Kingston • Eglon • Hansville • Indianola • Little Boston • Port Gamble
COMMUNITY NEWS KingstonCommunityNews.com
Vol. 31 No. 1 • January
2014
Port of Kingston has a new executive director David Malone of Hansville served as a port, tourism commissioner in Alaska By KIPP ROBERTSON
EDITOR
KINGSTON — It’s difficult for
David Malone to say why he wanted the Port of Kingston executive director job. But not because he doesn’t know why. Asking him why he wanted to work at the port is like asking a race car driver wants he or she wants to drive and be the best, Malone said.
“It’s a great job,” he said. Malone, 51, accepted the port’s offer in the third week of November. The port sent an offer Nov. 18 after the port commission held a special meeting to decide who would be the next director. There were more than 40 applicants.
Malone is expected to start working at the port Dec. 16. Malone and his family have lived in Hansville for more than three years. He’s been working in Alaska for about six years. Malone is the general manager of Goldbelt Hotel in Juneau, Alaska. The seven-story, 105-room
hotel is a subsidiary of Goldbelt Incorporated, a Tlingit/Haida corporation created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. The hotel, which features a permanent display of museumquality Alaska Native art in its lobby, is finishing a $2 million See Director, Page 2
Kingston Food Bank finds home downtown ShareNet
donations near that of Dec. 2012
By RICHARD WALKER
staff writer
KINGSTON — The Kingston Food Bank has a new home. The food bank moved on Nov. 25 to 26102 Illinois Ave., a two-story house next to the Sheriff’s Department — in time to prepare and distribute 60 Thanksgiving dinner boxes. The move was made possible by a $16,000 donation from the Pam Foster and Liz Austin Fund, a donor-advised fund managed by the Seattle Foundation. Bill Fulton, husband of food bank director Barb Fulton, said the new location is roomy — he couldn’t say how many square feet the house is, but said “there’s plenty of room.” Another family member said the site is bigger than the food bank’s original location. “This is an ideal location,” Fulton said, adding that the new location is perfect for people who walk to the food bank. “Ninety percent of our clients walk,” he said. Barb Fulton said in an earlier interview that the grant is “an answer to our prayers,”
By KIPP ROBERTSON
Editor
Bill Fulton helps the Kingston Food Bank settle into its new location, at 26102 Illinois Ave., in Kingston. Kipp Robertson / Staff photo and it’s the largest gift ever made to the food bank. Foster and Austin hope the grant
spurs other giving that can permanently end See Home, Page 3
Senior apartments are ‘a focal point’ of the community Visitors to the Village Green Senior Apartments are greeted Nov. 22 at the front entrance during the grand opening celebration.
By KIPP ROBERTSON
EDITOR
K
INGSTON — There’s quite a few pluses of the Village Green Senior Apartments for Don Reed. Reed, 76, is an Oklahoma transplant. He moved to the Pacific Northwest about three months ago so he could live close to family. On Nov. 22, standing outside of his apartment on the second story of the building, Reed reflected on his new life in the Northwest.
Kipp Robertson / Staff photo
See Apartments, Page 3
inside Port of Kingston HOLIDAY lightS display — Pages 13-14
KINGSTON — It wasn’t just a slight increase in donations to ShareNet’s Neighbor Aid between Nov. 13 and Dec. 11. In just over one month, the community more than doubled the amount of donations to the nonprofit. The total donated to Neighbor Aid as of Dec. 11 was $35,331, an increase of $18,207 over the previous month. “It kind of comes fast and furious this time of year,” ShareNet Executive Director Mark Ince said Dec. 11. To date, the amount donated to Neighbor Aid is about $1,400 less than the amount donated in December 2012. ShareNet is a state-registered charity operating under the 501c3 of Bayside Community Church. It operates a food bank and thrift store, and provides emergency food provision, emergency power and rental assistance for residents faced with shut-off notices or eviction, and a weekend take-home See Neighbor, Page 2
ECRWSS POSTAL CUSTOMER Kingston Community News 19351 8th Ave. NE, Ste. 106 Poulsbo, WA 98370
PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID KINGSTON WA PERMIT No. 22