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Despite an injury that cut her season short, Kingston’s Drew Clark still led state 2A in rebounds

The

‘power’ in power forward

The dream becomes reality Construction begins in April on community center

By RICHARD WALKER

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KINGSTON — This time next year, you will walk into the new Village Green Community Center.

You’ll walk into a spacious, well-appointed Kitsap Regional Library branch to check out the latest books or participate in a library activity. En route, you will likely see your neighbors enjoying lunch in the senior center; some of them may have walked over from

In 14 games, Kingston’s Drew Clark averaged 14.4 points per game, 1.8 assists per game, 14.0 rebounds per game, 2.1 steals per game, and 0.6 blocks per game. She led 2A players statewide in rebounds. Johnny Walker / For Kingston Community News

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INGSTON — If she hadn’t torn her ACL, Drew Clark’s stats would have been higher.

But as it stands, the 5-11 senior power forward for the Kingston Buccaneers led 2A girls basketball players in Washington state in rebounds, according to MaxPreps.com.

AT STATE TOURNAMENTS n WIAA state tournaments were under way as this edition went to press. For names of those representing Kingston High School, see page 2. For results, see KingstonCommunityNews. com.

In 14 games, Clark, the team’s captain, averaged 14.4 points per game, 1.8 assists per game, 14.0 rebounds per game, 2.1 steals per game, and 0.6

blocks per game.

Clark also ranked third in field goal percentage, at 49 percent; fourth in scoring; 13th in blocks, and 13th in steals.

“Her stats would have been way higher, but she blew her ACL in the game against Bainbridge Island [on Jan. 27],” coach Gail Wicklein said.

Clark graduates in June. She will play next season for University of Puget Sound.

“She is a phenomenal kid,” Wicklein said. “She See CLARK, Page 2

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the nearby Village Green Apartments. Younger people will be participating in activities in the Boys & Girls Club. Outside, in the Village Green Park, people will be playing, walking the trails, or gardening in the pea-patch gardens.

The dream will have become reality.

“It has been something to watch,” said Daniel Johnson, executive director of the Village Green Foundation.

“A lot of credit goes to the foundation’s board of 12.

Most have been involved in this since the beginning.

They’ve been the keepers of the vision.”

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NKSD beefing up prevention training Two suicides reported this year

By MELINDA WEER Correspondent

POULSBO — The second-leading cause of death for Washingtonians age 10–24 is suicide. That’s higher than the national

average.

In the North Kitsap School District, there have been two reported student suicides this year, and four within the past five years, according to the district.

On Feb. 12, NKSD Superintendent Patty Page said the district is developing a policy to respond See PREVENTION, Page 2

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Prevention

Continued from page 1 to a new law that requires school districts to have a suicide prevention plan in place.

“Nobody is taking this lightly,” she said. “Part of our strategic plan is nurturing and providing a safe environment. [But] we are not mental health counselors; that’s not our charge … We will be at any table to help and support the program, but we can’t carry the whole load.”

Clark

Continued from page 1 has a great presence on the court. She’s a natural leader. She leads by example and has a great work ethic.”

Wicklein remembered a time when she challenged her team to run a 16 in one minute. If one player could do it, they wouldn’t have to run anymore, she said.

“She was the only one

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Various curricula in suicide prevention are being implemented at the discretion of individual schools within NKSD. Currently, there is not a standard program being taught districtwide.

Kristin Schutte of Olympic Educational Service District 114 said NKSD’s elementary school counselors have been trained in a program called “Riding the Waves,” which can be used with fifth-grade students. The instruction focuses on strategies to prevent suicide.

The counselors at the middle schools have been trained in the “Look Listen Link” curriculum and the high school counselors in the “HELP” curriculum.

According to Schutte, the goal of these programs is to reduce risk factors and increase protection factors.

Madison Roszak, a Running Start senior at NKHS, told the board she feels the resources currently available at the high school are “a good start” but are “underwhelming.”

Madison’s mom, Amy, feels counselors are being held

responsible for too much.

Middle school counselor Doug Segur believes the emphasis in suicide prevention should be on resilience and on training the peers of at-risk students.

Most youth talk to their peers about their feelings.

Schools are already good at identifying at-risk students through their peers. Segur also advises parents that it’s OK for them to check their student’s social media accounts to check for signs of suicidal ideation.

Teen Screen is a resource no longer used at NKSD;

Segur believes it should be brought back into use because it was incredibly effective at identifying atrisk students.

When school board president Beth Worthington pointed out that no one in the community is leading the effort in suicide prevention, Segur replied, “You are certainly the leader in the school system. If you were providing the leadership in our school system, the community will follow.”

Helen Hoover of the League of Women Voters agrees. The league’s com-

mittee on the prevention of suicide is interested to learn what NKSD is doing and is eager to work with the district.

Look for a policy on suicide prevention from the district at the next board meeting, scheduled on Feb. 26. There are also plans to train all school staff members in grades K-12 in suicide prevention, risk and protective factors, warning signs, and how to connect students to resources.

who did it. Others could have done it, but they didn’t push themselves.

She did.”

Kingston finished the 2014-15 season 10-2 conference, 17-5 overall, to finish second in the Olympic League.

In the playoffs, the Bucs lost to Fife 42-39 on Feb. 11, but kept their hopes alive by defeating Foster 39-27 on Feb. 13 at Bellarmine Prep. Their title hopes were dashed on

Feb. 16 with a 57-51 loss to Franklin Pierce, at Wilson High School.

“We had a great season,” said Wicklein, who saw her team persevere despite injuries.

“I’m really proud of my team. They pushed through it.”

Here’s where other Bucs ranked on the 2A top 20 leader list. n Skyler Bakken: assists (5th), 3-point (12th), steals (16th).

n Katelyn Carper: assists (2nd), free throws (8th), 3-point (10th), steals (10th), scoring (11th), field goals (16th). n Lily Eckert: blocks (3rd), rebounds (14th), field goals (18th). n Avy Hiner: blocks (14th). n Aileen Kaye: 3-point (2nd), assists (3rd), steals (8th), field goals (9th), scoring (19th).

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Mat Classic (wrestling) Feb. 20-21, Tacoma Dome n Peyton Reece, 125. n Dawson Johnson, 182.

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Vision

Continued from page 1 And what a vision. Less than 10 years ago, this was the site of former Navy housing. In April, when construction begins on the community center, supporters of the vision will have raised millions of dollars, created a park district, and forged alliances with local and state government, private agencies, and non-profits to transform this site into a community commons.

The Village Green Foundation board of directors was scheduled to meet on Feb. 24 to award the construction bid. Johnson said the foundation has raised $6.4 million of the $8.2 million project cost.

The final fundraising push — the Green Heart Campaign — will continue “until the day we cut the ribbon,” Johnson said, the goal being to open the doors with no debt. (To contribute, call Johnson at 360-881-0597 or email danielrjohnson4@gmail.com.)

Johnson said Rep. Sherry Appleton, D-Poulsbo, is working to get money from the capital budget for the project. Other donors and foundations are considering gifts. And approximately 30 local businesses are backing the campaign too.

CB Nuts, for example, is donating 5 percent of its sales. The Food Market is donating 1 percent of its sales. Employees of d’Vine Wines are donating all

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tips received in February.

An anonymous donor will match up to $25,000 in donations. And The Grub Hut created a special menu item to support the cause: the Village Green Burger.

“It’s a special that we’ll run for a week, Feb. 27 through March 6,” Grub Hut owner Sean Pickard said. All proceeds from sales of the burger will go to the Village Green Foundation.

Pickard wouldn’t say exactly what will be on the burger, but he hinted at a few things: “You can expect pesto and avocado and bacon, and probably spinach.”

Pickard said of the Village Green project, “We try to do everything we can to help out Kingston and to give back. This seemed like a good way to promote our business and make money for the Village Green. It’s a great resource for the community. Kingston is super community-oriented.

Having a great gathering place that is new and modern for all the families is awesome.”

The project started, as aforesaid, when the Navy housing site was acquired

by Kitsap County. The county deeded the site to the foundation for a future community center and library, and the county pledged to the project the proceeds from the eventual sale of the current community center and library on Highway 104. That vision was bolstered later by a donor’s gift of $1 million for the new

elevated the credibility of the vision. “The board members have some serious skin in the game,” he said.

‘One of most satisfying periods of my life’

Construction is expected to begin in April on the Village Green Community Center and branch library.

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library.

Teams of volunteers cleared and improved the site. Kingston voters established the Village Green Metropolitan Park District, a junior taxing agency, to support development and maintenance of the Village Green Park. A portion of the Village Green property was sold to Martha & Mary for construction of affordable apartments for older residents; the proceeds from that sale were used to install infrastructure for the community center.

Major donations came from the state, $1.5 million; and the C. Keith Birkenfeld Foundation, $1 million. But the rest came from approximately 70 other donors — individuals, non-profit organizations, foundations, and federal, state and Tribal governments.

“It has been an organic process,” Johnson said.

“It’s pretty fantastic how this came together, how more than 200 folks from Kingston came up and rolled up their sleeves and made [the park] happen.

“I grew up in a small town. I have an affinity for small towns. I’m fascinated by how communities can come together and make things happen.”

Because so many members of the community have invested in the overall Village Green project, Johnson said there’s no way it could have failed.

“The grit and conviction of the board members,” he said. “I don’t think there is any one obstacle that could have stayed in the way.

They would have found another way to get to the goal.”

The fact that the foundation board members have pledged $500,000 of their own money to the project

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The partnerships will continue after the center opens.

The land is owned by the Village Green Metropolitan Park District, but the community center will be owned by the Village Green Foundation. The foundation will pay the park district a $1 annual lease payment.

For its part, the library will provide janitorial services for the building, as well as a $1 annual lease payment. The Boys and Girls Club will manage the building, and also pay a $1 lease.

Foundation treasurer Kendall Hanson, who has

worked as a volunteer on the project since 2008, said getting the construction bids was “one of the biggest milestones of this project.”

The milestone, he said in the foundation’s monthly Village Green Update, “just reinforces the deep commitment all the board members have to this project. We are lucky in Kingston to have such talented people willing to dedicate their time and expertise to building what will really be a heart for the community.”

Just being a part of the team, Hanson said, “has been one of the most satisfying periods of my life. So far it has been a story of challenges met, but I can hardly wait for the next episode when our new community center and library will be an engine of change, development and synergy for our community.”

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Paying tribute to our Vietnam War veterans

By RICHARD WALKER

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ir Force Sgt. Mike Vouri spent a year of his life, 1969-70, at Cao Lanh, occassionally flying Bird Dogs and making life hell for the enemy. He returned more than 30 years later to find his former camp now a college and students playing soccer on a field “where we once prepped weapons of war.”

Thom Stoddert was a young soldier with the 2/17th Cav in 1970, and today remembers “many complicated and convoluted events I witnessed that year at war ... only years later would I begin to understand those issues.”

On April 15, 1969, a Navy intelligence-gathering plane, callsign Deep Sea 129, was shot down by North Korea in the Sea of Japan. All 31 crewmembers died, including ATN3 David M. Willis, whose brother — a co-worker of mine — was 5 years old the day two officers knocked on the front door to deliver to his parents the sad news.

Our goal in the war in Vietnam, to stop the spread of communist aggression into Southeast Asian nations, affected America and Americans in profound ways.

Many Americans that answered the call to service returned home to find themselves vilified. Some 58,303 were killed in action or captivity, 153,303 were wounded, 1,638 are missing, and approximately 778 were prisoners.

April 30 will mark the 40th anniversary of the end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. We invite you to honor the Vietnam War-era veterans you know by submitting a tribute like the one shown on this page, to be published in the April edition of Veterans Life, a publication we produce monthly. There’s no cost or obligation.

Simply send us a photo of your servicemember in uniform, with: See VETERANS, Page 5

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HOMETOWN: Port Orchard ■ BRANCH: U.S. Navy ■ YEARS OF SERVICE: 22 years ■ HIGHEST RATE OR RANK ATTAINED: Senior chief nuclear electrician supervisor ■ SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS OR DEPLOYMENTS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR: Three ■

tours in Vietnam on the USS Truxtun (DLGN-35/ CGN-35).

■ POST-WAR CAREER: After he retired from the Navy, he worked for RADCOM in the shipyard and received a Secretary of Navy Career Service Award for 40 years of service to the Navy and to the United States of America.

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Make the waterfront accessible to all I read Stafford Smith’s letter to the editor, “Port of Kingston could be a force,” with interest (page 4, February Kingston Community News).

As a 35-year resident and taxpayer in the Port of Kingston district, I would prefer to see the port invest in my community by preserving our natural resources for future generations.

I believe port property should be used for public recreational purposes which can be enjoyed by residents and visitors alike.

I urge the Port of Kingston to make the Kingston waterfront available and accessible to everyone — providing beach access to those in wheelchairs and strollers, offering a swimming area, and linking to the String of Pearls water trail and Kingston Green.

MARY GLEYSTEEN Kingston

Need medical cannibis? Let ’em go to Silverdale I read with interest the letter from the individual who was cut off from speaking during a Poulsbo City Council meeting regarding

medical marijuana outlets in Poulsbo and other towns whose heads are in the sand (“Denied the right to speak for three minutes,” page A4, Jan. 23 North Kitsap Herald).

The fear of kids getting to the medical marijuana is a good fear to have, though isn’t it easier to get to the booze cabinet that mom and dad don’t lock or the refrigerator in the garage that holds dad’s beer?

I use medical marijuana for a condition that allows me to use a minuscule amount of edible marijuana instead of high levels of potent medication twice a day that left me zombie-like.

I do not use medical marijuana to get high and, in

fact, do not get high.

When I need my medication, I go to Silverdale and while there I spend hundreds. I do food and clothing shopping, then have lunch or dinner and sometimes both.

My point is, we don’t need medical marijuana in Poulsbo because Silverdale is so close and offers so much more.

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Will miss North Kitsap Metal Recycling I just learned that North Kitsap Metal Recycling has been forced to close their

doors. It is a terrible shame to see such a valuable business go away. Our county and our county commissioners should be ashamed.

This company was an E-Cycler for the state. It kept so much out of landfills. It was the only place near for north-enders to take their metal, old appliances, aluminum cans, computers, and much more. And make a little money as well. It was a win-win for all. Our commissioners should be working to find a way to keep businesses like this open.

It is a sad day for all. They will be truly missed.

JEANNETTE PATTON Hansville

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March 4 ■ Kingston Citizens Advisory Council, 7-9 p.m., NKF&R headquarters fire station, 26642 Miller Bay Road NE, Kingston.

March 7 ■ North Kitsap School Board retreat, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., district office at 18360 Caldart Ave. March 9 ■ North Kitsap Fire & Rescue Board of Fire ■

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Commissioners, 7:15 p.m., headquarters fire station, 26642 Miller Bay Road, Kingston.

March 11 ■ Kitsap County Fire Protection District 18 Board of Commissioners, 4 p.m., headquarters fire station, 911 NE Liberty Road, Poulsbo.

March 12 ■ North Kitsap School Board, 6 p.m., district office board room, 18360 Caldart Ave. NE, Poulsbo.

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■ Port of Indianola Board of Commissioners, 7 p.m., Indianola Clubhouse, 20446 Indianola Road NE, 7 p.m.

March 23 ■ North Kitsap Fire & Rescue Board of Fire Commissioners, 7:15 p.m., headquarters fire station, 26642 Miller Bay Road, Kingston. Online: www. nkfr.org

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lanes can be turned into a local â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kingston mallâ&#x20AC;?-type street. The results will be designs for how downtown will look, how the traffic will work, and what will be needed to cope with stormwater and parking.

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look into ferries designed for liquid natural gas, or LNG, from the keel up.

To have a budget, the Legislature also needs funding. The Senateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal is a 11.7 cents per gallon gas tax to raise $15 billion through 2031.

The stated intent for that money has 71 percent going to projects like the viaduct and the 520 bridge, so theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing high fives all over in King County.

Over here, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not yet time to spike our ferry schedules. The 2.2 percent ($15 million per year) intended to backfill WSFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operating deficit is short by $21 million and the 2.1 percent for new boats and terminals covers only four of the seven new ferries that WSF will need by 2031.

The published intent for using the tax is only that.

Appropriation decisions are made year by year and the current bills cover WSF for the next two years. But whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the ferry funding going to come from after that? With a new gas tax, we should know the answer. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; FerryFare is written

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The stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transportation budget is in the works down in Olympia. Three parts affect our ferries: WSFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operations, capital, and fuel funding.

The operations budget subsidizes the costs not covered by fares and the taxes and fees that are dedicated to ferries â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about $36 million per year. This uses projections by the Washington Transportation Revenue Forecast Council (you can Google their

reports) and assumes a 2 ½ percent per year fare increase.

The fuel budget assumes that WSF â&#x20AC;&#x153;hedgesâ&#x20AC;? its fuel costs. This means locking in its fuel price for up to 18 months. If fuel costs go up after that, WSF can add a fuel surcharge to fares.

The capital budget covers projects for ferries and terminals. Mukilteo will get overhead passenger loading like Kingstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to reduce turnaround time which is a significant issue on that short run. At Colman Dock, the timber pilings holding it up have to be replaced. Since this involves the buildings sitting atop the docks, the project could become a rebuild of the whole terminal.

As for new boats, WSF has built one 144-car with three more in the works.

This replaces the three 1950s-era Evergreen State-class boats and allows retirement of the 34-car Hiyu, which is too small and slow to be useful. Then, it will be 2028 before the four 1960s-era Super-class boats need replacement. This pause is an opportunity to figure out how to bring down the costs of new boats and to

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For more than a decade, the Washington State Department of Transportation, or WSDOT, has been working on how to better herd the two million cars that cram their way through downtown. After chewing over tunnel, bridge, and West Kingston Road proposals for several years, WSDOT settled on running all of the ferry traffic on a widened NE 1st Street, the street now used by offloaded ferry traffic.

After the reroute designs were lost in a fire, the project languished for several more years. Thanks to Sen. Rolfes and the county, it has risen anew from the ashes.

A studyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already been done on West Kingston Road/State Route 104 intersection designs (with lights edging out a roundabout).

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The immorality and cost of corporate tax evasion I

t couldn’t happen at a more opportune time.

While we’re trying to get our taxes done on time so we’re not penalized for being late, we hear all about how rich individuals and corporations are actually refusing to pay their taxes to Uncle Sam. And all seemingly without consequence.

By now, everyone has heard of HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation). In 2012, it was investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice and fined $1.9 billion for aiding their rich tax-cheat clients.

Now they’re in another stew due to leaked files.

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and handed them over to French authorities, who then divvied them out according to nationality of the account holder.

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating data to see if HSBC indeed aided more than 4,000 wealthy U.S. clients to evade taxes by hiding their money ($13 billion) in its Swiss division.

While offshore accounts are legal, hiding cash in them in order to evade taxes is not.

According to Bloomberg Business, some of the corporations with significant offshore profits at the end of 2013 are General Electric, $110 billion; Pfizer, $69 billion; Exxon Mobil, $48 billion; Citigroup, $44 billion; Google, $39 billion; and McDonald’s, $16 billion.

This is staggering news, because the rest of us are still dealing with austerity measures and budget cuts in places that should never see cutbacks. Yet, we’re told the money needs to go toward “more important” things (think non-ending war and politicians’ pockets).

There are more ways of trying to drown Uncle Sam in a bathtub that these criminal elite have found through the help of their

“[Tax inversion is] a new kind of American corporate exceptionalism: companies that have deserted our country to avoid paying taxes but expect to keep receiving the full benefits that being American confers, and for which everyone else is paying.”

— Allan Sloan, columnist, The Washington Post

tax attorneys, accountants and lobbyists. Corporate tax codes have plenty of “loopholes, perks and preferences.”

A few more of the hugely successful corporations still feeding off the government teat include: n Walmart. The largest private-sector employer in the country, Walmart employees also make up the largest contingent of food stamp and Medicaid recipients. Why? Low wages and no employee health benefits. Yet, the Waltons (owners of Walmart) took home $3 billion in 2013, according to U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Florida. n Microsoft. Bill Gates has a massive fortune of “$81 billion and the company received $230 million in subsidies.” Microsoft sends “47 cents of every U.S. sales

dollar to Puerto Rico to pay for patents on discoveries largely made in the United States,” according to a Good Jobs First 12/14 report. n NFL. They received revenue last season of $10.5 billion even though they are a “not for profit.”

Taxpayers spend billions on their teams to keep them in town. Teams receive hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks, according to CNN. President Obama’s 2016 budget proposal includes more money for infrastructure and creating jobs.

Unfortunately, the money would all depend on a “mandatory one-time 14 percent tax on the $2 trillion” of offshore profits of U.S. corporations, “which would bring in $268 billion over six years,” according to the Economic Policy Institute.

After that time, Obama’s proposal would put this tax at 19 percent. BTW, what’s your tax rate? n Apple.

“Apple Inc., which has reported keeping $137 billion indefinitely invested offshore, would owe nearly $18 billion under the Obama plan,” according to Citizens for Tax Justice.

Corporate tax attorneys say Obama’s budget proposal may cause more corporations to follow those who have decided on “tax inversion.” This is where large corporations are “forced” to re-incorporate in a country with less taxes in order to make a decent profit because the U.S. has such high taxes.

Tax inversion is “a new kind of American corporate exceptionalism: companies that have deserted our country to avoid paying taxes but expect to keep receiving the full benefits that being American confers, and for which everyone else is paying,” columnist Allan Sloan writes in The Washington Post.

Why should we regular taxpayers have to pay American membership fees for these obscenely rich corporate tax cheats?

— Marylin Olds is an opinion columnist who welcomes comments at marylin. olds@gmail.com.

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Good reads and good times at the library sign up. n Crafternoon Plus — Why Knot: March 25, 1:302:30 p.m. Knots: practical and decorative. Learn to tie useful and beautiful knots.

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his month, the Kingston Friends of the Library will be holding a special Book Sale.

See details below about the huge sale and about library programs.

For those of you working on taxes, please note that the IRS will not be sending library tax publications. We will have some basic forms and can usually print other tax forms for you. Most booklets will need to be accessed online or obtained from an IRS office, such as the one in Silverdale. The few publications we managed to obtain are for in-library use only.

For a list of locations where you can receive free assistance with filing your taxes, please call us or come into the library.

KINGSTON LIBRARY EVENTS n Preschool Storytime: March 2, 9, 16, and 23, 10:30 a.m. Start the week by enjoying early literacy fun with books, songs, and rhymes with your preschooler. n Kingston Book Group: March 4, 10 a.m.

Discussion will be on “The 19th Wife” by David Ebershoff. n Kingston Friends of the Library meeting: March 10, 12 p.m. There are many opportunities for actively supporting this organization. Note the new meeting time. n Kingston Writers Group: March 10, 6:30 p.m.

Enjoy a friendly, supportive atmosphere to encourage writing.

‘The 19th Wife’ combines epic historical fiction with a modern murder mystery to create a novel of literary suspense.

A Year in the Northwest Garden: March 11, 10 a.m.

Discussion will be on garden preparation and what to plant this month. n Classics Book Group: March 16, 6:30 p.m.

Discussion will be on “Six Characters in Search of an Author” by Luigi Pirandello. n STEAM Ahead — Measurement Madness: March 18, 3:30-5 p.m. This monthly program encourages elementary-aged children to explore different areas of STEAM — Science, Engineering, Technology, Art and Math. Take all means of measurement to answer riddles, such as: Can you measure a rainbow? Space limited. Please call 360-297-3330 to sign up. n Friends of the Library Book Sale: March 19, noon to 5 p.m.; March 20, noon to 6 p.m.; March 21, noon to 3 p.m. Sale will be in the Kingston Room next to the library. n Adult Crafternoon: March 26, 3-4 p.m. Bring your craft projects, unique skills and creativity.

Discover our extensive craft book collection and find n

‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’ is an intellectual comedy that explores the many faces of reality. inspiration for your next project. All skill levels and interests are welcome.

Please check our website, www.krl.org, or call us at 360-297-3330 for updated program information.

LITTLE BOSTON LIBRARY EVENTS n Preschool Storytime: March 3, 10, 17, and 24, 10:30 a.m. Enjoy early literacy fun with books, songs, and rhymes with your preschooler. n Adult Crafternoon: March 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Bring your craft projects, unique skills and creativity. Discover our extensive craft book collection and find inspiration for your next project. All skill levels and interests are welcome. n Little Boston Book Group: March 4, noon to 1 p.m. Discussion will be on “The Orphan Master’s Son”

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Profile: Gillian McCormick FAB SPOTLIGHT I recognized “Sarah Brown” right away.

Next time I see her, she will be “Lucy.”

Gillian McCormick, actor and FAB’s featured artist, needs to be “all mean and bossy” in the upcoming musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” That will be a major acting job for this upbeat, energetic, inspiring young woman.

Now, here is the thing, as they say: I’m incredibly fortunate to meet and interview Kingston High School’s talented featured artists. Gillian was nominated by drama teacher Alison Roberts.

“In Kingston productions — you may remember Gillian as Sarah in ‘Guys and Dolls’ last year — she has sung, danced and acted her heart out,” Roberts said. “She is diminutive in size but huge in talent.”

Gillian is a senior and her role as Lucy will be her last musical and may be her last KHS Drama Club performance. While rehearsing as Lucy, Gillian is also working on her part in “Cyrano” at the Port Gamble Theater where she just wrapped up her role in “Heidi.” How do actors keep track of who they are? Why do they do this?

Gillian, captain for the second year of the Drama Club, said, “I like performing! It is super fun to [entertain] for other people. I also debate. Both are great confidence builders.

For ‘Guys and Dolls,’ I took voice lessons from Marcia Hill-Smith, who will be playing the piano in ‘Charlie Brown.’ ” Born and raised in Poulsbo, she chose Kingston as her high school.

“Senior year is stressful with ups and downs by the hour,” she said. “I’m having a midlife senior crisis.

Next year, I will be moving away from my best year where I found things I like doing.” Moving away may mean to Beloit College in Wisconsin. It offers “Liberal Arts Amplified” (science and arts) and is near her aunt and uncle.

Holding her arms wide, she said, “I’m thinking of chemistry and theater. My folks urge the chemistry as they don’t have a basement to come back to.”

She added, “I love music and sing with ‘Idealism,’ an electronic and guitar band with Mathew Flaherty and Dietrich Hanson. You can

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“Fellow debaters call me a ‘flaming liberal’,” Gillian laughs while testing the water with me.

Gillian McCormick portrayed Sarah Brown and Robby Vandenhole portrayed Sky Masterson in the Kingston High School production of “Guys and Dolls.”

“My Lincoln/Douglas debate style is more liberal and addresses moral issues.

My current topic is ‘A just government should provide food security for its people.’

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This sounds not like Lucy, but very much Gillian.

Now, here is another thing: We are so fortunate here in North Kitsap to have incredible performances by talented KHS students. “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” is planned for us March 26-28 at 7:30 p.m., and March 29 at 2 p.m. in the North Kitsap Auditorium.

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It’s not the biggest place, but it could be the happiest I n the first column I wrote for the Kingston Community News, in 2004, I asked, “Been to Hansville lately?”

Well, it’s been a few years since then, and now I ask you again: “Been to Hansville lately?”

Unless you come by boat, there is only one way to get to Hansville, and that’s by the Hansville Highway.

Coming from Kingston you turn right at Kountry Korners. For the non-locals, this is at the corner of Miller Bay Road, Hansville Road, and Highway 104 — or, easier yet, turn north by the Albertson’s.

Travel about eight miles straight ahead past farms, pastures, very private overgrown looking driveways, undeveloped heavily wooded areas, and beautiful homes until you get to the “Welcome to Hansville” sign. Go around that last curve and spread before you will be our panoramic

— that’s the only word that describes it — view.

From the top of this hill you can see beautiful downtown Hansville. There are waterfront homes, several businesses, and our spectacular waterway that separates us from Whidbey Island.

Coming down the hill into town, you will see a road on the right that goes to Point No Point and the one on the left that goes to Buck Lake and our Hansville Community Center. The business area is on your left. First is Hansville Auto Repair, then the U.S. Post Office. As you round the corner, the road turns into Twin Spits. There you see Hansville Community Church on the left, and across the highway is the Hansville Store. Not the biggest town, but you must admit, it is compact.

Many years ago, the Hansville Highway went straight and ended between

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There will be displays and booths of other Rotarian assisted events, such as the Village Green Community Center, Beer Garden at Kingston Cove Concerts, Rotary Golf Classic and the 4th of July Fun Run. You can learn more about each of these events and fundraisers and how their proceeds are used in our community. In the process, we would love to hear from you about how we can best support our community in the future.

Rotary is an international organization, so there will also be an opportunity to learn about what your local Kingston-North Kitsap Rotary Club is doing to help build “bottle” schools

Continued from page 10 Preschool moved in.

Kingston Rotary has helped to make improvements in the past and is currently working with Kitsap County to further enhance the facilities.

Rotarians are showing support for the preschool by scheduling their party right before the preschool’s annual fundraiser, the Kola Kole Adult Easter Egg Hunt. So bring your flashlight and stay around after the Rotary party for the evening egg hunt that begins at dusk. We promise you’ll have a great time helping rotary support one of our community’s most important establishments

the store and what was then the Hansville Resort, instead of curving and changing to Twin Spits.

The resort that was there around 35 (or more) years ago became Forbes Landing. It included eight cabins, places for camping, and a restaurant (with an apartment above it for a family), a 250-foot dock, and a boathouse where Glen

Forbes built and maintained the dock and the fiberglass boats he rented out.

Every morning, the restaurant would be full of hopeful fishermen and a few fisherwomen, eating breakfast and anticipating all the fish they would bring in that day. Glen would have the boats ready, give a lesson on how to start the boat motors, and send them on their way. This was a family business and they all helped out wherever help was needed.

Glen told me that during this time he often thought that everyone else could enjoy the storms that came in, but he spent the time worrying. Repairing the dock was a big and ongoing job. The dock had its final battle with the weather during the big snowstorm in winter 1990. If you walk down by the restaurant building now (behind the Hansville Store), you can still see some of its pilings.

in Central America. This project helps people in disadvantaged areas gather refuse, which is recycled to build walls for schools. It is an ingenious way to directly support a clean environment and education for our international neighbors.

Kingston-North Kitsap Rotary Club meets on Wednesdays at noon at the

North Kitsap Fire Station, 26642 Miller Bay Road, Kingston. We welcome anyone who is interested to drop by and join us for lunch and an interesting speaker. No special invitation is needed.

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HANSVILLE HAPPENINGS

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The restaurant did well but many of its customers were going elsewhere to eat in the evening so they could also have cocktails.

The Forbeses decided they needed to get a liquor license. Out of respect for their neighbors, they literally went door to door, making sure they talked to every household, especially all the members of the Hansville Community Church, assuring them that this would not become a problem. When they put in the bar, the restaurant did a good dinner business too.

Today when you come to Hansville, the view from the top of the hill is not too different but a few more homes have been built. The restaurant and resort are gone. Only old buildings behind the Hansville Store remind us of where they were.

There are many more people now (the population is approximately 2,500), the Post Office that was in the store now has its own building, Hansville Automotive Repair has enlarged, and a new fire station was built down the road on Twin Spits, so the fire trucks have moved.

And still, on any given day, you will see people working in their yards, out on a power walk, dogs and masters strolling, people chatting in the Post Office, or two cars pulled up on the street, windows down, exchanging how-are-you’s.

We may not be the biggest spot on the map, but there aren’t many places that have so many happy, friendly people. That’s Hansville 98340.

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Leadership Kitsap team selects ShareNet for project I n fall 2014, Leadership Kitsap chose ShareNet as one of its four team projects for 2015. Team 2 chose ShareNet because they believe in our powerful value to the community, and named their project Dare2Share.

The mission of the Leadership Kitsap Foundation is to “educate, prepare, and connect a new group of committed leaders for community involvement in Kitsap County.”

Founded in 1993 by the Bremerton Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with United Way of Kitsap County and other county chambers of commerce, the purpose of Leadership Kitsap is to support “informed and committed civic volunteerism,” and to “provide focus for ... alumni who respond to challenges facing our dynamic and evolving region.”

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retreats, eight forums focused on public policy challenges, and a significant small-group community project for each team.

The Dare2Share team is composed of Monica Bernhard of Kitsap Community Resources, Trish Chargualaf of the Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort, Russ Clithero of the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, Pam Davis of Kitsap Regional Library, Talia DeCoteau of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, and Robin Henderson of Robin’s Office Machine Services.

The goals of the team will be to replace some of ShareNet’s aging refrigeration, to raise funds and recruit volunteers, and to host a screening of the film “A Place at the Table,” a powerful portrait of hunger in our country.

We were able to speak with some of the team

members about why they chose ShareNet. Bernhard: “I am excited to work on this project because I have seen firsthand the devastating trauma of hunger in our community. Too many families choose between heat and food, medicine and food, or transportation and food.

“Many of these folks are disabled, unemployed, single parents, or elderly.

Often, children are caught up in the struggle. I am proud that we live in a community that cares about their neighbors, that step in to share their blessings.

“The north end of the county receives less by way of funding, and yet the need is increasing in Kingston.

There is some feeling that because the economy is turning around, the need has gone away, but it hasn’t.

The [populations ShareNet serves] may not participate in the economic turn-

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wanted to ravish her beautiful body and described body parts Raymond does not possess, nor ever wanted to. The note became very erotic and rather pornographic.

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around. The community safety net in North Kitsap is vital to the health of this community.”

Clithero: “I’m pleased that our team chose to work with ShareNet because in this day and age, in our country, no one should go through life wondering where their next meal is going to come from.

“Far too many low-income individuals and families in Kitsap struggle daily with the challenge of putting food on their table, and often they are faced with a decision to choose between feeding their families or going without some other critical need. ShareNet assists these families in filling this need.”

Davis: “Quality of life is so important to me. It encompasses dignity, value, respect, and much more.

ShareNet is a resource that offers that basic need that so many people take

bone, so he continued reading. You know that old motto, “Curiosity killed a cat and satisfaction brought it back.” I say nosy is the real word.

Raymond was laughing his head off thinking of the romantic picture he must make for anyone while sitting on the edge of his rumpled couch bed, wearing less-than-sexy under-

for granted. Quality of life should be a basic right. I am happy to support ShareNet in carrying out their humble and dignified mission.”

Henderson: “Working with ShareNet has been a real eye opener for me on how hunger and the economy have affected folks living in the northernmost portions of Kitsap Co. Our goal is for ShareNet to not only benefit from our donation of a commercial freezer but also to raise awareness of the needs and present opportunities to get involved at ShareNet.” We are honored to be selected by this team, and look forward to the opportunities the project will bring for increased support of our mission and the folks we serve.

— Mark Ince is executive director of ShareNet. Contact him at sharenetdirector@ centurytel.net

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By JACQUE THORNTON wear, in his rustic little cabin in the woods. He is a tough, rough-looking guy in his mid-60s, a two-tour Vietnam vet, with a beard and pony tail. The more he read, the funnier the situation became. If the guy only knew whom his note mistakenly was sent to, he would have hoped never to meet the receiver. So if you are reading this, lover boy, and you wonder why your girlfriend never answered, you had better look up the number you texted. If you do happen to be an acquaintance and we find out, you will never live it down. Son belongs to the Suquamish Warriors veterans group and I’m sure they will get a boot out of this tale.

Outdoor chores are calling loud and clear

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Port Gamble launches new website W e are excited about the new PortGamble.com, which launched in mid-February.

The new website aims to create a more user-friendly experience focusing on dining, shopping, outdoor recreation and upcoming events. With event calendars posted throughout the website, it will be easy to find out what is happening on any given day in Port Gamble.

The website is photo heavy and also features a page with many videos showing off some of the yearly events in Port Gamble. We hope you will take a minute to visit the new website and plan your next family outing to include

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There will be activities in the theater and throughout the town. The theme is “Time Travelers” and more details will be announced as they come in. Visit www. mrsmuirhouseofghostsandmagic.com to find out event details.

This is the second year for the series and more riders are expected this year.

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Continued from page 12 edition. Old Sol is shining bathing golden light on daffodils blooming by the freezer shed. The warmth has frogs at night singing their anthem in full croaking order.

The trees murmur as breezes blow through the maples whispering spring is coming soon. The rain pond in the field is full of wild ducks. An eagle is soaring overhead, eyeing the water foul with malicious intent.

I’ll let Kenya, my Australian shepherd, out to bark so Mr. Eagle will have another

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thought about tackling the easy prey.

From my study window, one can see the neighbor’s cows lazing about, enjoying the beautiful day. Yesterday, I saw the heron searching the lower pond for planted goldfish. I have two heron who visit. Years ago, we named them Herman and Henrietta. I wax poetic, to use a phrase from my grandmother during my childhood.

For the moment, all is right with my world.

With spring coming, the outdoor chores are calling loud and clear. Some of us dive right in and overdo.

Don’t try managing every-

thing at once, but do make a list to accomplish at least one job every day. This I tell my alter ego.

I have a habit of stopping one thing to go for a tool, see a need on the way and linger to take care of it. The first is left for another day, making me feel very unorganized. It’s the same way with spring cleaning. It can be overwhelming. The message is: “Don’t begrudge the chores — just take a short pause to enjoy the outdoors for the wonder of it.” That is another Granny phrase from long, long ago.

— Jacque Thornton is a longtime columnist for the Kingston Community News.

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Marilyn Elaine Solheim

ONLINE Because of space limitations, not all of our columns are included in this edition.

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July 13, 1922 - February 2, 2015

Marilyn (Elaine) Solheim passed away on Monday, February 2, 2015 at St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, Washington. She was born on July 13, 1922 in Ballard, Washington to Norwegian Immigrant’s Helga and Herman Solheim. She was 92 years of age.

Elaine attended Adams Grade School and graduated from Ballard High School in 1940. Her life’s work included being in the US Navy and Coast Guard.

She also worked as an executive in the telecommunications at the Presidio in San Francisco. After retiring she moved to Suquamish, WA where she was vice president in charge of the Suquamish Village Square, a shopping center started by her brother Karsten Solheim who was president and the founder of PING golf club manufacturing in Phoenix, Arizona. She ran the world famous Karsten’s Fine Dining Restaurant and Suquamish Hardware and Gift Shop. She was devoted to her brother Karsten. Elaine is survived by her sister Marjorie, niece Nancy and nephew Paul, also her sister in-law Louise Solheim and her family. Family and Kitsap Real Estate friends are respectfully invited to attend the visitation on Broker/Business Friday, February 20, 2015 at 1:00 PM followed by the Funeral Owner for 27 Years Cathy Morris Managing Broker Service at 2:00 PM at Port Madison Lutheran Church, 14000 360-509-3609 20 Years Representing Kitsap Sellers & Buyers North Madison on Bainbridge Island. Interment will take 360-297-6419 office • 360-271-8448 cell place at Floral Hills Memorial Park in Lynnwood, WA. maryrichards@windermere.com Please sign the online Guest Book for the family at: cathymorris@windermere.com www.LivingInKitsap.com www.cookfamilyfuneralhome.com. Arrangements “Deeply connected to my community. entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home on Bainbridge Deeply connected to your dream”.

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KINGSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2015 LEADERSHIP President MIKE HALEY Rogers Family Insurance Vice President SIRI REINHOLD Kingston Center Secretary DIANA KINGSLEY D-Zine Interiors Treasurer JERRY TELLINGHUISEN Kingston CPA

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Although we live in the most beautiful and weather friendly place in the country, it is a relief to see the days getting brighter after a long, dark winter.

I am reminded that all things dark and dreary will eventually give way to brightness, zest and renewed life, if we continue to strive for these things, work hard and believe in ourselves and each other. We’ve all experienced challenges, grief and hardships both emotional and financial. And we’ve all experienced triumphs, joy, friendships and love. The

latter is most certainly preferred but would be rather meaningless if we never experienced the former. How much more painful was it to watch the Seahawks lose Super Bowl XLIX than it was Super Bowl XL? That’s because we finally realized the complete elation of winning the year before! How gratifying is it to sign the client that previously turned you down? It feels absolutely great because you experienced the earlier disappoint of rejection. The pain of losing a family member can only be conquered by the greater joy of loving that person. There is no good without bad.

SHELBY NELSON The Point Casino EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Colleen Carey

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turn it over in your head, feel it, examine it, learn from it, let it go and know with all your heart that the good is coming too. In business and at home, set goals, measure your progress, ask for help, give help, mentor a kid or a new business owner down the street, forgive someone that hurt you, do something that you’re likely to fail at the first time then keep doing it until you succeed. Challenge yourself and work hard but don’t forget to reward yourself too. Let me know what we here at the Chamber can do to help.

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GREAT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHAMBER MEMBERS! Did you know that your Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce is responsible for producing several community events that take place throughout the year in Kingston? These include The Kingston Wine Walk, Kingston Cove Summer Concerts Series, The Kingston Slug Hunt & Auction, Kitsap Arts & Crafts Festival, KHS Homecoming Parade & Dance, Kingston Cove Christmas and more. In addition we partner with GK Kiwanis, K-NK Rotary, GK Boys & Girls Club, Village Green Foundation, KYSA, NK Schools & many others to assist with their events and fundraising activities. We also facilitate numerous networking events including a Monthly Business Lunch featuring a key note speaker and a monthly “After Hours” event open to all chamber members and their guests for no charge. All of these events are heavily publicized and attended.

THESE TYPES OF EVENTS ARE THE PERFECT WAY TO PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS THROUGH SPONSORSHIPS! Please contact the chamber office to learn more about how we can help you get the most of your marketing dollars.

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This little lady goes ‘wee wee wee,’ all the way home ROUNDABOUT S ome clever ladies who lead my local church group came up with a fun event: Presenting life lessons we can learn from the classic nursery rhyme, “This little piggy went to market.”

The lady in charge asked five women to discuss possible lessons from the five piggies. I’ll find out what all the piggy life lessons are when I attend the event tonight, but I do know that my best friend will be talking about “This little piggy had none,” going over ideas on how

By DENISE ROUNDY

to live within your means and keep a budget. She is a fabulous garage saler and has dabbled in extreme couponing, so her part of the presentation should be fun.

I was asked to speak on the last little piggy: “And this little piggy went ‘wee wee wee,’ all the way home.” While this is probably open to interpretation, I’m going with a piggy who

nasty years. Interestingly, though, looking back to times that were difficult for me, they were also some of my best. Because some things were hard, I really made the most of whatever precious good moments were there. In fact, those good moments are the ones I focus on when the bad times are in the past.

Fifteen years ago, we were living in a tiny home with four young children, including a newborn. It was a stressful time. We had

makes her way through life joyfully. Weeee!

This should be an easy assignment for me because, unlike the rest of the population, my life is a piece of cake. Every day is fun, fun, fun! No stress, no bad days, no worries. I smile and laugh a lot, because I live a charmed life. I’m sure you suspected as much.

That last paragraph was a joke, in case you weren’t sure.

Life is hard sometimes, darn it! Nobody gets out of nasty days, sometimes

our house up for sale, and it was a constant struggle to keep things clean for showings. In addition, I was slowly packing (keeping the unsightly boxes out of sight), fulfilling responsibilities at church and school, and feeling heartbroken that we were leaving a home we loved yet desperate for more elbow room.

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clothed, and alive. All this with a baby who woke up to check on me throughout the night.

In the midst of all the craziness, our oldest was devastated at the idea of moving to a new house.

She often tried to convince us not to move. One day, I overheard her plotting with our second daughter: “Let’s smear blood over the front door. That will scare away anyone who wants to buy the house.”

I snuck out to the garage, called my mom, and we laughed until we cried. My mom said, “Where are they planning to get the blood?

Keep an eye on Libby!”

Libby, daughter No. 3, was the annoying little sister. We laughed and laughed some more.

Of all the stress of that year, that funny memory is one that stands out in my mind.

So, that’s what I’m going to talk about at the piggies event tonight. The key to living joyfully isn’t having a perfect life, it’s relishing the sweet spots and never missing a chance to enjoy a beautiful, funny, sweet moment, no matter what else is going on.

May our days have a little joy in them, and may we notice when it’s there.

— Denise Roundy is a local columnist and blogger. dirkroundy@yahoo.com

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What you should know about buying a HUD home D

ear Jan: We are first-time home buyers. We are thinking of buying a HUD home. Is there anything we need to watch out for when buying one? — Thanks, CV Dear CV: Congrats on buying your first home! Buying a home, whether your first or not, can be both fun and scary.

The fun part is watching your dream materialize. The scary part: the unknowns.

JUST ASK JAN

By JAN ZUFELT For those reading this that don’t know what a HUD home is, it is a residential property acquired by HUD as a result of a foreclosure action on an FHA-insured mortgage. HUD becomes the property owner and offers it for sale to recover the loss on the foreclosure.

Many people think that

CommunityCalendar THROUGHOUT MARCH SPRING BREAK AT THE POINT: At The Point Casino, 7989 Salish Lane, Kingston. $10 in advance, $15 day of show. All shows are ages 21 and older. March 7 with Fan Halen, a tribute to Van Halen.

March 14 with Cheaper Trixx, a Cheap Trick tribute. March 21 with Appetite for Deception, a tribute to Guns N Roses.

March 28 with Wanted, a Bon Jovi tribute.

MARCH 6 PARTY LIKE A REDNECK AT THE POINT: March 6 at The Point Ca-

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With a performance by the Michael Anthony Pratt Band. $10 in advance, $15 day of show. Ages 21 and older.

ONGOING KINGSTON GARDEN CLUB ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS: The Kingston Garden Club is accepting applications for the Aloha Wright grant for beautification, conservation and educational projects. Applicants must reside, work or be a student within the North Kitsap School District. Deadline is April 30. Info:

by buying a HUD home that they are going to get a steal. The truth of the matter is that HUD has an appraisal done on the property and lists it close to that dollar amount. When you make an offer on a HUD home, you can offer less but HUD has a bottom-dollar net figure that it will not go lower than, so low-ball offers don’t work.

Typically, HUD will pay the buyer’s closing costs, which are about 3 percent

of the purchase price, so that is a savings to you, the buyer.

HUD homes are sold “as is.” You can still have a home inspection but HUD will make no repairs. This is the tricky part. If the home has a repair that is needed in order for the appraiser to approve the sale for the new lender’s loan, HUD will not approve the repair prior to closing. Therefore, the new lender will not loan on it.

There are some loans,

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ORCA CLUB MEETING: Second Wednesdays of each month. 7 p.m. Venue subject to change.

Info: Ken Maguire, kenmaguire36@hotmail.com, 360-7795137.

TRIVIA TIME LIVE: Pub trivia entertainment.

Sundays: Downpour Brewing, Kingston, 6 p.m.

Tuesdays: Main Street Ale House, Kingston, 7 p.m.

Thursdays: Puerto Vallarta, Kingston, 7:30 p.m.

Info: www.triviatimelive.com.

KINGSTON BUSINESS GROUP:

Tuesdays, 7:30 a.m., at The Oak Table Café. Share ideas, offer business leads, network and socialize.

KINGSTON GARDEN CLUB: Third Wednesday of every month (except July and August), 9-11:30 a.m. at Bayside Community Church, 25992 Barber Cutoff Road, Kingston. Visitors welcome. Info: www.kingstongar-

Send Kingston Community News calendar items to Richard D. Oxley, roxley@soundpublishing.com.

like a 203k, or an escrow holdback that some lenders will allow so that the repairs can be made post-closing.

Many times you will see those properties reduced in price every 30 days because only a cash buyer can close on them. That’s when they become a good deal … But you have to have cash!

Your local real estate broker will submit the offer on a HUD website. There are rules, rules and more rules to be followed in the submission of an offer. If yours is the winning bid, your broker submits the written offer via overnight courier to HUD. Once it is ratified

(signed) by HUD, your inspection and appraisal can be ordered. At that point, it is like any other transaction: you open escrow, order insurance and work with your lender to close on the home.

Because the housing inventory is so low, I would not rule out a HUD home as some are in good shape.

For those in bad shape, perhaps with some hard work, your lender might be able to get the job done — or you can rob your piggy bank and pay cash. Good luck!

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