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A feature-length coming-of-age film by two Kingston High School seniors premiered at Firehouse Theatre. And it’s getting positive response ...
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Dietrich Hanson and Rowan Simpson are two of the actors in “More Than a Feeling,” produced by Nick Woltersdorf and Conner Erickson.
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BY MICHELLE BEAHM mbeahm@soundpublishing.com
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ingston High School seniors Nick Woltersdorf and Conner Erickson spent the last year producing a feature-length, coming-of-age movie called “More Than a Feeling,” following teenagers in the final days of their final high school summer break. Erickson said the teenagers, in several different social groups, “each have differ-
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ent ideas of how they can make the most of these last three days.” Woltersdorf said, “We tried to incorporate the themes of freedom, friendship and coming of age.” The pair said it was something they could easily relate to, as the summer they spent filming the movie was their final high school summer break, and came about when they decided they needed something to do throughout the summer. “We went from the point of, I actually
wasn’t sure if we’d get anything off the ground, to being almost done,” Erickson said. “It’s exciting.” The film, titled “More Than a Feeling,” included about 30 speaking roles and 15-20 crew member roles, each filled with the pair’s friends and peers. The movie was filmed entirely in Kitsap County, mostly in the north end, and premiered at Kingston’s Firehouse Theater on May 24 for a $5 donation per ticket. Proceeds went to the theater.
“It’s sort of hard for independent movie theaters to survive nowadays,” Erickson said, “and the Kingston community is really supportive of the Firehouse Theater, and this is sort of just our own little part of what we’re doing.” The premiere did well and additional showings may be planned. Firehouse Theater is owned by Craig Smith, who coaches the high school soccer team and gives money to the school. See FILM, Page 2
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Port Gamble Bay cleanup begins in July ‘Largest piling removal project in Puget Sound’ By RICHARD WALKER
rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
PORT GAMBLE — There’s a lot you likely have seen in the efforts to improve the
health of Port Gamble Bay: Pope Resources’ cleanup to date of the former mill site. The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s removal of debris from its shoreline. The removal of the Point Julia pier. The North Kitsap Forest & Bay project’s acquisition of 1.5 mile of shoreline, now maintained as Port Gamble Heritage Park. But there’s a lot more out there you can’t see, under the
Pilings and overwater structures will be removed from the Port Gamble mill site shoreline beginning in July.
surface of the water, and that’s the focus of the cleanup effort that begins in July. Wood waste from 140 years of milling activity is 20 feet deep in places. Those creosoted pilings sticking up out of the water? There are 4,000 more under water, according to the state Department of Ecology, and their removal will be the largest piling
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‘A step in the right direction’ Habitat reborn New law requires Native American history to be taught in public schools
Creekside house’s removal, site restoration begins in July
By MICHELLE BEAHM
POULSBO — Walk by 19159 8th Ave. in a few months and you won’t recognize the joint. Actually, “the joint” — that two-story floodprone house that city officials say was converted into a duplex without permits — will be gone. So will a city-owned rental house nestled in the forest behind it. City workers will begin removing invasive plants and restoring the creek bed. Someday, the culvert in the street out front — the most problematic in the city’s inventory — will be replaced in order to
By RICHARD WALKER
rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
mbeahm@northkitsapherald.com
SUQUAMISH — A state Senate bill signed into law on May 8 will require school districts throughout the state to incorporate Native American history into their curriculum. The bill, which will become effective on July 24, will require schools to make use of the “Since Time Immemorial” curriculum developed by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The curriculum is available online free of charge; training is also available for free through the OSPI’s Office of Native Education.
Tribes are self-governing indigenous nations that have a government-to-government relationship with the United States. Students will soon learn more about that. In 2014, the Suquamish Tribe hosted a 6th Congressional District summit. From left, Elwha Klallam Chairwoman Frances Charles, Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Bremerton, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Suquamish Chairman Leonard Forsman. Suquamish Tribe Communications Office / April 2014 School districts also will be required to collaborate with nearby local Tribes to “incorporate expanded and improved curricular mate-
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