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create, taste, experience
Similar issues, different approach
Exploring the diversity of North Kitsap, community by community TODAY CREATE: Downtown Poulsbo has emerged as an arts district. Several venues enable you to discover your talent too.
NK School Board District 4 candidates Henden and Robbins
OCT. 2 TASTE: Sampling the culinary diversity of downtown Poulsbo.
By RICHARD WALKER
OCT. 9
rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
EXPERIENCE: A maritime heritage museum on one end, an aquarium on the other, and a lot of adventures in between.
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OWNTOWN POULSBO — “Painting is like a universal, fun thing,” Dancing Brush employee Maddie Dayley said. “Even if you’re not good at it, it’s still fun to do.” Growing up, Dayley visited Dancing Brush, and still owns pottery she painted there, including a light switch plate. She said as a kid, she thought “it would be super fun to work here.” “And it is,” she said. Dancing Brush, located on Front Street in downtown Poulsbo, doesn’t just sell pottery: it grants everybody the opportunity to let some creativity out, painting their own pottery in whatever style they want. From skull towers to coffee
Downtown Poulsbo has emerged as an arts district. Several venues enable you to discover your talent too. Above, a “Friends” Central Perk/Slytherin coffee mug in proc.ess at Dancing Brush Studio.
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“It’s really good for people to explore their — Kevin Veatch, owner, Dancing Brush creative side ...” mugs, plates to Spider-Man boxes, there’s something for everyone. “I think, especially in this town, in Poulsbo, there are a lot of small, starting families, with the base nearby,” Dayley said. “So it’s really fun to bring your kid around. This is a really
kid-friendly place, so people enjoy that.” But owner Kevin Veatch said people with young children probably aren’t the majority of Dancing Brush customers. “You would think that our main customer base would be kids, but it’s actually not true,”
Veatch said. “It’s mostly adults, age 20 to 40. … and it’s mostly people who don’t have a reputation for being artists themselves. Just regular people.” Veatch paints at Dancing Brush, either in Poulsbo or Ballard, and said he has a rotating collection of hand-painted coffee mugs. “It’s really good for people to explore their creative side,” See CREATE, Page A3
Story and photos by Michelle Beahm and Sara N. Miller
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POULSBO — Scott Henden and Glen Robbins want much of the same things for the North Kitsap School District: More vocational training. Measurable goals. Local control of education. More community engagement. Where they differ is their approach and how they would accomplish those goals. Henden, seeking a second term on the school board, is the self-professed board outsider. An electrical contractor, he pushes to ensure students are prepared for blue-collar careers, as well as college. He advocates for less delegation of responsibility to the superintendent and less fluff (as he calls it) in the school board’s goals. He sees the Common Core State Standards Initiative — a set of state-adopted academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy, which outline what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade — as an example of top-down government. Robbins is a retired career See SCHOOL BOARD, Page A7
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