HERALD NORTH K ITSAP
VIKING FEST ■ A3: Meet the grand marshal ■ A13: Schedule ■ A14: Lutefisk taste test
Friday, May 17, 2013 | Vol. 112, No. 20 | WWW.NORTHKITSAPHERALD.COM | 50¢
Last Viking Fest for B.R.A.T.S.
Not a done deal 305, Suquamish Way roundabout By MEGAN STEPHENSON mstephenson@ northkitsapherald.com
Bob Webb, with microphone, presided over a second-to-last public performance of his Breidablik B.R.A.T.S., at Emeritus at Montclair Park in Poulsbo. Breidablik Elementary School closes at the end of the school year next month. Webb hopes the group can continue in some form, perhaps as a club. The B.R.A.T.S. will participate in the Viking Fest Parade Saturday. Kipp Robertson / Herald
Webb hopes similar program can start after school closes By KIPP ROBERTSON
krobertson@northkitsapherald.com
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OULSBO — It’s not just the entertainment from the B.R.A.T.S. that North Kitsap Senior Center President Norman Bates will remember about the program’s annual visit.
cream. Along with performThe B.R.A.T.S. ing their circus-style performances, howacts, the Breidablik ever, are coming to an Elementary students end. The Breidablik would visit with the students will perform seniors afterward, in the Viking Fest Bates said. Parade, and then once “We have a lot of interaction between the VIKING FEST MAY 17-19 at Breidablik and once at Vinland Elementary kids and seniors after May 23. The school [the students’] perperformances will be the program’s formance,” Bates said. The seniors last. “love watching and interacting with Breidablik’s Rising Athletically the kids,” he said. And typically after performing, the Talented Students (B.R.A.T.S.) was B.R.A.T.S. and seniors would eat ice
See B.R.A.T.S., Page A2
Suquamish artists join Vikings at festival village By MEGAN STEPHENSON
mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — Two groups were crucial to the founding of Poulsbo — the Norwegian settlers who immigrated, and the ancestral people of
the Suquamish Tribe, accoding to Viking Fest organizer Ron Krell. Krell said he wants to celebrate the two heritages side-by-side at Viking Fest, beginning Friday afternoon. Krell said the friendly reception
from the Suquamish people “made a tremendous difference in the successful founding of [Poulsbo],” Krell said. This is the first year there will be See ARTISTS, Page A3
SUQUAMISH — Options for improving the busy intersection of State Route 305 and Suquamish Way will be whittled down in the coming months by the state Department of Transportation. DOT met April 19 with local stakeholders — Kitsap County, Kitsap Transit, Suquamish Tribe, Sen. Christine Rolfes, and representatives from Bainbridge Island and Poulsbo. Rolfes helped secure
$750,000 in last year’s transportation budget for DOT to do a study and preliminary design of the intersection. TJ Nedrow, DOT project manager, presented a roundabout design that DOT engineers believe is the “most efficient and practical.” Early estimates indicate the roundabout would cost less than $5 million, Nedrow said. “We were directed to look at reducing congestion by … looking to reduce the delay motorists now experience on See ROUNDABOUT, A7
Some boards, commissions will get new members POULSBO — Some boards and commissions could have new members after the election. Antonio DeCarlo is retiring from the Poulsbo Port Commission. Marc Bissonette is retiring from the Kingston Port Commission. North Kitsap School Board member Tom Anderson had not filed as a candidate for reelection as of Thursday at 1 p.m., and two other candidates had filed with hopes of becoming his successor. The candidate filing period for the Aug. 6
primary election began Monday and concludes Friday at 5 p.m. All told, 83 positions in 40 municipalities and governing districts are on the ballot in Kitsap County this year. North Kitsap residents will vote on 21 of those positions. With one day left for candidate filing, races were taking shape for Poulsbo City Council. Mayor Becky Erickson, Council Position 5 member Ed Stern, and Council Position 6 member David Musgrove filed for re-elecSee ELECTION, Page A7
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