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Friday, May 10, 2013 | Vol. 112, No. 19 | www.northkitsapherald.com | 50¢
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Poulsbo memories
Pink slips are Two nonagenarians share memories of coming growing up in 1930s Little Norway
North Kitsap School District
By MEGAN STEPHENSON
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opinion What you need to know about the Aug. 6 primary election — Page A4
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OULSBO — Turn-of-thecentury Norwegian immigrants saw a bit of their old country in Poulsbo. The freshwater and saltwater fishing, the dense forests and rich soil for farming, and snow-capped mountains peeking above the trees mimicked the Scandinavian landscape, but was a little warmer than home. Erling Hansen, 93, and Archie Lien, 89, are first-generation Norwegian-Americans, and grew up in a Poulsbo that was like a slice of Norway in the Pacific Northwest. Farms dotted the hills around Poulsbo (Liberty Bay was known as Dogfish Bay then). Logging was a prime industry, but many men were commercial fishermen, like their fathers in Norway before them. Norwegians brought with them a strong dance tradition, and music and dance halls in the communities around Poulsbo were plentiful, according to the history book “The Spirit of Poulsbo.” Hansen and Lien’s parents would have been around for the large fire that wiped out Poulsbo’s burgeoning business district in 1914 — and saw it quickly rebuilt. Cars began to appear on local dirt roads. Both men were born in the 1920s, and as young boys in the ’30s, they would have seen a cafe, a dairy, shops and a shingle mill in town, where many of the owners and patrons still spoke Norwegian to conduct business.
By KIPP ROBERTSON
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POULSBO — The North Kitsap School District and districts around the country celebrated National Certificated Staff Appreciation Week May 6-10. The good feelings may be short-lived. By May 15, districts will notify staff members of layoffs. “We’re going to have to take some action,” North Kitsap School Board President Dan Weedin said Tuesday about cutting teaching See cuts, Page A3
Above from right. Erling Hansen, his niece Melinda Dietlein, and his daughter Carol. Below from left, Archie Lien, his stepson Mike Lanning and Archie’s wife Norma. Erling and Archie traded memories at the Sons of Norway about their time at Martha & Mary’s children’s home in the 1930s. Megan Stephenson / Herald
See MEMORIES, Page A2
45th ANNUAL VIKING FEST MAY 17-20 Today’s HERALD n Viking Fest schedule — Kitsap Week, page 16. n Viking Fest road race memories — MAY 17 HERALD page A6. n More feature stories, schedules and n Photos from the vault — page A11. updated information. n New history book — page A22.
Federal appointment for Forsman Obama names Suquamish chairman to Council on Historic Preservation SUQUAMISH — President Obama on Wednesday announced his intent to appoint Suquamish Tribe Chairman Leonard Forsman to the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Obama’s announcement was made by the White House Office of the Press S e c r e t a r y. Forsman said Leonard the appoint- Forsman ment will not affect his service as Suquamish chairman; See FORSMAN, Page A7
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