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FOURTH OF JULY!
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INDEPENDENT PORT ORCHARD
FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2015 ✮ VOL. 124, NO. 23 ✮ WWW.PORTORCHARDINDEPENDENT.COM ✮ 50¢
73 years of love, family for Goddards No love for Port Orchard A little hair-pulling and a sock to the noggin was the start of a beautiful romance for this Port Orchard couple
Michelle Beahm / Independent
Glen and Donna Goddard have shared the highs and lows of nearly three-quarters of a century together as husband and wife. By MICHELLE BEAHM
mbeahm@soundpublishing.com
More than 70 years ago, a romance started with hair-pulling and a punch to the face. In Kettle Falls, Wash., Glen Goddard sat behind Donna Kalinoski on a school bus heading to high school. Donna was starting her senior year; Glen only had a quarter left to finish his high-school education. ”I had long blonde hair,” Donna,
90, said, ”and somebody pulled my hair, and he was sitting behind me. I got up and socked him one.” Glen, 92, blamed the hair-pulling on his friend, sitting behind him. “He kept reaching past me and pulling her hair, and then she blamed me.” Fast forward a few months, and Glen proposed on horseback on Valentine’s Day. On June 19, 1942, Glen and Donna were married.
”We grew up together,” Glen said. ”We were married when we were kids.” Now they’re celebrating 73 years together. ”It’s hard work,” Donna said of her long marriage. ”But anyway, we did it.” Not long after they married, Glen went overseas to serve in World War II with General Patton’s Third Army. Their first son was born before he left, and their second, about six months after. ”It was really hard,” Donna said. Twenty months later, including 14 months in the combat boat zone, Glen returned home to his family. ”When he got out of the military, he had a few little jobs,” Donna said. ”There wasn’t any money in those days, no money at all. He got a job working for a neighbor, cleaning, helping him, because he didn’t have any money either. ”But when he finished, he gave (Glen) a piece of land, 180 acres. ”People in those days, if you didn’t have anything or you’re broke or you needed help, people traded work. They had no money to exchange, but they went and helped everybody, whoever needed help.” After that, the couple farmed for a while before moving to Burbank, Calif., while Glen went to school. Then, they farmed again, but that was only the start of it. Over the years, Glen spent 17 years as a civilian chaplain, working with hospitals. Donna started working as a nurse’s aide in a burn center in the Portland area. ”It was (good work),” Donna said. ”I was with them for 20 years, taking care of really bad patients and little kids in car wrecks and things. It kind of affects you.” They also began working with the American Sunday School Union as
transportation impact fees City Council, consultant gets an earful from developers at transportation hearing By BOB SMITH
rsmith@portorchardindependent.com
PORT ORCHARD — It seems just about everyone believes Port Orchard is facing an impending transportation squeeze into the next decade. But one method the city wants to use to pay for roadway improvements is generating plenty of skepticism. About 30 area residents and business people filled the City Council chambers June 30 to hear how transportation impact fees could provide necessary funding to move forward with five major roadway projects costing more than $108 million. They also came to share their opinions about the new funding source. The city has identified projects that include widening major
roadways such as Treemont Street, the Bethel Corridor and Pottery Avenue. Port Orchard’s Transportation Plan was developed in response to the city’s population growth to 13,100 residents, mainly through annexation of the Bethel Corridor. But how to pay for the improvements is a vexing issue. Gas tax revenue and property taxes, city planners say, are inadequate to fund projects that offer remedies for the transportation quandary. Impact fees are controversial, especially with housing and commercial developers. They say builders will be asked to shoulder an inordinate amount of the costs to improve the city’s transportation infrastructure. SEE COUNCIL, A23
It’ll be a blast this Fourth
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ave you found your favorite perch for the Fathoms O’ Fun Grand Fireworks Show? You better act fast. This Fourth of July extravaganza draws upwards of 60,000 people who line the shores of Port Orchard, Bremerton and points in between. Sponsored by WAVE, the fireworks show on Sinclair Inlet will begin at 10:30 p.m. The Concerts by the Bay series will present day-long music from the Port Orchard Marina’s Waterfront Park prior to the fireworks show. On the Fourth at the Gazebo, various Christian groups will perform from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Buck & Elizabeth take the stage from 5:30 - 7 p.m. (children/family), and the Usual Suspects close the evening just before the fireworks show from 8:30 10:30 p.m. (classic rock). On July 9, Concerts by the Bay will present Ranger & The Re-Arrangers, which feature gypsy jazz music. The concert begins at 6:30 p.m.
SEE GODDARDS, A24
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