Who's Who - North Kitsap 2012

North Kitsap’s

2012

Sandy Kolbeins

Kingston and Poulsbo Rotary clubs

Jon Rose

Noel Higa

Patty Page

Naomi Maasberg

Jim Henry

Virgil Taylor

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orth Kitsap is world class when it comes to culture, history, natural beauty and quality of life. And, of course, there are people who work hard to protect and complement those things that make North Kitsap a great place in which to live, work and play. We salute some of them each year in our Who’s Who in North Kitsap section.

This year’s Who’s Who selections are Sandy Kolbeins, the Kingston and Poulsbo Rotary clubs, Jon Rose, Noel Higa, Patty Page, Naomi Maasberg, Jim Henry and Virgil Taylor.

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Friday, July 27, 2012 | North Kitsap Herald

Kolbeins gives voice to downtown’s needs Sandy Kolbeins, president of the Historic Downtown Poulsbo Association, asks the Poulsbo City Council to schedule the reconstruction of Anderson Parkway during the slow season to minimize the impacts on downtown businesses. He spoke during the council’s March 21 meeting.

President of the Historic Downtown Poulsbo Association

By RICHARD WALKER

rwalker@northkitsapherald.com

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OULSBO – As president of the Historic Downtown Poulsbo Association, Sandy Kolbeins wears a lot of hats: advocate for downtown’s interests, an occasional lobbyist at City Hall, and protector and promoter of all things “Little Norway.”

Kolbeins had his hands full the last year in remodeling his restaurant, The Loft, on the wharf jutting out into the Port of Poulsbo. But in between, he advocated at City Council meetings for reconstruction of Anderson Parkway during the slow season; worked with businesses, the Chamber of Commerce and the Visitor & Convention Bureau to promote downtown; and

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helped direct the use of lodging tax money for marketing purposes.

Because of his work on behalf of downtown, Kolbeins — in his second

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He graduated from high school in 1986 and studied at Capilano College in North Vancouver, B.C. In the 1990s, he owned the Brickyard in Vancouver, B.C. From 1999 to 2003, he and some partners (one investor was actor Tom Skerritt) opened I-Spy, a Belltown nightclub that featured hiphop, rap and rock shows, as well as local and touring DJs. No easy task: Imagine keeping a business going during the WTO protests, an earthquake, and then 9/11.

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Rotarians are a vital thread in the local safety net

By JOHNNY WALKER Special to the Herald

K

INGS TON — Service above self.

With 1.2 million members worldwide, Rotary International has a well-deserved global reputation for humanitarian outreach that promotes world understanding and peace.

Perhaps less understood, because of the humility of its members, is that Rotary’s main mission — service above self — begins at home in the local community and workplace.

The Poulsbo-North Kitsap and Kingston-North Kitsap Rotary clubs are examples of local leaders in community service, focused on making the world a better place right here at home.

Only eight years old with 37 members, the Kingston Rotary is the smaller club on the block with a big heart for community service. Among many initiatives, Supporting Schools and Parks around Kingston (SPARK) is the driving force behind organizing, fundraising and construct-

Kingston Rotary Club President Clint Boxman auctioned more than 60 pies at the third annual Pie in the Park in 2011, which raised more than $12,000 for the Village Green Foundation.

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Poulsbo both focus on is the Homeless Youth Task Force, a regional concern to address youth homelessness in North Kitsap County.

Through the use of grants, sponsors, volunteers and assistance from other service clubs and churches — including the Bainbridge Island Rotary and City of Poulsbo — Poulsbo and Kingston Rotarians lead

a fight against homelessness through their efforts to establish a Coffee Oasis Outreach Center in Poulsbo. The Outreach Center is currently under construction at 780 Iverson Road.

“This is a unifying project for the whole community,” Poulsbo Rotary President Meredith Green said. “It is a heartwarming program about helping kids that

need a hand.

“To go down a path of homelessness is so painful.

If you can intervene with youth at this point, you can turn a life around.”

The 130-member, 35-yearold Poulsbo-North Kitsap Rotary Club supports other notable local projects, including Eli’s Place, a collaboration with the YWCA to aid survivors of domestic violence in their struggle to

Below, Kolbeins and his wife, Angela, at the Greater Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce annual awards dinner, March 3 at Richard Walker / Herald Kiana Lodge.

numerous organizations, including HDPA, competed as separate applicants for lodging tax revenue that is set aside by the city for tourism promotion.

Kolbeins and others realized that if the organizations banded together, they could get more bang for the promotional dollar. The Lodging Tax Coalition was formed; it applies for the grant money and decides how best to use it to benefit all coalition members.

“There were times when our advertising dollars were being spent blindly month after month, year

after year,” Mattson said.

“He was the one who took the charge and said, ‘Hey, let’s see if this is working for everybody.’ ” Kolbeins is also a member of the Downtown Parking Advisory Committee.

“He’s a very good president. He does a fine job and he’s pretty sharp,” said Bill Austin, who leads the HDPA’s beautification committee. “We have one event every month. It’s a tough job, being president. I couldn’t do it. I wouldn’t do it. He commands a pretty tight organization and he’s

ing a new $25,000 picnic shelter at Village Green Park.

Kingston Rotary also champions a local “feed the children” campaign which, for a second year, helps provide elementary school children with healthy lunches during the summer break.

While both Rotary clubs are mutually helpful to the other, the most unifying project that Kingston and

Kolbeins

Continued from page A12 Kolbeins moved to Poulsbo to be closer to his future wife and scouted around for four years for the right place to open a restaurant. He opened The Loft at Latitude Forty Seven Seven in 2009. You’d have to dine on a boat to get a better view of Liberty Bay. You’d also have to know how to master seared ahi, lime-and-cilantro-marinated steak, and garlic parmesan fries to duplicate The Loft dining experience.

“He’s a real sharp guy.

He works real hard and he’s got a great business in The Loft, and those are great things for Poulsbo,” Mayor Becky Erickson said.

“The HDPA is very important to the city.

Downtown is a business improvement area. The HDPA was formed over 20 years ago when Poulsbo Village was built, because downtown businesses were fearful of the impacts such a large development would have on downtown. HDPA is one of the reasons downtown is so healthy and so vibrant.”

Poulsbo Rotary Club President Meredith Green says Coffee Oasis in Poulsbo will help address youth homelessness in North Kitsap.

Leading the Historic Downtown Poulsbo Association (www.historicdowntownpoulsbo.com) is a tall order. The HDPA is the marketing arm of downtown. Its members organize downtown events, among them the sidewalk sale, Hopstock Pub Crawl June 20, the Street Dance Aug. 11, downtown trick or treating Oct. 31, and Julefest in November and December.

The HDPA pays for and installs downtown’s Christmas decorations, pays for the care of downtown’s hanging flower baskets, and bought the blue

benches downtown and in Muriel Iverson Williams Waterfront Park.

“Sandy brings some big-city flair to our town,” said Tammy Mattson, Kolbeins’s predecessor and owner of Tizley’s and Hare & Hounds. “Basically anything going on downtown, he’s got his hands in. He makes sure businesses are heard at City Hall, whether over the parking issue or at lodging tax time.”

Kolbeins represents the HDPA on the Lodging Tax Coalition and was part of a big change in how lodging tax revenue is spent on marketing. Formerly,

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Eli’s Place was established after the death of Poulsbo Rotarian Ardis Morrow’s grandnephew, the victim of domestic abuse.

Poulsbo’s Interact Club also works with students to teach the importance of personal integrity, leadership, respect and hard work.

Tests of truth, fairness, goodwill and mutual benefit help guide all Rotarians in how they think, say, or do to serve in their community.

Past Kingston Rotary President Clint Boxman put it this way; “We have 37 heroes in our club for the benefit of the entire community, working together as one.

“The more members we have, the greater good we can do,” Boxman said. “The more money we can raise to reach more people, and the more we can infuse back into the community.”

For more information on the Poulsbo and Kingston Rotary clubs, visit www. poulsborotary.org or www. kingston-nkrotary.org.

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Mattson added, “He’s a great president. He has a lot of positive, forwardthinking energy. He’s constantly looking out for the welfare of the membership and what our townspeople and our guests are looking for.”

Despite his responsibilities to his restaurant and HDPA, Kolbeins finds time to devote to his wife, Angela, their 8-year-old son, Hayden; and adult stepdaughter, Jessica.

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A town that’s ‘good for your head and eyes’ Rose sticks to ambitious vision for Port Gamble

— a mid-1800s company town patterned after the New England home of its founders — and began building on that.

He and his staff restored buildings, recruited retail and office tenants, built an

By RICHARD WALKER events pavilion, opened a rwalker@northkitsapherald.com museum, made trails available for public use.

ORT GAMBLE — Successes followed; Jon Rose heads the Port Gamble emerged as a real estate arm of regional event and Pope Resources, weddings destinabut what he tion, and its renaismostly deals in sance sparked the is vision. imagination of conPope servationists and Resources hired outdoor recreation Rose as presienthusiasts. dent of Olympic But there Property Group have been costs. in 1996 to make Jon Rose, presi- Correcting the the former mill dent of OPG environmental town of Port impacts of 150 Gamble a viable years of shoreline business district. The wood milling and shipping mill had closed and the continues today. And Port old town was tired. The Gamble is still subsidized houses, most of them built

by Pope Resources to the in the mid-1800s, were tune of about $250,000 per showing their age. The old theater building was closed year. Rose’s challenge is to make Port Gamble pay for years. for itself, and yet allay the Rose saw Port Gamble’s concerns of North Kitsap history as its biggest asset

Jon Rose has a hectic job as president of Olympic Property Group. In his off time, he’s a singer and musician. At work, he’s busy developing his vision of a Port Gamble that will grow but stay true to the mid-1800s New England architectural style by which it was built.

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It hasn’t been easy. The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, which once had a village where the town is now, has been concerned about future land use and potential impacts on the bay. The Tribe has a treaty right to fish and harvest shellfish from the

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bay. Cleanup efforts have improved the health of the bay, but a geoduck bed is closed because of Port Gamble’s wastewater treatment plant outfall. And as of this writing, Olympic Property Group and the Department of Natural Resources are negotiating a cost-sharing plan for the final cleanup of the mill site and shoreline.

In 2010, a plan, called the North Kitsap Legacy Partnership, was introduced. In exchange for relaxed development rules, Olympic Property Group would make its 7,000 acres of North Kitsap forest land available as public-use open space.

Essentially, the plan would let OPG recoup the cost of the forest land through more development than that allowed by county law.

But the plan met resistance from Port Gamble

S’Klallam, which feared more pollution of the bay, and the plan fizzled after County Commissioner Steve Bauer, a proponent of the plan, resigned.

Then, the wind seemed to change in Rose’s favor.

The next year, Rose and a coalition of conservationists, including the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, formed the Kitsap Forest and Bay Project. With Pope Resources’ blessing, Rose gave the coalition until March 2013 to raise money to acquire the 7,000 acres, which is divided into five blocks. Both sides are confident at this point that the shoreline block, the most desired for conservation and protection, will be acquired. Depending on how fundraising is doing

by March, the coalition could receive more time to raise money for the other blocks. If not, Pope will begin selling the land off in 20-acre parcels.

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A better future through economic development Noel Higa, executive director of the Port Gamble Development Authority

By MEGAN STEPHENSON

mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com

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ITTLE BOSTON — Noel Higa had been evaluating the Heronswood Gardens property on behalf of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe for two years before it went to auction in May. As executive director of the Port Gamble Development Authority, he knew Heronswood would be an economic benefit to the Tribe, but he also recognized the cultural and education opportunities, a viewpoint very important to the Tribe.

“He brought a lot of new energy into the Tribe,” said Paul McCollum, director of the Tribe’s Natural Resources Department.

“He’s really motivated, and he gets the whole tribal perspective.”

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Continued from page A14 School. A marine science center. A hotel. A dock where boats can load and offload visitors. A walkable waterfront area with one mile of waterfront access.

New homes in the field that was once the site of worker housing. More dining and offices. An ag district, with a 40,000-squarefoot greenhouse, 30 acres of working pasture, and a winery. Covenants that ensure that any new construction is built according to New England design

Higa became the economic development director about three and a half years ago. In his short tenure, he expanded the Gliding Eagle Marketplace and fuel station and secured land along Port Gamble Bay for the Natural Resources Department, in addition to acquiring Heronswood.

He was born in Seattle and raised in Los Angeles.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in social sciences and art, and a master’s in civil engineering, he went to work in civil engineering and land development, opening his own companies.

After working for 20 years in the private industry, Higa said he wanted to get back to his social services roots.

Higa has become a more patient developer. Usually in economic development, you want to see results quickly, he said, but the growth he is trying to build for the Tribe needs to be long-term. Early on, he said he learned how many tribal members are subsistence fishermen or shellfish harvesters.

“Being a grocery store kid, the idea that [subsis-

tence living] really was true anymore today blew me away,” Higa said.

Higa and McCollum worked together to purchase some land at the end of Port Gamble Bay that had a natural oyster bed.

standards.

“It’s just going to get better,” Rose said. “It will be fun, interesting, beautiful — as good for your head as it is for your eyes.”

Rose expects a resolution between OPG and DNR soon; wood waste removal will be completed and creosote pilings removed.

Answering a question regarding Port Gamble S’Klallam acquiring the former mill site, Rose has said, “I’m not opposed to any idea that is compatible with the bay. Our minds are open to it. I think the

conversation needs to get serious about it.” Port Gamble S’Klallam is waiting for the cleanup to be completed, and both sides are awaiting appraisals.

Participants in the meeting wrote their thoughts on paper and turned them in.

He said the public’s contributions will be considered as the master plan is finalized so it can be submitted to the county by the year’s end.

Rose’s plan was taken favorably. Nancy Langwith of the North Kitsap Tourism Consortium said tourism is the fourth-larg-

“If we can do something that improves lives of those subsistence farmers, the Tribe benefits marginally from that,” Higa said. “If they see their quality of life improve, isn’t that economic development?”

Higa has been working with the University of Washington Foster School of Business, which put together a business planning study.

“There are a lot of pieces to economic development on the reservation that you don’t see in the community,” he said. Development is usually measured in profit, but to the Tribe, many other factors are equally important.

From the tribal perspective, Higa noted, he asks: Is the project the right thing to do in environmental standards? How will it affect community pride, neighbor relations, cultural expression, sovereignty, and employment opportunities?

The Tribe is looking to develop and operate businesses on the reservation, such as a family-style restaurant, a mechanic shop, and a health/fitness center.

Higa and McCollum are also looking into a fishmarket store on the reservation for tribal fishermen.

Higa also consulted with Chris Placentia, executive director of the Tribe’s Housing Authority, for possible mixed-use residential

units above the commercial units.

Port Gamble S'Klallam may be a closed reservation, but tribal members are a part of the wider North Kitsap community, and staff says the Tribe is in a unique position of growth.

“The most depressed area in Kitsap County are within the reservations, where the highest concentrations of poverty are,” Placentia said. “We’re trying to help out tribal members, and by helping out the lowest common denominator, we’re helping the entire area.”

Higa, who has a 33-yearold daughter and two grandchildren, said he left the private sector when friends of his who worked for the Tribe told him of the job opening. He said he wants to help the broader community understand the Tribe better.

“Their attachment to land, the [Port Gamble] bay … their culture and traditions all revolve around that bay,” he said. “I think people [outside the reservation] just don't understand how deep and meaningful that is to tribal members.”

est industry in the state, generating $16.4 billion in annual revenue — that’s $400 per household. She said the new Port Gamble will “create an experience worthy of a weekend.”

Jerry Kirschner, Langwith’s husband, said economic development will lead to sustainable wage jobs “that will enable people to live and work here. It will provide more support for existing businesses.”

Rose, who’s a musician and singer in his free time, earned a bachelor of science in civil engineering at the University of Vermont

in 1985 and a liberal arts degree from University of Washington in 1993.

He worked for PacTech Engineering from 1987-1996, managing an engineering, surveying and land-planning office.

There, he honed his project management and business development and marketing skills — skills that would be tested when he joined OPG in March 1996. He became president in 2001.

His ablity to build a team that breathed new life into Port Gamble — and his experience in land develop-

ment, from project concept to permitting, construction and sales — has made him sought after for advice.

Pro bono, he helped Viking Avenue commercial property owners develop a master plan; the master plan is not available for public view because it is the property of those owners. But Rose believes in the viability of Viking Avenue, and he set up a meeting between property owners and the Poulsbo Farmers Market, which he saw as a potential catalyst for the beleaguered former auto row.

Noel Higa ... ‘There are a lot of pieces to economic development on the reservation that you don’t see in the community.’

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Page: NKSD will be a ‘landmark’ district Patty Page, the local girl who became head of the North Kitsap School District.

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OULSBO — Summer is a busy time for any school district administration.

Staff is being rearranged, people are being interviewed for jobs, budgets are being picked apart and pieced together.

It’s no different for North Kitsap School District’s new superintendent, Patty Page.

Page replaced Richard Jones July 2. She hit the ground, or paperwork, running.

“It’s pretty busy all the time,” Page said.

“It might appear calm here, but we’re still moving pretty quickly. Summer time doesn’t typically slow down at the district office.”

There’s work to be done. But that comes as no surprise to Page.

Prior to coming to NKSD, Page worked as superintendent of the Coupeville School District. Before that, she worked as assistant superintendent of the Kelso School District. She began her career at Clover Park as a teacher in 1976.

There are a lot of parallels to many of the positions she’s held and the workload is not unknown to Page. She expects to be similar to that of Kelso, which is similar in size to NKSD. However, there will be more obligations with her new position, including more service organization meetings and extracurricular activities to attend.

But before she can think about scheduling her evenings to watch a drama performance or football game — the fun stuff — her focus is the budget and hiring vacant positions.

Page is currently work-

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ing on filling vacant positions and working with the school board on the 2012-13 budget.

She doesn’t expect to get much time off.

The district needs to cut approximately $2.3 million from its budget. There are two elementary principal positions still vacant (as of July 18). Page doesn’t expect to get much time off.

It’s not all work for Page, however. When it comes to fun, she is involved with what has become a favorite pastime for many sports enthusiasts: fantasy football.

Page entered her fantasy league 21 years ago. A high school friend organized the 18-team league. She signed up and has stuck with it.

Last season, Page finished second in the league. The first 10-12 years, she had more chumps of the week than any other team. She does better now.

“I’ve had my moments,” she said.

The draft is in Chicago. This means if Page is going to participate, she’ll need to take one or two days off in August to make the trip. She’s undecided.

As a fantasy football player, it only makes sense that Page enjoys watching football. And her being Seahawks season ticket holder confirms that.

“It’s fun,” she said.

The newest superintendent is also a season ticket holder to the 5th Avenue and Paramount theaters. She describes herself as a “huge drama fan.”

Page enjoys live music. Her son was in band throughout public school and college.

She enjoys attending student music performances. She said her favorite band is the Rolling Stones.

“I’m a rock and roller at heart,” she said.

When Page gets time off, she travels to the island of Kauai, where she went to school until fourth grade.

Though she has lived in many areas, Page considers the North Kitsap area her home.

Graduating from North Kitsap High School in 1972, she planned to return when she retired. Her mother has lived in the area since they first moved and her son would like to move to western Washington following his graduation from law school.

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Plans to retire from Coupeville, however, changed one January day.

Talking with her administrative assistant, it just fell out that the superintendent position in NKSD was open. After Page heard it come out of her own mouth, things took off from there.

“I just needed to follow [the job opportunity] to see where it led,” she said.

Under her retirement plan, Page could have retired within one year. However, she plans to stick it out for at least another three to five.

Before retiring, Page said she wants to see NKSD become, or at least progress to becoming, a “landmark” school district. She admits, that will take time. It is not going to happen in a few years, she said.

Page expects budget cuts in the district will continue for some time. But that can only last so long with the McCleary ruling, which requires the state to adequately fund education by 2018.

Budget cuts or not, though, Page wants to give back to the place she calls home.

She said ...

“I’m a rock and roller at heart.”

— North Kitsap School District Superintendent Patty Page, reviewing her favorite music, which includes the Rolling Stones.

“I just needed to follow [the job opportunity] to see where it led.”

— Page, on why she chose to apply for the North Kitsap School District superintendency rather than retire in a year.

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Making her world a healthier place to live Naoma Maasberg, director of Stillwaters Environmental Education Center

By MEGAN STEPHENSON

mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com

K

INGSTON — Since the completion of the Carpenter Creek Bridge project in February, which Naomi Maasberg’s organization, Stillwaters Environmental Education Center, helped bring to fruition, she has a lot on her plate.

Maasberg says her new focus is restoration.

“The monitoring program has grown exponentially,” she said. Stillwaters uses “citizen scientists” to collect data from the estuary on the southwest side of the South Kingston Road bridge, previously cut off from Appletree Cove by a 10-foot-wide culvert. The bridge, financed by Kitsap County, removed the culvert and allowed the natural flow from Carpenter and

Naomi Maasberg bought the land that would become Stillwaters Environmental Education Center in 1992. “There are a lot of green hearts in Kingston,” she said. Megan Stephenson / Herald Kingfisher creeks into the cove.

However, to keep up with the amount of data they’re collecting, Maasberg said Stillwaters needs more volunteers to be trained to help process the data into results.

“She staunchly supports keeping things going forward, with monitoring the vitality of that estuary, before the fish passage went in,” Kitsap County Commissioner Rob Gelder said. “She provided that leadership that, really, is

‘roll up your sleeves and get things done.’ ” Kathy Peters, West Sound salmon recovery coordinator for Kitsap County, credits Maasberg for ensuring this project remained a priority of state government.

“The savvy to be able to

connect with the elected officials that Naomi has was really impressive,” she said. “For Naomi, who’s not a scientist at all, for them to recognize [the project’s importance] is really important … They knew where to target their work.”

Peters has worked with Maasberg and her cofounder and partner, Joleen Palmer, for the last few years as they monitored the creeks and estuary in anticipation of the bridge project.

Maasberg said Stillwaters is in a period of evaluation.

Thirteen years after she and Palmer founded Stillwaters as an education center, she said area residents are educated in the basics and need a challenge.

“There are a lot of green hearts in Kitsap,” she said.

Maasberg became an environmentalist after moving to Kingston. She previously worked in community nonprofits, mostly in the Lutheran Church, and woodworking. She and Palmer, a former science teacher, bought the

Stillwaters property in 1992 to start a retreat center.

Maasberg said the more she and Palmer learned about the property — the wetlands and wildlife — she realized the property would be better used to educate people about the environment.

“We just listened to the land,” she said. She said she learned, sometimes through experience, that when someone treats the environment incorrectly, it’s usually out of ignorance.

For instance, large woody debris was often removed from streams and salt marshes in the last 50 years by natural resources workers, thinking the ugly logs weren’t necessary. Through research, Maasberg learned those logs provide nutrients to the water and habitat for insects, which then feed the fish and birds.

One of Stillwaters’ projects is to return old fallen logs to those environments; one such endeavor took place in 2007.

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James to Jim: Henry is a positive civic leader Poulsbo councilman’s drive to stay busy and willingness to experience the unkown is attributed to his success

By Johnny Walker Special to the Herald

T

he storied life of Poulsbo City Councilman Jim Henry may have begun in humble surroundings, but by striking a difference, building relationships and choosing service, his legacy endures as quiet but influential leader in North Kitsap.

The Chicago-born first son of James Henry Jr. and Gladys Pollard, James Henry III was born on Sept 9, 1937 at Cook County Hospital in Illinois. Growing up in the Maxwell Street district, Henry had to make tough choices early in life.

With the help of his Uncle Charles Henry, who was a steward in the Navy during World War II, he chose Navy service as a way to move up.

Henry graduated from David G. Farragut High School in 1955 and promptly enlisted in the Navy.

Graduating from boot camp at nearby Naval Station Great Lakes, he was accepted into the submarine service as a Quartermaster and never looked back.

Like Admiral Farragut, it was full speed ahead for Seaman Henry.

“I was James until I went into the Navy,” said Henry.

“Overnight, I became Jim Henry for 31 years.”

It was on his first submarine, the USS Hardhead (SS-365), where the wideeyed Henry learned one

Maasberg

Continued from page A17 vided native gardening workshops, information on green construction, wetland and native plant tours and “Welcome to the Watershed” packets to new homeowners. Stillwaters offers nature camps for school-aged children, and Maasberg said now that Stillwaters has been around long enough, she's enjoyed watching children return as

Poulsbo City Councilman Jim Henry’s life may have begun in humble surroundings, but he’s built a legacy as a leader in North Kitsap.

Johnny Walker / For the Herald

“Do something. Don’t be afraid to try something you haven’t done before. The first time you succeed, it becomes easier.

And I’ve discovered that when you are working at things that are fun, it’s not work, it’s fun.”

of the most important lessons of his life. After taking an opportunity to ask a Warrant Officer on watch, “Do Warrant Officers really have to know everything?” the Warrant soberly replied, “No, Henry, you simply have to know who does.”

This was important news to a young man who was just getting out of his neighborhood into a very big world.

“Suddenly, all things became possible,” Henry said. “That, I could do.”

Henry’s romance with the Pacific Northwest began on July 24, 1967.

As a new Warrant Officer on the USS Arikara (ATF98), he was standing his first watch afloat as Officer of the Deck as the fleet tug made a sunrise passage eastward through the

Straight of Jaun de Fuca.

“The morning sky was beautiful, blue and without a cloud,” Henry said. “I was enthralled and decided right at that moment I would tell my wife that this

young adults, some working on their graduation projects with the center.

“They’re nature kids and they love it,” she said. “We need more of those kind of people. They’re who is going to take care of the earth when we’re gone.”

Maasberg said the biggest reason Stillwaters is reevaluating what it is able to provide and what it should focus on is because of how Kingston has changed in the last 10 years.

“Green is the new cool,”

she said. “We were one of the few community nonprofits when we started.

Kingston has just so grown in community involvement.”

Gelder added, “The role of NGOs (non-governmental organizations) has always been an important one, but in the past several years, it has — for me, anyway — identified a heightened need to partner with those in the county.”

Peters said she appreciates the honesty in the work

of Maasberg and Palmer.

“The way they have approached the place that they live in and they care about is really lovely, just because they care about it and they’re translating that into action,” Peters said.

“They have taken responsibility for where they live and made a healthier place for their community.”

Maasberg said she’s proud of how the community has embraced environmental awareness.

“I’m glad we are ones

— Jim Henry Poulsbo city councilman

is where we would live.”

The needs of the Navy were not as easily swayed.

It took 14 years for Henry to land orders at Keyport, where he led as Range Control Officer at the Naval Undersea Warfare Engineering Station (NUWES) until his retirement in 1986.

Henry returned to Keyport as a civilian the following year, retiring from civil service in 1999.

Henry’s initial service in local politics evolved from an invitation from then Poulsbo Mayor, Richard “Mitch” Mitchusson, to

people turn to when they have questions,” she said.

“But I’m glad when I’m at a meeting and [I’m] not the first to bring up environmental questions about a project.”

Maasberg said of Stillwaters, “This is our baby … It’s our legacy.”

participate on the planning commission. As he dove in and nurtured new relationships, Henry’s innovation and good nature helped to develop a strong and enduring governmental relationship between the Suquamish Tribe and Poulsbo City Council.

Henry’s ability to collaborate well, and bridge cultural barriers, continues to be a credit to his appreciation of how differences can make us stronger.

Soon, Henry became a member of the Suquamish Warriors, a group of Suquamish tribal and community veterans, and was ultimately honored by the Suquamish Tribe as an honorary Elder.

In part, Henry attributes his success in life from a deep drive to be busy, but also his willingness to try different things. It isn’t a surprise that he would advise younger generations to do the same.

“Do something,” Henry said. “Don’t be afraid to try something you haven’t done before. The first time you succeed, it becomes easier. And I’ve discovered that when you are working at things that are fun, it’s not work, it’s fun.”

Concerning schooling and eduction, Henry is equally impassioned.

“I know you want to get out of there and are tired but those teachers are priceless assets. Listen. It will all come back to you later.”

With almost 60 years of global and community service, the life of James Henry III is an enduring profile of giving that both leads and inspires generations to come.

“Green is the new cool. We were one of the few community nonprofits when we started.

Kingston has just so grown in community involvement.”

— Naomi Maasberg

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47 years later, Taylor’s heart is still in the game decided they would coach as long as Parrish coached. Parrish ended his coaching career in 2008.

“It’s just perpetual motion,” Taylor said. “You get so used to [coaching] that it becomes part of your life.”

Taylor and his fellow coaches have seen significant changes in North Kitsap sports.

Football is less physical than it once was. Taylor remembers the contact sport as being unforgiving. Concussions were common. Taylor himself had several concussions, which would cause memory loss and confusion.

Underfunded athletics was also an issue. District tax levies failed beginning in 1973, but finally won voter approval in 1986. As a result, from 1973 to 1985, baseball players purchased their own uniforms. The uniforms were stock colors, not school colors, to save money. For years, the Viking baseball team’s colors were navy blue and white.

And with decades of coaching comes decades worth of statistics.

Taylor began keeping track of baseball stats around 1965.

He has binders full of data about

Coached Vikings baseball team to state championship in 1988

By KIPP ROBERTSON

krobertson@northkitsapherald.com

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OULSBO ­— It was a Friday night in Tacoma.

The North Kitsap Vikings baseball team was in the 1988 state semi-finals against Mount Vernon. Then it began to rain.

But the Vikings were no strangers to poor weather conditions on the field. Earlier in the season, coach Virgil Taylor continued a game in wet weather that others thought should be called.

It may have paid off.

After a 45-minute delay, the game resumed.

Aaron Sele was on the mound.

Why save your best pitcher if you don’t make the championship?

The team knew what it took to win in the elements.

The Vikings, who lost five games overall in the 1988 season, eliminated Mount Vernon. They had made it to the championships.

“Our kids played tougher than hell,” Taylor said.

It was the 1988 team that went on to win the state championship, defeating Mount Tahoma High School 12-4 the next day.

“We just played awesome,” Taylor said. “We clobbered them.”

The 1988 Vikings baseball team is the only North Kitsap team to win a championship in school history. It’s one of many moments Taylor remembers as a long-time coach in the North Kitsap School District.

Though Taylor would say he is retired, he’s really not, at least from a coaching perspective.

Still a paid coach with the Vikings football team and a volunteer on the baseball team, Taylor has stayed involved with the school and community since 1965. He taught at North Kitsap for 36 years. He began coaching baseball around 1965, where he would soon become the high school coach. He began coaching football not long after.

“I’m still in love with high school sports,” Taylor said.

Taylor began his sports career playing basketball, baseball, football and wrestling. He grew up in Anacortes, which is a big basketball town. He admits he was not good at basketball. He wrestled just to stay busy. Taylor played baseball and football through public school.

He continued onto Washington State University, where he played football as a linebacker for one season and arena football. Taylor graduated with a degree in political science and later from

Virgil Taylor became a coach in 1965. His Vikings baseball team won the state championship in 1988. Among his players: Future Mariner Aaron Sele, who’s now a minor league pitching coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Kipp Robertson / Herald tion of change and, his favorite, sports appreciation.

He enjoyed teaching, calling it “very, very rewarding.” But after 36 years, he decided that was enough.

Staying involved with sports,

Western Washington University for his teaching certificate.

Taylor worked as a social studies teacher in North Kitsap, which gave him the opportunity to teach many subjects. That included a class on the evolu-

however, may have lasted longer that Taylor expected.

Following Taylor’s arrival, two more long-time coaches arrived: Tom Driscoll (1970) and Jerry Parrish (1973). One evening, Taylor and Driscoll

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Newsmakers

More than $2,000 raised for Dream Home POULSBO — The Dream Home built by Poulsbo’s First Lutheran Church in Milan Chok, Nepal is coming along.

Still needing clean water and reliable electricity, among other things, the orphanage built for more than 20 children is still a ways from being complete.

“There are so many other things that need to be done before the orphanage is up and running,” Poulsbo Rotarian Naveen Chaudhary said.

On July 21, “Friends of the Dream Home,” a community group dedicated to the success of the orphanage, held a fundraiser that brought in $2,800 for the project. The Rotary Club of Poulsbo-North Kitsap recently gave $2,100 towards beds for the orphanage, and received a district grant of $2,500 to match funds contributed

by Rotary and the First Lutheran Church, which

has raised about $20,000 since it became involved.

More than $8,000 also is required for the well.

Chaudhary said more fundraisers are in the works.

The Dream Home still needs bathrooms and a more reliable source of electricity. If possible, Chaudhary would like to see solar power installed.

Laptops for the children are being collected. Four have been donated so far, 21 more are needed, Chaudhary said.

Chaudhary said the group is seeking sponsors for five more orphans. The sponsors so far are either rotarians or members of the church.

Though not finalized, the next fundraiser for the orphanage could be in the next three to four weeks, Chaudhary said.

“The idea is to get the community involved,” he said.

Two goats were auctioned off during the July 21 fundraiser in an effort to raise money for the Dream Home in Milan Chok, Nepal that was built by the First Lutheran Church in Poulsbo.

Photos by Kipp Robertson / Herald

But Chaudhary and all those involved may not stop with this orphanage.

In the next year to yearand-a-half, Chaudhar y would like to begin building

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He would also like to see a partnership with the WPPC Nepal Foundation, a Seattle nonprofit, which helps prevent human trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and children.

A “Thank you” wall was setup during the fundraiser July 21 to thank those who have supported the Dream Home project and orphans.

Taylor

Continued from page A19 each game played. Some of the information in them, he said, is esoteric. And, prior to his first Macintosh computer, everything was done by hand. He even took a few summers off from working — he was a fisherman in Alaska and worked with Washington State Ferries — to compile the stats.

To show just how involved he’s been with sports in the community, a good portion of the Poulsbo Historical Society Heritage Museum's baseball exhibit is dedicated to Taylor.

Taylor is a father of three men. He’s a grandfather and will soon become a great-grandfather. When it comes to the time commitment of being a coach, he said he is fortunate to have such an understanding wife, DiAnn.

A small cutout of long-time coach Virgil Taylor is displayed next to the Washington State Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame for 1989 ball in the new exhibit in the Poulsbo Historical Society’s Heritage Museum.

Kipp Robertson / Herald When DiAnn does retire from Wolfle Elementary, Taylor will end his time with the North Kitsap teams. Taylor said the two plan to travel as much as possible. They will probably avoid a motorhome and stay in hotels.

But Taylor is unsure

when his travel plans will come to fruition. For now, the long-time North Kitsap resident can be found on the sidelines or in the bullpen. With iPad in hand, he’s still keeping track of those statistics and working with the teams he’s so familiar with.

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Poulsbo woman helps children in Kenya

From left, newly elected Tribal Council members Kyle Carpenter and Dawn Purser take their oaths with re-elected Jaime Aikman and Chris Tom. At right, tribal attorney Gina Stevens reads them the oath.

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Two new members of the S’Klallam Tribal Council LITTLE BOSTON — Two new members have joined two re-elected members on the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Council.

Elections were July 9.

Kyle Carpenter and Dawn Mae Purser took their oaths with re-elected Jaime Aikman and Chris Tom.

Carpenter, a Head Start teacher for the Tribe, said, “I have the overwhelming task of teaching these children, right from wrong, what is fair, sympathy and empathy by being a role model in the classroom and in the community to the most fragile minds in our Tribe. I know

the importance of our children and how we now make decisions that impact our future generations.”

Purser wrote, “It is our responsibility as Tribal Council to represent and serve our membership as thoughtfully and respectfully as we can.”

Aikman wrote, “My focus remains on the health and safety of our community and on providing services and programs.”

The four join council member Eugene Purser and Chairman Jeromy Sullivan.

POULSBO — Kick it with Kenya has been asked to hold a youth conference in two villages this year, expanding its reach to thousands more across rural Kenya.

An event like this is only possible with the help from sponsors, donors and volunteers. There are opportunities to be a sponsor for a youth soccer team or an education sponsor for the entire event.

Kick it with Kenya is a Seattle-based nonprofit organization using sports as a platform to educate youth on how to live healthier lifestyles. Through the support of local residents, it focuses on bringing vital public health resources and education to youth and their communities in rural Kenya.

Poulsbo resident Michele Fujii first traveled to Kenya as a junior in college in 2007 to volunteer at the

rural health care clinics and schools. At the age of 23, she co-founded the program.

Fujii realized soccer could be a tool to educate and provide other resources for them.

The first KIWK conference was held in 2008.

Basic healthcare and medical exams were also offered at discounted prices to the youth and the entire community.

Every summer, thousands of spectators come out to watch the sports.

The program has been able to introduce ophthalmology and dental exams and also voluntary HIV counseling and testing.

There are volunteer opportunities locally and abroad. To participate, travel to Kenya or support the cause, contact Michele at michele@kickitwithkenya. org for more details. Visit www.kickitwithkenya.org.

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Margie Esola of Gig Harbor and Jean Farmer of Allyn will join the board immediately.

Esola is a solo practice attorney who focuses on estate planning, contracts, real estate and consumer issues. She is a member of Washington Lawyers for Sustainability and is a cooperating attorney with the Washington State Bar Association’s Home Mortgage Foreclosure Project, where she provides legal assistance to clients facing foreclosure.

Jean Farmer of Allyn is a two-term commissioner for the Port of Allyn and serves on the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee for Mason County. She is in her sixth year as treasurer of the Port Orchard Farmer’s Market. Farmer is an accountant for the Archdiocese of Seattle assigned to two local churches in Belfair and Port Orchard. She retired from the hospitality business after 30 years as a General Manager of large hotels. Mrs. Farmer also is co-owner with her husband Tom of Tom Farmer Oyster Company in Allyn.

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Battalion Chief Russell receives excellence award POULSBO — The Poulsbo Fire Department Board of Fire Commissioners pre-

sented Battalion Chief Jeff Russell with an “Award of Excellence” plaque for his diligent work in helping to preserve the district’s excellent fire protection rating, potentially saving citizens significant amounts on their insurance rates.

The Fire Commissioners expressed their “appreciation, gratitude, respect, and admiration for Battalion Chief Jeffrey Russell for his excellence in serving as the Department’s coordinator and liaison with the Washington State Rating Bureau (WSRB) as it performed the first comprehensive evaluation of the Department’s fire protection capabilities in over 20 years.”

The report examined fire protection capabilities, as they relate to fire insurance rating, within Poulsbo and the outlying communities of Kitsap County Fire District 18 Poulsbo Fire Department.

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Oas graduates from Western Washington U. POULSBO — Brianna Oas has graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor’s degree in zoology and animal sciences.

She is applying for veterinary schools.

Oas graduated from North Kitsap High School in 2006. She is the daughter of Jim and Valerie Oas.