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Port Gamble festival celebrates our maritime heritage with some cool sing-along music BY RICHARD WALKER rwalker@soundpublishing.com
environment are intertwined.
ORT GAMBLE — The setting seems perfect for the Port Gamble Maritime Music Festival, a celebration-in-song of our connection to the sea, of how our lives and our marine
S’Klallam canoes travel upon the waters here, just as they did before the first schooner arrived here under sail in the 1850s. S’Klallam people and others harvest salmon and shellfish from the bay, just as they have since humans first set foot on these shores. For more than 150 years,
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lumber was milled and shipped out of here, and was a mainstay of the local economy. Today, the town of Port Gamble’s future is still tied to the water — the beauty of the bay, the accessibility to this resort town that the water provides to recreational boaters. Some of the Northwest’s best performers will bring songs of the sea to this mid-1800s mill town — a National Historic
Landmark — from noon to 5 p.m. Aug. 8, in a natural amphitheatre by the waters of Port Gamble Bay. The music, a blend of modern and traditional sounds, appeals to all ages with its upbeat tempos, dramatic lyrics and haunting refrains. This is the festival’s 10th year. The songs appeal to people of all ages “because they tell a story See FESTIVAL, Page 3
The songs appeal to people of all ages “because they tell a story that connects with people, the connection that we have to the water. The songs capture our imagination, because of the stories of the sea that are contained in the songs.” — Alice Winship
Above: The Lady Washington, the state’s Official Tall Ship and a symbol of our maritime heritage. Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority
On stage Set sail for some great entertainment on local stages — page 4
After Aug. 4, Easy Street for most candidates Majority are unopposed in Nov. 2 general election By RICHARD WALKER
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From left, Ethan Alexander, Dawson Fosmo, Edward Grace, Josiah Baxter, Charlie Cox and Benjamin Goodwin wait for Marion Forsman-Boushie Early Learning Center graduation ceremonies to begin July 23 at Kiana Lodge. These ELC graduates are on track to graduate high school in 2028. April Leigh / Suquamish Tribe
“Education is the door to opportunity, and Head Start is a key that helps our youngest students — Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Bremerton open that door.” AmeriCorps. The funding is a renewal of previous federal grant funding. But educators are celebrating anew, saying Head Start helps prepare pre-kindergarten children for elementary school by
enhancing their “social and cognitive development … through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services.” “It’s a system that works,” said Joe Davalos, a former pub-
Sonic carhops will be ready to roll on Aug. 31 POULSBO — Come Aug. 31, you’ll be able to get that Sonic burger, fries and shake meal delivered to you at the counter,
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SUQUAMISH — The federal Administration for Children and Families has awarded a $980,514 grant to the Head Start early child education program operated by the Suquamish Tribe. Suquamish Head Start will receive $980,514 a year for five years. The Administration for Children and Families is a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Head Start is a federal program founded 50 years ago as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty; other programs created at that time: Job Corps, the Community Action Program and VISTA, which later became
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takeout window or by carhop. That’s the date the long-anticipated fast-food restaurant is expected to be completed and open for business at Highway 305 and Viking Way.
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Poulsbo’s Sonic will have some unique design features, according to the site plan on file with the city. It will be 2,148 square feet, with 690 square feet dedicated
lic school principal who now leads the Suquamish Tribe’s Education Department. “They get two good meals a day and a snack; they get to go on field trips and play in our gym or get in the water; they get to learn cultural things. It helps a lot of kids get ready for school; and it’s something that the Tribes and a lot of communities lobby for real hard See HEAD START, Page A8
to customer seating and dining. “The common Sonic plan does not have indoor seating,” according to the site plan. The Poulsbo Sonic will be a “Northwest version” with a covered patio, according to the site plan. Roll-up doors will border the seating area, and can be
POULSBO — With a majority of Poulsbo City Council and North Kitsap School Board positions on the ballot, the 2015 election was shaping up to be a doozer. It’s more likely to be a bit of a snoozer. Of 16 positions up for election this year, only four garnered more than one candidate — and only one of those garnered enough candidates to warrant a primary: North Kitsap School Board, District 4. The candidates: Loretta Byrnes, a program analyst who served on the board of an American school in Sierra Leone; Scott Henden, an electrical contractor running for a second term; and Glen Robbins, a retired North Kitsap See PRIMARY, Page A8
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