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LIFE AND CULTURE
Pages 15-21
Pints and Needles
‘It’s an adrenaline rush ... it’s fairly inexpensive and really fun’ — John Ellsworth, coaster race organizer
Kingston Adventures still appealing its eviction from port
Not your average gathering of crafters — page 3 65,000 circulation every Friday in the Bainbridge Island Review | Bremerton Patriot | Central Kitsap Reporter | North Kitsap Herald | Port Orchard Independent
KITSAP WEEK Knitting group meets at Der Blokken Brewery
By RICHARD WALKER
rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
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but that doesn’t stop him from racing his friends downhill, or helping others do the same. Ellsworth is the manager of the Kingston Coaster Games — formerly Hansville Coaster Games — which will take place at the Kingston Fourth of July
KINGSTON — Kingston Adventures dropped its discrimination lawsuit against the Port of Kingston on March 31. The business is still appealing its eviction from the Kingston Marina. Attorneys Carl J. Marquardt of Seattle and Christopher J. Kerley of Spokane filed the Stipulation for Voluntary Dismissal in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, stating that both sides had agreed to voluntarily dismiss the case “without prejudice to any party.” “Without prejudice” means the lawsuit is dismissed as though it had never been filed. It also means it could be refiled at a later date. Marquardt is the attorney for Kingston Adventures; Kerley represents the port district, port district manager David Malone and port commissioners Pete DeBoer, Walt Elliott and Bruce MacIntyre. Jury trial on the case, No. CV-1405509-RBL, was scheduled to begin on Nov. 16.
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See LAWSUIT, Page A6
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Don White and “Coho Killer” (modeled after the fishing lure of the same name) holds on to his lead ahead of Chuck Hagood and “Cup of Joy” in the 2014 Hansville Coaster Games race. The coaster games is moving to Kingston, where it will be part of the Fourth of July festivities. Gary Lee / Contributed
ALSO ... ■ Deadline nears for Teacher of the Year nominations
Coaster Games moves to Kingston for Fourth of July
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Federal lawsuit dropped
By MICHELLE BEAHM
mbeahm@northkitsapherald.com
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INGSTON — John Ellsworth remembers a time when kids his age would slam lawnmower wheels on “anything that would roll” and race each other down hills. He’s not a young kid anymore,
Ospreys return to Strawberry Field and new nest By RICHARD D. OXLEY
roxley@northkitsapherald.com
Volunteers hope the Strawberry Field osprey family take to their new nest. File photo
POULSBO — Straight off their winter West Coast tour, the birds have landed back in town. “An osprey was seen this afternoon circling the old nest site at Poulsbo’s Strawberry Field,” Gene Bullock of the Kitsap Audubon Society said on
April 5. Only one osprey was sighted that day. “The male comes first and scouts the area, then the female comes next,” Bullock said. The osprey, a raptor, is a fisheating bird of prey. Last summer, Poulsbo watched as an osprey family made its nest atop a light-
ing structure at Strawberry Field — a dangerous choice of foundation, given the extreme heat and fire hazard posed by lights used for nighttime sporting events. When the ospreys left for the season in November, local volunteers took down the nest and replaced it on a neighboring structure, light-
free, in hopes that when the family returned it would move there. Excluding devices were mounted on the light structure to discourage the ospreys from nesting there again. “They have a high degree of nest loyalty,” Bullock said. “They See OSPREY, Page A7
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