will be removed, but the one near the pre-school will remain and be emptied by the preschool. n Parks Department:
An intern is working with parks and has been responsible for the recent trash pick-up at the skatepark. He will be working to setup a stewardship group.
Kiwanis — Ken Hanson The fiscal year is off to a good start. The annual Apple Cup food drive on Nov. 17 was a great success, with the Cougar team foreshadowing the outcome of the actual game. More than 1,200 pounds of food and more than $300 in cash donations for ShareNet and the Kingston Food Bank
were collected. Also in November, the Kiwanis Foundation announced it would award two $3,000 scholarships in the spring. Dec. 1. the Kiwanis had a very successful Santa’s Workshop, with Santa photos for kids at the Kingston Cove Yacht Club. Beginning in January, Kiwanis will change the evening meeting to the fourth Thursday of the month. The meeting will be held at the North Kitsap Fire & Rescue headSee KCAC, Page 28
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did a little traveling at the end of the year and, as usual, I gathered up some fun and/or unusual roadside signs and business names. I saw “Free Black Berry and Scotch Broom Bushes.” You dig (and one of our neighbors here in Hansville has a sign in her yard: “Free moles — you dig”). Another sign on an office building said “Soft Space for Rent.” Hmm. As opposed to hard space? Another sign on a school, “Building Block School — an Academy for pre-school children.” And a last one, in Florida, across from a Lowe’s Store was “High’s — a place to imbibe spirits.”
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Continued from page 27 quarters on Miller Bay Road. The agenda will include a potluck dinner. Join them at the meeting and learn about the good work Kiwanis does in the community. Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe — Noel Higa for Dawn Purser The Gliding Eagle Marketplace received the award of Minority Business of the Year for our region. They are also one of three finalists identified as the
hansville happenings By donna lee anderson Now that that’s out of my system, looking back on 2012 I’m sort of glad it’s over. Not a healthy year for me, but I’m almost back to
fastest-growing minority business. There have been a few volunteer work days at Heronswood. Dan Hinkley is committed to helping restore the garden. They are expecting a shipment from Monrovia to plant, in hopes of developing the garden into even more than it originally was. On Jan. 12, Dan will do a presentation on the history, present and future of Heronswood. The Tribe is looking at making Heronswood a membership garden. Check out the garden’s new Facebook page.
normal (whatever normal is for me), and looking forward to promoting my new book, “Necessary Word For Writers — What Do Those Agents and Editors Mean?” It’s a book about the jargon that the publishing world uses and is meant to help those that are starting to try to get published. It can be purchased from Amazon. com and local book stores. In Hansville, we’ve been having all those storms that everyone else had, but we’re looking forward to our spring and summer. In preparation, on Jan. 19, Chuck Strahm will hold a free workshop (1–3 p.m.) for those who want to participate in the Pinewood Derby
races scheduled for Feb. 9, 2 p.m., and the other races scheduled later in the year. This workshop and race will take place at the Greater Hansville Community Center on Buck Lake. The workshop is for those who want to purchase kits, need to borrow tools to repair or construct these cars, and for those who just want to work with others getting ready for this event. Hoping all my readers and friends are well on their way to having a happy 2013. I wish you good health, much wealth, and happy times. — Donna Lee Anderson can be reached at WellToldTales@aol.com
Chamber of Commerce — Sandy Scott The Chamber recently elected five new board members. Focus will be on how to let others know what is going on. The board has retracted its decision to do away with the Big Bellies; the program will continue. They have recently established a plan and a business model to work with volunteers. Fundraising efforts will continue. Noel said the Tribe would like to invite business owners to Heronswood soon and that they would like to work with the Chamber on marketing
the garden. Port of Kingston — Pete DeBoer Both vessels from the SoundRunner project are idle and have been taken off operational insurance policies and placed at a less expensive “Port Risk” status until removed. This saves a substantial amount, but the boats cannot be used for any purpose. The Spirit of Kingston is being transferred to the Maritime Division of King County. All of the grant responsibility for that vessel will go with it. This relieves the port of $2.5 million in the
pinewood car Jan. 19 HANSVILLE — Do you have a block of wood, some sandpaper, and maybe a little saw? Then you can build a competitive Pinewood Derby car and have fun at the Greater Hansville Community Center on Feb. 9. If you don’t have those items, then you might want to go to Pinewood Derby Workshop at the Greater Hansville Community Center, where they will have everything you’ll need to build a little racer. The workshop is scheduled for Jan. 19, 1-3 p.m. and is open to everyone. Tools, sandpaper and
FTA grant. Similar efforts are being made to remove the Kingston Express. The Christmas holiday lights are up and running on all of the Port’s public park areas. The Kingston Country Christmas, with 400-plus people in attendance and the Kingston High School Jazz Band performing, was highlighted by the lighting of all of the features. A group of more than 20 volunteers have been working at least one day a week since March to create the sculptured plants, animals, sea life and other pieces of the display. Henry’s
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Tree Farm donated the Christmas tree. The Port of Kingston will be present at the Great Seattle Boat Show. The purpose of this is to show the assets that the Port has for cruising boaters. When a visiting boat comes to a marina, it is generally believed that each boat adds at least $140 per day per person to the local economy. Most boats stop and stay for two to three days. This is a substantial piece of the local economy each summer. The dredging project is progressing. Kitsap County has all of our permit applications. Hopefully, the port will submit soil samples to the biologists with a couple of weeks. It would be nice to get the dredging started in January to complete before the work window closes in February. North Kitsap School District — Patty Page Patty gave an update on Kingston Middle School. Because the school did not meet standards in a few areas, they are looking in depth at school improvement. They are looking, in particular, at finding community and parent volunteers. There aren’t many right now and the principal asked that she ask this group to spread word of the need. Volunteer opportunities include tutoring, hall presence, after-school programs, games, etc. Right now, between 35 and 45 students stay after on Tuesdays and Thursdays for extra math help.
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Kingston Port suspends mobile vendor applications By MEGAN STEPHENSON
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KINGSTON — Bowing to pressure from downtown merchants, the Kingston Port Commission voted Nov. 19 to suspend mobile vendor applications until the community at large has a wider economic development discussion. “How do we fit new businesses into the community,” Commission Chairman Walt Elliott said. “We need a wider consensus than the three commissioners here.” Elliott, however, abstained from voting on the resolution, which was passed with Commissioners Marc Bissonnette and Pete DeBoer’s votes.
Jessica DuMond presented her business plan for DuMond’s Mini Doughnuts to the board in September, to rent two parking spaces for her mobile food stand. After discussion, the board voted to approve the “nontraditional use of parking,” and gave DuMond the go-ahead to apply for the needed county and health code permits. DuMond had agreed to a yearly lease in the port’s lot at Highway 104 and Washington Avenue, near the port’s only current mobile vendor, the 104 Trolley. DuMond intended to open her business seven days a week. Neither Elliott nor DuMond expected the
critical reaction from downtown Kingston merchants. One business owner said DuMond’s stand would be “skimming off the top” of local profits. Betsy Cooper of the Kingston Citizen Advisory Council said the port didn’t publicize the available spaces or mobile vendor criteria well enough. Amy Anderson of Cup and Muffin and Paul Pluska of J’aime Les Crepes said they were concerned about unfair competition. At the meeting, Darren Gurnee, owner of Main Street Alehouse, presented the concerns on behalf of the businesses. The doughnut stand would have a lower cost advantage over brick-
and-mortar stores, it would directly compete with existing businesses, and there are already vacant commercial spaces downtown. DuMond started as an artist at the Kingston Farmers Market on Saturdays, she said. The market is a wonderful venue, but is better for food, produce and craft businesses right now, she said. She had the idea for a fresh doughnut stand, but the market doesn’t provide electricity to the merchants. DuMond spoke with Clint Dudley, president of the Farmers Market, and was advised to talk to the port about her options, she said. The port was support-
ive and had the space, trash, water and electricity options for her business, she said. “I’m a mother, an unemployed woman,” she said. “I saw a way to provide for my family.” Pluska also asked the port to open up its parking spaces for retail businesses at a competitive bid. Pluska recently submitted his own mobile vendor application, but the port has no available spots for lease. Henry said they compared fair market value of other comparable leases to come up with the rental cost for DuMond’s Mini Doughnuts. The Farmers Market pays 2 cents per square foot, while DuMond’s
rental of two parking spots would cost $1.75 per square foot. “Location is everything,” DuMond said, adding the available spaces downtown are too “off the beaten path” for a new business. Many of Kingston’s brickand-mortar stores began as vendor businesses at the Farmers Market, and new entrepreneurs need low-cost beginnings, Elliott said. As a businesswoman, DuMond understands where the other businesses are coming from. However, Kingston has now become an unwelcome place for her. See Vendors, Page 30
County Commission removes Port Gamble plan language from SMP By MEGAN STEPHENSON
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PORT ORCHARD — Responding to the pleas of many, the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners has removed specific references to the Port Gamble Master Plan from the county’s Shoreline Management Program update. Commissioners and staff heard from about 30 residents at an Oct. 29 public hearing in Poulsbo, and received written testimony, expressing concern that Olympic Property Group was being given lower shoreline buffers for its proposed Port Gamble Master Plan. Following commissioners’ deliberation just before Thanksgiving, county staff was directed to remove the Port Gamble Master Plan language from the Urban Conservancy designation, county planner Dave Greetham said. County Commissioner Rob Gelder said, “Listening to the testimony, there was a level of specificity that was included that doesn’t really need to be there.” Instead,
for projects within shoreline areas, the draft SMP will allow for lot and building size flexibility that will be applicable to all those submitting a master plan to the county. The SMP will also retain the current buffers for the Urban Conservancy zone. The previous draft seemed to propose lowering the shoreline buffer in Port Gamble to 35 feet — where in other areas of the county the buffer was upward of 100 feet — if the developer proved the lower buffer was needed to develop the whole site. The changes will keep the buffer — the distance between development and shoreline — at 50 feet for all properties in Urban Conservancy, and if a developer requests that number be lowered, it must show a net ecological improvement to the area. “The only reason there was specific language about Port Gamble was the fact there was one owner [OPG], and they’re planning to come in with a master plan for the redevelopment
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of that area,” Gelder said. The board decided “not to treat one LAMIRD different than another.” LAMIRD is the abbreviation for Limited Area of More Intense Rural Development. The communities of Suquamish and Manchester are also zoned Urban Conservancy. OPG president Jon Rose said his company is satisfied with the proposed changes because OPG agrees with the 50-foot buffer. He said OPG did not propose that Port Gamble Master Plan language be included in the draft SMP; that language, comprising a list of uses at Port Gamble, was requested by the Department of Ecology. Greetham said Ecology asked for the range of uses OPG is proposing for Port Gamble so Ecology staff would know what shoreline permits may be needed. Greetham and Gelder said approval of the SMP would not have resulted in approval of the Port Gamble Master Plan; OPG must still submit its plan to several agencies for permits.
Rose said OPG is planning to submit the master plan by the end of the year. OPG proposes building a 100-room hotel, restaurant, shops and homes on the former mill site. Rose has said the plan will include beach restoration, dredging for wood waste, and removal of the former dock and creosoted pilings. Many of the concerned residents are members of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, which is particularly troubled by planned development at Port Gamble. Chairman Jeromy Sullivan previously testified that development on Port Gamble’s shores would negatively affect the bay and its wildlife, which are important to the Tribe culturally and financially. Sullivan said the SMP is not the right place for Port Gamble’s development plans. “It just didn’t seem right. I’m glad [the board] is following their own process,” he said, adding that he is still concerned the 50-foot buffer is not enough to protect the bay.
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Band programs may cut back on expenses By KIPP ROBERTSON
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POULSBO — Susan Peters has seen the band budget cut each year since she took the band instructor job at North Kitsap High School about six years ago. Despite budget cuts, the program continues to grow. The cuts, to both North Kitsap and Kingston high school bands, has put a larger burden on band boosters. The North Kitsap band budget is about $200,000. Of that total, the district provided $2,477.92 for band transportation per quarter during the 2011-12 school year. “We’ve been taking hits to the point where we have no budget at all,” Peters said. “It puts a tremendous
burden on students and parents.” In order to avoid a $125 pay-to-play fee this year, band program leaders and boosters agreed to try and raise more money. Marching band students already pay a $125 fee to participate. For a few years, Peters expects the cuts won’t have too much of a impact. However, to maintain fundraising for an extended period of time might be unrealistic, she said. The band programs may reduce the amount of travel that is done throughout the year. Randy Borek, North Kitsap High School Band Booster president, said it’s possible the band program will be scaled down in the
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2012-13 school year. That would include attending fewer competitions. The marching band, for example, attends four competitions per year. It could be reduced to two, he said. Borek, who has two children in the band program, said he would like to see his sophomore student go through four years of band. “I would certainly like to see it scaled down before it goes away,” he said. The band booster clubs rely on parents. At North Kitsap, parents must have a student in band in order to participate in the school’s band booster club. Student enrollment has been steady with the program, despite the district losing students, Borek said. The Kingston High
School Band Boosters are in the same boat. Shawna Reimann, the KHS band booster president, said the total amount the program received from the district was $5,500 in 2011-12. Reimann said taking the band to Portland for the Portland Rose Festival cost about $30,000. Reimann said the KHS band program is fine this year because boosters were successful last year. The program is surviving on savings. The cuts have also forced the boosters to become creative when cutting costs. Along with filling buses to capacity, parents are doing more chaperoning, Reimann said. Instead of renting a truck to transport instruments and equipment, they
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Foundation gives more than $20K for students, schools $24,373 in funding for NKSD programs for the 2012-13 year POULSBO — Programs in the North Kitsap School District are getting a financial boost. The North Kitsap Schools Foundation is awarding $24,373 in funding for specific programs in the district for the 2012-13 school year. The foundation also
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secured $8,000 in grants from the Norcliffe Foundation and the Medina Foundation to support the Rolling Reader program. And the foundation awarded $12,800 in scholarships to support 28 students who will go to college, take swim lessons, or take driver’s education courses. “The NKSF board is impressed with the quality of grant requests and their emphasis on giving students the help they need to succeed,” foundation President Terri Gleich said in a press release.
“We look forward to seeing these programs in action.” The grants include: Breidablik — $2,050: $650 for an extra hour each week of instructional paraeducator time so 30 students can participate in the Before School Computer Lab for supplemental math and reading instruction, and $1,400 to continue MAP testing for fourth- and fifthgraders in the areas of reading and math. Gordon — $5,000: to provide materials for an after-school math support
However, he cannot say it will never happen. “In my personal opinion, it’s highly unlikely that we would see that,” he said. Weedin, who is the regular football announcer at
North Kitsap Stadium for the Vikings, said the band programs are necessary, 100 percent. Not only are the programs successful, he said they help build the culture of the schools.
program, to work with up to 36 low-performing students. The program will provide an extra hour of instruction each week, staffed by volunteer math specialist and three para-educators.
Pearson — $2,000: to give an extra hour of reading or math instruction each week before school for 15 struggling students in third, fourth and fifth grades. Vinland — $5,000: to purchase 835 books at 16 reading levels for a before school reading lab. Wolfle — $2,300: For ALEKS Math, an online program that helps struggling students master grade-level skills and build math fluency. It will serve 138 students in third, fourth and fifth grades. NKSD Summer
Science Academy — $3,023: to provide materials for three science kits for special education students and to replenish consumable supplies in the kindergarten through fifth grade kits. Rolling Reader — $5,000: to provide reading tutors and free books to about 300 students at Suquamish, Poulsbo and Wolfle Elementary schools, and Kingston Middle School. High school students who tutor earn $10 an hour for their college tuition.
To help with expenses, the band programs continue to host fundraisers throughout the year. On March 8, North Kitsap will host “Poulsbo’s Got Talent” in the North
Kitsap Auditorium, from 6-9 p.m. The talent show is community-wide. Auditions will be held in January. Acts will include music and comedy. Guests will have the chance to vote for their
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present at the signing of the Treaty of Point No Point in 1855. Every Port Gamble S’Klallam family and tribal government department received a copy of the dictionary Wednesday. Marie Hebert, who teaches language to children in grades K-5, said the dictionary will be a well-used tool. “I’m always having to look up words — or I call Tim Montler,” she said. “It’s going to help keep the language alive, it’s going to help the children to continue on [learning the language] and be proud of who they are.” That pride in culture was apparent Wednesday, as little ones, carrying representations of an orca’s dor-
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NK school board VP Henden questions sovereignty By Richard Walker and Kipp Robertson
POULSBO — North Kitsap School Board vice president Scott Henden said he can’t accept references to the Suquamish Tribe as a “sovereign nation.” And his views contributed to the postponement Nov. 8 of an interagency agreement regarding the Suquamish Tribe’s Chief Kitsap Academy, a school that offers the district’s Native students culturally based classes for which they can earn college credit.
The agreement is between the Tribe, which operates the school; the school district, which shares students and resources with the academy; and Olympic College, which awards credit for classes taken. Henden expressed concern about language in the agreement referring to Suquamish as a “sovereign nation.” He also expressed concern about a reference to Suquamish’s “sovereign immunity,” which relates to a tribal government’s immu-
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Wolfle’s Degnin earns principal award KINGSTON — Ben Degnin, principal of David Wolfle Elementary School, was selected as an Elementary School Principals Association of Washington Regional Distinguished Principal for
2012. His nomination will be forwarded to the state level for the National Distinguished Principals award. Degnin was recognized at the North Kitsap School Board meeting Dec. 6, in the
NKSD boardroom, 18360 Caldart Ave. NE, Poulsbo. He was awarded a plaque, which was presented by a member of the principal’s association. According to the association, the National
Distinguished Principals program honors “outstanding elementary and middle level administrators who assure that America’s children acquire a sound foundation for lifelong learning and achievement.”
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to the district’s website. School board President Dan Weedin said Nov. 8 that the issue of sovereignty and sovereign immunity should not be “a deal breaker,” noting that the contract does not cost the district money and is “something that is good for kids.” Henden responded, “Here’s why it’s important to me. They have these things where they’ll put one student in a classroom, and they’ll change some data and one student will not know that everybody else has agreed to agree to something that is not true. And in my mind, this statement is not true. And it would be against my morals to say something is true and agree to it in a contract, and know very well it’s not,
for me.” Weedin defended Suquamish’s sovereignty, saying, “It is true, based on what the federal government has said. The federal government has acknowledged that the Suquamish Tribe is a sovereign nation. If you want to disagree with what their definition is, that’s fine, but the federal government has stated this, so I guess I’m thinking it’s true.” Henden: “The federal government spends 16 billion dollars — trillion dollars – that they don’t have, so -- .” Weedin: “That has nothing to do with them defining something. You can go off on a whole lot of tangents on the government, but what they’ve done is they’ve
defined it and said it’s a sovereign nation, so whether they spend money that they don’t have has nothing to do with this.” Henden: “It might have something to do with their judgment.” Weedin: “We’re not making judgments on their judgment. We’re talking about what is law.” Suquamish Chairman Leonard Forsman said Washington’s tribal governments have long been committed to curriculum that educates students about indigenous history, the treaties and the Constitution. In 2005, the state Legislature approved HB 1495, which strongly encourages school districts to adopt and teach tribal history and sovereignty in public schools.
Continued from page 34 definition of sovereignty. It’s “a perspective thing I guess. I don’t know,” he said. Prior to the board’s vote on the agreement, board director Bill Webb quoted a definition of tribal sovereignty. “Both tribes have been extremely involved in our community,” Webb said. “Straight up — it’s time to move forward.” The Port Gamble S’Klallam reser vation and Port Madison, or Suquamish, reservation are located within the North Kitsap School District. Some 6.7 percent of students in the district are Native American, according
A principal must demonstrate evidence of outstanding contributions to the community and to the education profession, and should lead a school that: n Is clearly committed to excellence. n Has programs designed to meet the academic and social needs of all students. n Has firm ties to parents
and community. Each year, each of the 18 regions of the association select a principal for consideration. From those nominations, one elementary principal is selected to represent the state at the National Association of Elementary School Principals event in Washington, D.C.
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