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KINGSTON — Kathy Melseth sits with almost every client for five minutes before helping them find
food for the week at ShareNet’s food bank. “Some people just come in for a hug ... they don’t have anyone else,� she said.
Melseth is the food bank’s manager, and said her biggest concern are the people she isn’t seeing. “If you think you should be here, you should be here,� Melseth said. The number of working families
MAKING A DIFFERENCE â– You are part of the local safety net / Editorial, page 4. â– Marylin Olds: Consider both sides this Thanksgiving / Column, page 5. â– Mark Ince: Sharing is a powerful community force / Column, page 21.
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KINGSTON — Come Nov. 8, Kingston will have a new port commissioner. Some 4,069 ballots were mailed to Kingston Port District voters for the general election, according to the Kitsap County Auditor Elections Office. Ballots can be dropped into the 24-hour box at Poulsbo Fire Station, 911 NE Liberty Road, Poulsbo, until 8 p.m. Nov. 8. Mailed ballots must be postmarked Nov. 8. In the Aug. 16 primary, Walt Elliott received 323 votes, Jerry Kirchner received 231, and Tom Coultas received 160. Elliott and Kirschner — one an accomplished Navy captain with long volunteer credentials, the other an accomplished corporate manager building his local volunteer credentials — spent the campaign trying to differentiate themselves from one another. Their differences on several issues were subtle. Their work backgrounds gave the clearest idea of how they would do the job of commissioner if elected. See ELECTION, Page 6
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Kaui’lani Lawrence and Shayna Reynolds display ‘Raven and Sky People’ by Tsimshian artist David Boxley, at an Oct. 22 dinner auction in Port Gamble S’Klallam’s House of Knowledge. The event raised more than $19,000 for construction of a preschool. Molly Neely-Walker / Contributed
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LITTLE BOSTON — Dennis Jones led the Head Start preschoolers, wearing cedar headdresses and hats, onto the
floor. The children’s performance proved to be more than entertainment; it confirmed the importance of building a new preschool in Little Boston. As Jones drummed, the 3and 4-year-olds sang a greeting song in the S’Klallam language, then sang and danced a song honoring the killer whale. They raised their hands in thanks, in the traditional way. The Port Gamble S’Klallam
SUTTON FUND RAISES $33,000 â– Event raises more than $33,000 for Kathleen Sutton Inspirational Fund.
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Head Start not only provides preschoolers essential learning services, but also helps instill a See AUCTION, Page 5
PORT GAMBLE — Cascade Land Conservancy has formed a “formidable� partnership with Pope Resources and several agencies and organizations to acquire and preserve 7,000 acres of Pope Resources land in North Kitsap. The conservancy has 18 months to identify its funding sources to buy the land and 1.8 miles of shoreline from Olympic Property Group, Pope’s real estate arm. “This can lead this region [and is] among the most important projects to save Puget Sound,� conservancy President Gene Duvernoy said. “It may not be the most robust economy, but this is the time to do it.� David Nunes, president and CEO of Pope Resources, said the option agreement with the conservancy is flexible — the conservancy is not locked into a price, which will be determined by land appraisers. Jon Rose, Olympic See CONSERVANCY, Page 3
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ShareNet is there to help those in Kingston, Eglon, Hansville, Indianola, Little Boston, Port Gamble, and border addresses in Poulsbo and Suquamish. ShareNet is in the midst of its annual Neighbor Aid fundraiser. The money raised from October to December enables ShareNet to run services and provide critical resources to local families. One Kingston resident, who asked to remain anonymous, has been using ShareNet’s services to keep her full household warm and food on the table. Health problems, includ-
ing fibromyalgia (a chronic condition characterized by widespread pain), and a rare condition which makes her allergic to cold temperatures, keep her from working. She runs her house on disabled widow’s benefits and Medicare, taking care of three of her four children and often local youths who need a place to crash. The electricity bill to keep her house warm enough for her to be comfortable is often too high for them to afford, so Melseth is looking for enough wood to keep the house warm for the winter. Although the Kingston
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woman depends on ShareNet for help, she is still always willing to share her limited resources. “If there’s space on my couch, it’s a decision between the kid being out in his car and in my house,� she said. “How can I not? So we all try and pitch in. Everyone is real careful with resources. “It seems to me the people with the least seem to give the most.� Barbara Brumagin, a ShareNet board member who is in charge of donor development, said ShareNet hopes to bring in $60,000 during this year’s Neighbor Aid, keeping up with the success of past years’ campaigns. Brumagin mails information and a request for donation to 8,100 houses in the area. Although in a tough economy food banks and other service agencies are hard-pressed for money, she said she’s amazed at the amount this community does give. “What we’re seeing more is people working, but working part-time or working a job that’s not giving them enough to make ends meet,� she said. “Everyone’s been affected in some way. I’m grateful and full of pride
for our community.� ShareNet also receives grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, and the Emergency Food Assistance Program. Melseth said walk-in donations are down, but ShareNet benefits from the Kitsap County Food Bank Coalition, local produce donations and grocery rescue programs. The local Albertsons and Walmart stores donate food past its shelf life, but not past its expiration date, to ShareNet. ShareNet also buys food with donated funds. ShareNet provides meals for the weekend to elementary school children enrolled in the free or reduced lunch program, and is looking for donations for its Thanksgiving food boxes. Stop by the food bank and sign up. “There is a need for almost anything you can imagine,� Melseth said — personal hygiene products, laundry detergent, toiletries and toilet paper are items not covered by food stamps. ShareNet’s funding also helps homeless people find temporary housing, and provides emergency assistance for rent and utility bills.
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HOW TO GIVE Neighbor Aid, ShareNet Food Bank’s largest fundraiser, is under way. More than $60,000 is needed to maintain full services at ShareNet in 2012. Donations can be made directly to ShareNet, P.O. Box 250, Kingston, WA 98346. ShareNet is located at 26021 United Road, off Bond Road. Hours: Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5-7 p.m.; and and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “If everybody just did something, [like] sacrifice one week of lattes ... together it makes a huge impact,� Brumagin said. The Kingston woman agreed. “When you donate, you’re not just sustaining people who don’t want to work, you’re sustaining a family who can’t or who are trying, and keeping us alive,� she said. “You’re allowing me to help, with what little I have, allowing me to give too.� Her oldest daughter told her recently her favorite Christmases were the times when they received presents they hadn’t asked for — not knowing they were picked up at a Salvation Army or donated from ShareNet. “I tried to make sure they never thought they were missing out, to be grateful for what they have,� she said. “The only way to truly show you are grateful for what you have, is to give.�
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Conservancy Continued from page 1 Property Group president, speculated the price for all the land would be less than $70 million. As Duvernoy said at the Oct. 19 meeting in Port Gamble, now the work begins. Kitsap County officials have applied for a coastal land protection grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Because of the land’s scale and real estate value, the conservancy’s goal is to raise as much money as possible and focus on securing the shoreline first. To fund the forestry part will take more creative ideas, according to conservancy Executive Vice President Michelle Conner. She predicted it may be difficult to gain forest legacy program funding, which usually helps smaller forests. She said it will be up to the conservancy’s numerous partners to apply for grants and other funding, and pool the funding together. The conservancy’s partners include the Port Gamble S’Klallam and Suquamish tribes, Kitsap County, North Kitsap Trails Association, Great Peninsula
From left, Port Gamble S’Klallam Chairman Jeromy Sullivan, Cascade Land Conservancy President Gene Duvernoy, Pope Resources CEO David Nunes, Kitsap County Commissioner Rob Gelder and Suquamish Chairman Leonard Forsman celebrate their partnership to option 7,000 acres in North Kitsap. Donna Etchey / Community News
Conservancy, Great Kitsap Forest and Bay Project, and Hood Canal Coordinating Council. It also has the support of surrounding counties and political leaders. “This is more than a once in a lifetime opportunity, this is a once in a history opportunity,� Kitsap County Commissioner Rob Gelder said. Conner said the agreement with Pope is generous, giving the conservancy 18 months to identify resourc-
es and funding opportunities, and another 12 months to “perfect� the process. They also have an option to finance some of the land from Pope in that two and a half years. Port Gamble S’Klallam Chairman Jeromy Sullivan and Suquamish Chairman Leonard Forsman were applauded Oct. 19 for their longstanding commitment to the project. The S’Klallam Singers were also on hand to give
a vibrant offering of traditional songs to an appreciative crowd. “We have an ancestral village on this side of the bay ... The bay has been our source of economic growth, and sustained us a culture and as a people,� Sullivan said. “We need to keep it going for future generations.� Sullivan and Forsman said no money is set aside from tribal funds, but both plan to advocate for grants that tribes have more access to than other organizations. Although it will most likely take grant funding to purchase the majority of the land, all partners also saw the economic benefits of using the land for recreational purposes. Duvernoy pointed out that visitors who come to hike, bike, birdwatch or kayak will also eat in area restaurants, stay in hotels and shop in the stores. This plan was once called the Legacy Partnership, when Pope Resources and the county worked on a deal for the county to acquire the 7,000 acres if 15 percent of the forested land near Port Gamble could be used for higher-density development rights. Many parties spoke out against this, including Port Gamble S’Klallam. A new deal was sought after
County Commissioner Steve Bauer resigned. Duvernoy said the conservancy has been negotiating its agreement with Pope for the last 18 months. Pope Resources, a timber company, has owned and managed the land around Port Gamble Bay for nearly 160 years. It owns 8,000 acres in North Kitsap, and in 2007, the company announced that it planned to sell much of its acreage in North Kitsap, first pursuing land conservation. Approaching conservation before selling the land on the open market was a “deliberate exit strategy,� Nunes said. If Pope had put the land on the market in 2007, “we would have made a killing,� he said. But Nunes said Pope wanted to leave a legacy for the thousands of people who use the undeveloped land every year. Pope is also nearing the completion of its environmental clean-up project in the area — removing landfills, dredging the bay, and cleaning up the old mill site — to mend more than 100 years of industrial production. Since its founding in 1989, Cascade Land Conservancy has grown into the largest land conservation, stew-
WHAT’S AT STAKE The land being offered for sale by Pope Resources consists of five segments: ■4,000 acres south of the Port Gamble townsite ■2,000 acres in Hansville ■650 acres in the Miller Bay watershed ■560 acres along the Port Gamble Bay shoreline ■366 acres adjacent to Heritage Park on Miller Bay Road. ardship and community building organization in Washington state. They were asked to spearhead this effort due to its strong history of accomplishing large projects, such as the Vashon-Maury Island preservation project, a $25 million venture to protect one mile of waterfront. “This is an iconic property,� Duvernoy said of the Kitsap plan. “I’ve never seen such strong and diverse partnerships ... This kind of work defines and creates a community.�
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hances are good that you or someone you know has benefitted from ShareNet’s services. Between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011, ShareNet put food on people’s tables 9,578 times. Some 260,929 pounds of food were distributed. ShareNet spent $30,000 in 2011 helping people avoid eviction and keep their electricity on. Children received back to school supplies and food for the weekend. Adults needing clothes for work received them from ShareWear. The Christmas Shop ensured more than 100 children received Christmas gifts. The continued increase in the number of people helped by ShareNet paints a picture of our times: Climbing out of the recession is a tough climb indeed. In 2007-08, ShareNet’s food assistance was almost one-fourth of what it is today. ShareNet’s staff has met the need as good stewards of the resources given them: Today, it has the same number of staff (four part-timers) in the same space as 2007-08. Such is the power of your contributions and volunteerism. ShareNet has kicked off Neighbor Aid 2011, the annual fundraiser which supports ShareNet’s services. When you contribute to ShareNet — whether it’s a can of food or a few dollars — you make a difference in the lives of others. “You won’t know the name of the person or family you helped, but you might pass them on the street one day — someone able to smile again from the support you and ShareNet provided, someone with one less overwhelming concern that month,� executive director Mark Ince wrote in the October Kingston Community News. “You won’t know their name, but that help will have reached them just the same, with incredible speed and right in your own backyard. You haven’t just made a donation, you’ve made a difference.� There are a lot of ways to make a difference. Businesses and service clubs have sponsored contests and drives to generate food and funds. Some people have forgone holiday parties or gift exchanges and donated to ShareNet the funds they would have spent. The goal for this drive is $60,000. ShareNet is a 501(c) 3 organization, so all contributions are taxdeductible. ShareNet is located at 26061 United Road, Kingston. The mailing address is P.O. Box 250, Kingston, WA 98346. Call Mark Ince or Barbara Brumagin, 297-2266. Another sign of the times: Several donors have become ShareNet clients. Several clients have become ShareNet volunteers. ShareNet is a critical part of the local safety net. It’s there for you and your family — and your fellow community members — when needed. Contribute to Neighbor Aid and keep a great local resource going.
OPINION decision to support Jerry Kirschner in the upcoming election. Letters We welcomed Jerry and his wife,
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Supports Elliott for Kingston Port Commission Kingston’s waterfront needs careful management. It is both the core of our downtown and drives the ecology of Apple Tree Cove. I personally worked for Walt Elliott when he managed a $600 millionper-year business facility. We had to manage overhead, compete for business, have competitive labor rates and still make payroll. We had to worry about customer satisfaction and actively seek the “voice of the customer.� Financially, we projected costs and revenue pro-forma monthly, made accurate projections and managed to those projections or readjusted them if they were wrong. He listens to his people and looks out for them while keeping the best interests of the organization in mind. He has also been a project manager for a number of large projects which required risk management, quality management, team development, project-tracking methodology, manufacturing management, contracting, contractor finance, operations analysis, and strategic business planning. Walt has a unique combination of business and management skills that will help the economic development of our community. I support Walt Elliott not only because he has the skills to critically evaluate, manage and lead through complex and difficult situations at the Port of Kingston and for our community, but also because he has the creativity and vision to identify and solve problems as they unfold. It is time to bring career diversity and new skills to the Port Commission. Stephen Hyman Kingston
Supports Kirschner for Kingston Port Commission Residents of Kingston are lucky to have two qualified candidates willing to serve the community as port commissioner. Dan and I have made our
Nancy Langwith, when they first moved to Kingston. They immediately got involved with local groups and volunteered their time. It was refreshing to see new faces joining the ranks of long-time Kingston volunteers. Jerry, chairman of the PassengerOnly Ferry Advisory Committee, spent a great portion of his time working with a committee of volunteers, to bring together a cohesive operating plan for the passenger-only ferry. Jerry utilized the strengths of each of the advisory committee members to craft a plan that works for Kingston. One of Jerry’s greatest skills is his ability to build consensus from a very diverse group. The resulting passenger-only ferry plan is certainly evidence of his ability to get people to work together toward a common goal. Jerry gave countless hours of his time making presentations on the passenger-only ferry plan to the key groups around Kingston: Kingston Citizens Advisory Council, Kingston Stakeholders, Rotary, Kiwanis, and special meetings scheduled by the Port of Kingston. The group continues to meet under Jerry’s leadership, evaluating their progress and making adjustments to the plan. As with all ports, the Port of Kingston is charged with the economic development of our community. Jerry’s work with Eli Lilly, a global Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company, has given him the experience to help formulate and implement a plan that will benefit not only the Port of Kingston, but also the entire community. We support Jerry’s platform of attracting incubator businesses to our town, forming a corps of retired executives to coach small businesses, and using the SoundRunner to increase tourism in Kingston and the north end communities. We like his vision of a rolling five-year plan for the Port of Kingston and citizen advisory committees to facilitate input from the community. We feel he is the best choice for port commissioner. Dan and Nancy Martin Kingston
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Students take a stand against bullying On Oct. 14, our student body leaders sponsored and led a powerful assembly geared toward building greater levels of empathy in our students. We are a proud community here at Kingston Middle School, and this is one example of our students taking the lead in promoting a positive school culture. We all have faced challenges in our lives, and as our students grow it is important for us to continue to reinforce these essential core values of respect and acceptance. Following the assembly, we could feel a difference in our halls as the students and staff spent time reflecting together on what it means to be empathetic and what we all can do on an individual level to continually build a positive educational community in which all students can be welcomed. As partners in your students’ education, we encourage you to spend time talking to your children about the assembly, perhaps tonight at dinner or during another quality family time that you have together. Ask your children about what they saw and heard. Let them share what they learned about the empathy continuum and explore what commitments they can make as active and supportive members of our community. Together we can make a difference. Corey Eichner, assistant principal Kingston Middle School
Kathleen Sutton Fund raises more than $33,000 The ninth annual Kathleen Sutton Inspirational Fund Auction was held Oct. 15 at the Port Gamble Pavilion. The fund helps defer transportation costs for women throughout our community who are undergoing treatment for breast, cervical, ovarian and uterine cancer. We are proud to live in a community that has such an enormous capacity to “make a difference� for others. This was truly reflective in the tremendous respond to this year’s auction. The committee expected 150-175 guests to attend the event. More than 375 community members came out to show their support. Our goal was to raise $25,000. So far, with donations still coming in, the fund has exceeded $33,000 in contributions. This overwhelming generosity will make it possible for the fund to provide support for the increasing number of women who need our help. We are greatly appreciative of the many auction sponsors, auction contributors, monetary contributors, and volunteers. This event would not have been a success without you. We are in awe of the kindness and good-heartedness of so many community members who value the Kathleen Sutton Inspirational Fund, and more significantly, the lives of women who receive help and hope from the fund. Thank you. Kathleen Sutton Inspirational Fund Board of Directors: Vivi-Ann Parnell, Mary McFarlane, Diane White, Kathy Rayment, Valerie Rotmark, Linda K. Joyce
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Consider both sides this Thanksgiving F eeling challenged to share? You’re not alone. Most all of us have seen far better cashflow days. Forty-six million Americans live in poverty, 45 million are on food stamps, and 25 million are unemployed or underemployed. At the other end of the spectrum are the “have mores� who may be more thankful for their abundance of wealth. The 400 richest Americans have more net worth than
Auction Continued from page 1 healthy sense of identity. “Early childhood education gives our children the opportunity to learn their language, culture and the essentials they need (to succeed in school),� Port Gamble S’Klallam Chairman Jeromy Sullivan said. “It’s a great opportunity and a part of the legacy that we want to build here.� About 120 people attended “An Evening of Northwest Art, Singing & Dance,� a fundraiser for a new preschool on the Port Gamble S’Klallam reservation, Oct. 22 in the House of Knowledge. The event was co-hosted by the Port Gamble S’Klallam Foundation and the S’Klallam Early Childhood Education Program. About $19,308 was raised for the preschool project, according to foundation executive director Denise Comstock. That amount is a long way from the total project cost of $1.3 million, but there were other benefits of the event, such as community outreach, she said. The project will be funded in part by a $500,000 federal grant. Construction is expected to begin in sum-
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mer 2012, with completion in summer 2013. The new 5,100-squarefoot preschool will replace a 1,500-square-foot building which, built in 1939, is the oldest community building on the reservation. Early Childhood Education Director Jacki Haight said her department accommodates up to 32 Early Head Start children and 37 Head Start children, and also provides special education assistance and before- and after-school care. The new building will enable her to expand her extended-day programs and offer on-site emotional skills support, mental health services and speech therapy.
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schools, fire protection, law enforcement, a safe infrastructure and safety nets are among the most important things a government can help provide. The Occupy Wall Street movement is concerned with taxing the rich at a fairer rate and getting them out of politics by allowing greater opportunity for all. Government must step in to regulate. “Americans sense that the fundamental bargain of our economy — work hard, play by the rules, get ahead —
has been broken, and they want to see it restored,� Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein blogged. “Why have governments spent trillions of dollars in taxpayers’ money to bail out financial institutions, many of which fought any notion of government regulation or social assistance, while doing nothing for people who had life savings wiped out or lost homes through foreclosure?� environmentalist David Suzuki wrote. The more conservative Republicans see indepen-
Building designs show LEED-certified elements, such as use of recycled building materials, extensive use of natural light, rainwater capture and recycling, and a living green roof on the outdoor learning and play space. Attendees perused silent auction items and enjoyed
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Continued from page 1 Elliott is a retired commanding officer of two naval vessels, ran a $600 millionper-year research company and started two small businesses. Kirschner worked at a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company for 26 years; he was in management for 20 of those years. During the second forum held for the candidates Oct. 12, how the port handles a full marina became a differentiating topic. Both agreed long wait lists for moorage slips were a problem, especially for Kingston residents who don’t have a slip at the marina. “This is a real problem, a very real problem,� Elliott said. “We have a great marina, but what’s a great mari-
na if you can’t use it?� E l l i ott suggested the port b e g i n charging out- Walt Elliott of-area boaters more for slips. He knows there could be legal ramifications of raising rates for people outside the Kingston zip code, but it could keep “bargain hunters� out of the marina, he said. Kirschner said raising rates for non-Kingston resident would not work. Instead, the port could look at a wait list from a business standpoint and consider expanding moorage options, he said. “I think (a wait list) is something we have to live
w i t h ,� Kirschner s a i d , adding if those Kingston residents were truly ready to Jerry Kirschner pay for a slip, he would consider expanding the marina. Both candidates believe in making Kingston a vibrant economic center, but they differ on how they would go about doing that. Elliott said if elected, he would listen to the public’s input to form the port’s vision and goals. His work with community organizations within Kingston would help the port build partnerships to “move Kingston forward.� “The port commissioners’
job is (the public’s) agenda,â€? Elliott said. While he is impressed with Elliott’s military background, Kirschner said the port would benefit from someone that worked in business management. He believes making decisions based on numbers is sound practice. He said when it comes down to it, the public should steer the port’s vision. However, if economic development does not become a focus, the port may lose an opportunity to thrive. “There are opportunities for continued growth,â€? he said. “It’s time for the commission and port to focus on economic development ‌ If we don’t have that focus, we will miss that opportunity.â€? More than 30 residents attended the Oct. 12 forum
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Food Bank has food available Mondays and Fridays. Call them at (360) 297-2200 (sharenetfoodbank.org). St. Vincent de Paul at St. Olaf ’s Catholic Church in Poulsbo will distribute Thanksgiving food baskets beginning Nov. 22. Call to sign up in advance, (360) 779-9980 (svdpusa.org). The following churches and organizations regularly serve free meals: ■Third Monday, 5 p.m.,
Continued from page 5 referring to an October Bloomberg-Washington Post poll. Now consider this for one brief, sincere moment: What else matters if you don’t have food to put on the table for your family? If your family is in need, there is help. Kingston’s Sharenet
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St. Olaf ’s Catholic Church, 18943 Caldart Ave. NE, Poulsbo. (360) 697-2679. ■Last Monday, 5-7 p.m., Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1700 NE Lincoln Road, Poulsbo. (360) 7794746. ■Fourth Tuesday, 5 p.m., North Kitsap Baptist Church, 20516 Little Valley Road, Poulsbo. (360) 7794689. ■First, second, third and last Wednesday, 5-7 p.m., Suquamish United Church of Christ, 18732 Division Ave. NE, Suquamish. (360) 598-4434. ■Every Thursday, 5-6 p.m., First Lutheran Church, 18920 4th Ave., Poulsbo. (360) 779-2622. ■First Friday, 6 p.m., Gateway Fellowship, 18901 8th Ave. NE, Poulsbo. (360) 779-5515. ■Last Friday, 5:30-7 p.m., VFW Hall, 26096 W. 1st St. NE, Kingston. Donations of food, money or time are appreciated.
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ur oldest print is of the 1942 hastily constructed temporary bridge. The picture was snapped during a class picnic in about 1948 or ’49. World War II had begun and the former bridge collapsed when a heavily loaded truck was taking equipment to the site of the new degaussing station. The station was being built off of President Point Road. A new permanent bridge was built in the 1950s with a fish weir placed at the exit to Apple Tree Cove. The slough was used for raising salmon fry. The second picture is of the current temporary bridge. It is providing a secure driving and walking route around the site of our new permanent bridge. The large culvert that the young people love is being removed. This will allow for the unrestricted passage of fish between Apple Tree Cove and the slough and Carpenter Creek. The construction of the new bridge is progressing rapidly. The beams for the bridge deck were placed the See HISTORY, Page 7
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new Village Green Community Center with a library, Boys & Girls Club, senior center and community meeting room will be built in Kingston. Be a part of the process by joining us in a Volunteer Spaghetti Feed and Brainstorming evening, Nov. 6 at 4:30 p.m. at the Oak Table Café in Kingston. Call the library at (360) 2973330 for details. ■
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A New Kingston Writers Group invites you to join in a friendly supportive atmosphere to encourage writing poetry, nonfiction or fiction. Meetings are on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Kingston Community Center. Beginners are welcome. Kingston Book Group will read “Cutting for Stone”
CHECK IT OUT By TOMI WHALEN by Abraham Verghese and meet on Nov. 2 at 10:30 a.m. in the Indianola Room. Kingston Classics Book Group will finish discussing “The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky on Nov. 21, at 6:30 p.m., in the Indianola Room. ■
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LITTLE BOSTON LIBRARY EVENTS ■ Songs and Stories of the Coast Salish Peoples is a special program on Nov. 16, at 3:30 p.m., in the S’Klallam Longhouse. Che oke’ ten, a member of the Saanich First Nation on Vancouver Island, will share traditional songs and stories. He interweaves his spirit-gifted songs on Native American flute with traditional drum songs. ■ Yarn Rules! On Nov. 9, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. you can unravel the mysteries of yarn. Learn the meaning of yarn sizes, weights, gauges, and label symbols plus how to exchange one yarn for another. For teens and adults. ■ Little Boston Book Group meets the first Wednesday of each month from 11 a.m. to noon. Call
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us for the next book title. ■ Preschool Storytimes led by Emily on Tuesdays, Nov. 1, 8 and 15, at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., especially for ages 3-6 years. ■ Toddler Storytimes led by Emily on Tuesdays, Nov. 1, 8 and 15, at 11:30 a.m., especially for ages 18-36 months. Playtime follows
Storytime. ■ Adult Crafternoon welcomes everyone at a new time: Wednesdays, 2:303:30 p.m. Bring your handwork projects.
KINGSTON LIBRARY HOURS ■ Monday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. ■ Tuesday, 1-8 p.m.
■ Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ■ Thursday, 1-5 p.m. ■ Friday, 1-6 p.m. ■ Saturday, 1-5 p.m. — Tomi Whalen is manager of the Kingston and Little Boston branches of Kitsap Regional Library. Contact her at (360) 297-3330/2670, or twhalen@krl.org
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Spookiness continues in November Three new businesses (Editor’s note: This edition of Port Gamble Gazette was ghost-written — er, guestwritten — by Kelly Joines, assistant coordinator for Port Gamble Weddings and Events.)
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he only thing spookier than trickor-treating in Port Gamble on Halloween is how quickly the holidays are creeping up! November is a great month in Port Gamble to cozy up in the downtown businesses after a beautiful, brisk walk under a canopy of red and yellow branches. Get started on Christmas shopping as you watch our maintenance team brave the chill and start decorating our town with the twinkle that can only mean one thing: Christmas is coming! To kickstart our holiday happenings, we are spending most of November gearing up for our annual Country Christmas.
Events for November ■ Ghost Walk: Nov. 12. Although this is the only Ghost Walk for November, it’s one of the best times to come as we have new stories
and recordings of hauntings. Gathered by our paranormal experts, the captured ghoulish moments occurred only a couple weeks ago during our second annual Ghost Conference. Ghost walk time: 7-9 p.m. Location: Begin at the Port Gamble Museum. Fee: $15 per person. Reservations and prepayment are required. This will be a guided tour throughout town with stops at places with reported supernatural activity. Infrared cameras and recorders are allowed and encouraged. Dress in weather appropriate clothing and bring flashlights! The tour will not be cancelled due to inclement weather. No kids under the age of 16 please. ■ Port Gamble General Store & Café Holiday Open House: Nov. 12. Wear your party pants to this event as this is the General Store’s big bash of the year. Enjoy live music and bring any spare canned food items for ShareNet, as the store will be hosting a food drive simultaneously. The open house is held 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (360)297-
We will deck the halls of the Walker Ames as a warm winter wonderland. Bring the kids for letter writing to Santa, pictures and decorating activities to boost the holiday cheer. ■
PORT GAMBLE GAZETTE By SHANA SMITH 7636. ■ Roots Rock Trail Race “Doppler” 50K: Nov. 20. For more information or to participate in scheduled runs, visit www.rootsrockrun.com.
Events for December ■ Country Christmas: Dec. 10-11. It’s our favorite time of the year! This Country Christmas is kicking off with our Fruitcake Contest. Some recipes call for a few weeks to “sit and let stand” so make sure to account for that wait this month. Also, if you can’t squeeze in a vacation to the North Pole, a staycation might just be the ticket.
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PORT GAMBLE — Three new businesses have opened in Port Gamble. Orbea Sign Co. opened in May. The company was formed in 2008 by Mollie and Pete Orbea, who have years of experience in the sign industry. The shop offers banners, custom signs, decals and more for commercial and residential, exterior and interior. The Orbeas said they plan to roll out a line of retail items this fall, including art, decor, pre-made signs and sign accessories. Orbea Sign Co., located at 32239 Rainier Avenue NE, House No. 9, is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit www.orbeasignco.com. WISH, a mercantile, also opened in May. Rhea Schneider stocks locally made items, including candles, glass works, jewelry, metal art, pottery and Gamble Bay coffee and T-shirts. Schneider said she’s eager to find other local artists searching for a
place to sell their items. For information, simply stop by and chat with her during business hours. WISH, located at 4790 NE State Highway 104, House No. 20, is open Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Andrew Baer opened Baer Studio, a pottery shop, in June. Baer, a Poulsbo native, has studied under master potters Don Sprague and Mark Terry. Much of his work is larger decorative pieces and includes high-fire clay bodies as well as raku, a type of Japanese handmolded pottery. “I push, pull, bend and stretch clay until the form is pleasing to my eye,” he said. “I constantly explore new forms and experimenting with new glazes." Baer Studio, located in the Rainier Garages at 32260 Rainier Avenue NE, is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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The joys of the holiday season — and catalogues W ell, here we go marching into the holiday season again and you know what the first sign is? Catalogues. Many, many catalogues and all of them wanting you to buy, buy, buy. Now don’t get me wrong, I love catalogues. When I get a new Lands’ End or L.L. Bean, I’m all over it. Or if I get one from Collections or Favorites or Figi’s, I’ll probably be ordering, but some of the catalogues offer me impossible things they think of as treasures. A few weeks ago, I got a catalogue offering me beautiful and comfortable lingerie. I opened it in great anticipation only to find garments with compartments that helped if you
— and although I had no doubt they were comfortable, beautiful they were not. Another interesting catalogue I received showed candies in different shapes for the upcoming festivities. You could get chocolate turkeys; when you bite off the neck, a stream of caramel oozes out. And you could get marshmallow pumpkins (if they get too hard, there are directions for “reviving the softness”). But I think my favorite on these pages were the licorice black cats, complete with Red Hots for eyes, and whiskers of “eatable threads.” Mmm. Love those eatable threads. I said before I love catalogues and they do have their important uses. Where
HANSVILLE HAPPENINGS By DONNA LEE ANDERSON were incontinent, and socks to stimulate your circulation, and even undershirts with built-in back support. True, you could get them in a variety of colors — pink, white, and even beige
else could you go to buy that necessary “pile of dog poop” to surprise your friends with, or that “fake wig and beard” so you could go to the party incognito, or the whoopie cushion with which to entertain your relatives? Or — drum roll here — where would you go to purchase candles shaped like a latte that smells like peppermint or mocha or gingerbread? Important stuff for holiday celebrating. I think my favorite pages of these for-sale articles are the ones that advertise shoes. I have often thought my ideal job would be to work in a shoe store and instead of being paid I would have to take my salary home in the form of merchandise.
I already have a closet full of shoes and since they don’t seem to wear out I have some that are more than 30 years old and still in good repair (and, I’m happy to say, are coming back into style.) I have a pair of black satin 5-inch high heels with copper and black sequins on the pointy toes that I will probably never wear again (for fear of falling off), but I can’t just throw them away or even give them to anyone, can I? I also have some pool shoes made of wood that I have to keep (for some reason.) These are also 5-inch heels, sling back, hob nails holding a piece of leather across the toes. Yes, these treasures are in a box and
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HANSVILLE — Halloween ghosts and goblins will haunt Hansville on Oct. 31, 6-8 p.m., at the Greater Hansville Community Center. Put on your costumes and enjoy children’s games, Halloween crafts and other spooky fun. This party is hosted by volunteers and friends of the Hansville Co-op Nature Preschool and the community center.
HANSVILLE — Who says wine has to be expensive to be good? Seven wines that won’t break your budget have been selected for the Wine Experience on Nov. 5, 7 p.m., at the Greater Hansville Community Center. Bring a favorite potluck hors d’oeuvres tray to complement the wines and to share with other guests. A silent auction will feature art, gifts, guest house stays, personal services and
a “plane experience.” Tickets are $15, available at the Hansville Grocery and Cup of Joy. Call Marco Tyler, 638-2010, or visit www.hansville.org.
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yes I can find them, but I can’t help wanting to see all the latest offerings. After writing this, I realize that I really do love catalogues for more than one reason. Of course, there is the obvious one, but these holiday decorated slick pages also take me back to happy holiday times when I was young. Although I remember them as hectic, they were wonderful. So I guess catalogues do serve more than one purpose besides their entertaining aspect — by offering gift suggestions and nostalgic memories. And as Martha says, ‘That’s a good thing.” — Contact Donna Lee Anderson at welltoldtales@ aol.com.
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Senior Branch Office Administrator Crafty Designs, Owner/Operator Christmas in the Country, Owner/Director Soks moved to Kingston in 2005 and loved it so much that she decided to stay. She and her husband Tim are busy running a farm with cows, pigs, goats, lots of chickens, quails and rabbits. When she is not hard at work at the farm, she works full time as a Branch Office Administrator at Edward Jones Investments with Clint Boxman. Soks has owned Crafty Designs since 1995. She creates her own patterns and makes her own products from antique quilts, fabric and chenille spreads. You can find her handmade crafts at local craft fairs and shops. In May, 2010 she became the new Owner and Director for Christmas in the Country on Bainbridge Island where she takes historic homes, farms and studios and organizes a tour as well as being a vendor. The free, driving tour is held annually the first Friday, Saturday & Sunday of December since 1993. For more details and get a map, please visit the website at www.christmasinthecountry.info
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Beth Kommer North Kitsap Metal Recycling Beth & Dennis Kommer are not only passionate about recycling metal and keeping it from ending up in landfills, but also have a strong commitment to the community. Recently celebrating their one year anniversary at their Ecology Road facility, the Kommers decided to celebrate by holding a fundraiser to benefit ShareNet & NK Fishline food banks. NKMR also donates all usable bikes to Bicycles For Humanity, located on Bainbridge Island. The bikes end up in impoverished areas in S. Africa. NKMR offers a free drop off service for metal Wednesday thru Sunday, as well as a Saturday Buying Program. Visit their website for a complete list of metals for drop off and information on the Saturday Buying Program with pricing.
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Rebecca Ann has lived in Kitsap since 1995, gaining excellent rapport with many as a self-starting entrepreneur. She began bartending as a hobby in 2008 and enjoys entertaining while serving responsibly. Top Shelf Mobile Mixers was born as the need for professional services became evident. “Many Seattle-based companies offer services to our area but charge more for travel. I am here to fill that niche cost effectively.” We provide professional services for events from small home gatherings to corporate events. www.topshelfmixer.com
When driving down the road in most any Puget Sound town, you may see a bike rider that looks familiar. As you take a second look you see that “Yes, that is John L Scott’s Managing Broker, Jan Zufelt”! Zufelt decided that she needed to be more healthy but wanted her exercise to fun. She remembered how much she loved riding bike as a little girl so she decided biking it would be. Now everyday is designed around where she gets to ride her bike. For her, it is about time management. If showing a home in Poulsbo, either before or after the showing, she rides the Poulsbo Waterfront. If listing a home in Hansville she parks in Hansville and rides the mile and a half out to Point No Point Lighthouse. Zufelt’s best ride this summer she says “was getting to ride from Sequim to Port Angeles with her husband, Gordon, her son, Scotty and her daughter-in-law, Lisa!” As they rode into P.A., Zufelt joyfully shouted out “I am strong!” Yes, she is strong, a strong listing broker, a strong selling broker and a strong business woman with strong determination. No wonder she is always on top. Zufelt welcomes your call today so she knows where she will bike and sell homes tomorrow!
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Happy 100th birthday to Washington port districts D id you know that in September 1911, the first two port districts in the state of Washington were established in Seattle and Grays Harbor? The Port of Kingston was established eight years later in 1919. So we’re about eight years from our own centennial. Has it been a little too dark for you in the morning when you wake up? Well, that’s going to be fixed once again. On Nov. 6, we change from Pacific Daylight Time to Standard Time and set our clocks back an hour. The downside, of course, will be that it is dark an hour earlier now. I guess it is still a give-and-take world. It has taken five years to move the start and stop days from mid-April and
DOWN AT THE PORT By PETE DEBOER October to mid-March and early November. I wonder whose idea it was to change it all. I’d like to thank all of you who came to the planning sessions on Oct. 24 and 25 to help us get started with the update to our five-year
Comprehensive Plan for the port. There are lots of great ideas on where we should go with our little port and harbor. I am excited that we will develop a great plan looking ahead for new projects that will keep life down at the port interesting and fun. The laws, or “code,� for the state require that each port develop a comprehensive scheme to identify future projects and goals for the next five years. The plans are used to develop the port budgets. When we updated the plan in 2006, some of the projects we were looking forward to were the performing arts gazebo, the kayak facility, new fuel tanks, the artistic water feature that greets visitors to our town, replacing
all of the wood on our floating docks and rewiring the marina, removal of the old bioswale (ditch) that used to handle stormwater runoff between the parking lot and the marina, and development of the passenger-only ferry service between our town and Seattle. Although the ferry operation is still a work in progress and has had more than a few lumps along the way, all of the other projects have been accomplished. At the end of the day, I think we have a better place for people to enjoy our waterfront than we had five years ago. At the time of this writing, we are not yet accepting the ORCA cards for ticketing on the SoundRunner passenger ferry, but the day is soon coming and we all hope that
this event will bring more commuters to the service. If you haven’t ridden the boat yet, I hope you try it soon. We have had some of the most beautiful days on the sound during October and I hope this month brings more of the same.
Nautical term In these days where the financial world is under constant scrutiny, and rightfully so, I found a nautical term that describes a foolish investment. “Bottomry� was the term for using the ship as collateral to finance a sea voyage. In the days of square riggers and sailing barques, it must have been interesting and worrisome to make such loans when often times the collateral for the loan never
returned nor was the voyage completed. Well, here comes the edge of the page again. I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving holiday with friends and families. Be on the lookout next month for the new holiday light display that the staff has been working on. It just keeps getting better. As always, thanks for taking a few moments to read this stuff. Someone told me today that he thinks I have a lot of fun writing these little bits. I do. I hope you enjoy them too. — Pete DeBoer is a Port of Kingston commissioner. Email him at pete@petedeboer.com
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Meet your WSF executive staff on Dec. 6 FERRYFARE T his fall, Washington State Ferries executive staff will once again be visiting our area. The meeting for Kingston is Dec. 8 from 6-8 p.m., at the Kingston Community Center; the meeting for Bainbridge is Dec 6 from 6-8 p.m., at the Bainbridge Commons. Let’s hope our legislators and county commissioners will be there to hear what we think. It is the legislators who actually set our ferry fares by not adequately subsidizing ferry-operating costs in the Transportation Budget. There is actually a law that says the Transportation Commission must make up the difference for the Legislature’s underfunding by raising fares. Two new groups have been assembled and put to work to address some issues relative to Washington State Ferries. First comes the governor’s Connecting Washington Task Force, and then there is the Legislature’s Joint Transportation Committee Fare Media Study. Whenever this many people get togeth-
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er working on ferry finances and fares and the Joint Transportation Committee and the Transportation Commission are involved, you can bet there will be some significant changes in fares (increases) forthcoming. ■Connecting Washington Task Force: County Commissioner Charlotte Garrido continues to represent us on this task force. Task force members are working on the priorities for transportation funding, including ferries. Please send them your comments. Go to the governor’s website and click on “Connecting Washington Task Force.� You submit comments by clicking on “website form� and typing them into the questionnaire. It is important we submit our thoughts. The Senate, Legislature, governor, and WSDOT have
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consistently given WSF their lowest priority for funding because they know they can make up the difference by raising fares. On Oct. 12, WSF deputy chiefs George Capacci and Jean Baker attended the third meeting of the task force. The group discussed transportation investment principles, categories of investment, and relative priorities for those categories, as well as jobs and economic development. The meeting materials are available at www.governor.wa.gov/ priorities/transportation/ connectwa.asp.
■Joint Transportation Committee Fare Media Study Policy Work Group. Richard Ford, chairman of the Washington State Transportation Commission, has described the work group’s job as “a study assessing possible ways to simplify the fare structure and payment methods, as the state works toward finding ways of making it more convenient for riders to pay their fares and lower the cost of fare collections. An important part of this study is to get your input on what you think of possible changes
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Why ferries do the things they do Here are some of the rules that our boats follow when crossing over to Edmonds. By maritime law, when vessels meet head-on they are to turn to their right. Otherwise, when they cross, the vessel on the right is obligated to hold its course while the other boat maneuvers to pass astern. There are also some thumb rules unique to our boats. They need a quartermile to turn, a quarter-mile
Expect some delays at the tollbooth when being measured for a small-car fare. The green measurement lines you pull up to sometimes don’t align very well with the ticket booth’s window for some cars. If necessary, the toll person will come out and measure your car. Caution: Check your vehicle’s owners manual to verify your car length is within the small car limit (less than 14 feet). Also, if you get a small car multiride card, you can’t use it for your larger car even if you’re willing to pay the difference.
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Above left, Port Gamble S’Klallam Head Start instructor Kyle Carpenter helps Jadyn Reynolds choose the perfect-sized pumpkin, Oct. 18 at Sunrise Hill Farm in Kingston. Right, Jericho Hansen earnestly looks for a pumpkin he can take home. The preschool students visited the farm to learn about farm animals and how pumpkins grow. Carpenter said that before this field trip, most of his students said pumpkins came from stores. Megan Stephenson / Community News
Above, Head Start students meet sheep, learn what they eat and ‘baaa’ along with them. The children also met goats, cows, chickens and llamas. Right, the children got to explore a hay maze. Megan Stephenson / Community News
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Kiwanis leaders agree to stay on KINGSTON L KIWANIS ate summer and early fall has been a busy and fun time for our Kiwanis Club. Because of the generosity of friends from all over the area and neighbors in town and the S’Klallam Tribe, our Mustang Raffle was the most successful to date. This will allow us to add to our scholarship fund, support the Boys and Girls Club, and support youngsters and seniors throughout the greater Kingston community. A couple from Sequim won the Mustang, and memories of the first car they owned together turned into a special moment. The next car is a real beauty and ready to go! Don’t miss out. Look for tickets soon. Our Halloween party will be located, for the second year, at the Health Services Center off of Barber Cutoff Road. This is great fun for kids and parents. Toy Lady (aka Judy Osborn) has
By BOB LEE overdone herself this year — more than 600 toys and books. It’s really magic to see all the toys in Dick and Judy’s den. We had our installation dinner for new officers on Oct. 13. It was attended by a number of past lieutenant governors and club presidents from our district. New officers were sworn in by our new lieutenant governor, Tom Saunders, introduced by outgoing Lt. Gov. Roy Meyers. President Dick Osborn and Executive Vice President Pat Forman, Treasurer Kendall Hanson and Trustee Hal Hoover agreed to continue in their positions. New additions to the board are Mary Cockerham, trust-
ee; Marylou Iverson, communications secretary; Eric Roth, reporting secretary; Jed “Duffy” Selter and Sheila Walters, co-vice presidents of communications. The highlight of the evening was when Peggy Orbea of the Early Irons Car Club presented a check to the club for $4,500 to help support the Boys and Girls Club. Some of our members were also recognized at the installation dinner: Hal Hoover, for his service to the club; Dave Mueller, Distinguished Service Award; Judy Osborn, Christmas Toy Drive; and Pat Bennett-Forman, Mustang Sally Award. It’s going to be a good year. I have been a member of Kiwanis for almost 30 years and I still get excited when I realize how much our club contributes to the community. We also have lots of fun and try to have a social event each month.
“Toy Lady has outdone herself this year — more than 600 toys and books.”
A drive to find new members that care about Kingston and want to get involved is going “full speed ahead.” Come and join us at the Oak Table Café at 7 a.m. on Thursdays and see us in action. The second Thursday of each month, we have our meeting at night at the Kingston Cove Yacht Club at 6:30 p.m. to encourage participation by folks that have a difficult time getting up early. Please contact Dick Osborn, (360) 297-4693, or Bob Lee, (360) 297-4462, for information on joining a club that really makes a difference.
Join the KHS Boosters and make a difference in school programs The Kingston High School Athletic Boosters invite residents to their general membership meetings.
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Kingston Rotary Club helps at home and abroad ROTARY NEWS I
n addition to its work to benefit our local community, the KingstonNorth Kitsap Rotary Club extends its efforts worldwide. The funds raised in the club’s annual Golf Tournament, the weekly summer Beer Gardens and the July 4 Fun Run are divided among the club’s local, international and youth programs. Over the years, the club has contributed to the Wheelchair Foundation to help people in many coun-
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tries, and to Clear Path International to benefit its work with the civilian victims of land mines in south Asia. Other contributions have gone to orphanages abroad, to send school supplies to Peru and Guatemala, and to join other Rotary clubs in a major freshwater project in Honduras. Club members are excit-
ed now by two new special projects. One uses a creative construction system to build schools in Guatemala. A local post-and-beam method is used to build the framework, but it is nothing more than accumulated trash that provides the walls! Thousands of discarded water bottles are gathered, filled with plastic trash, and packed between two strands of chicken wire, then carefully cemented to provide inexpensive yet durable walls. The club provided a substantial portion
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The ongoing draught has eliminated grass for the cattle and rain for gardens, forcing the tribe members to concentrate and settle where they survive on food aid. The club’s funds are channeled through GTLI, a Bainbridge Island foundation that specializes in helping the Hamar survive in its new situation while preserving as much of a fascinating culture as possible. Last year’s project brought well water and, perhaps of even more importance, training in the proper sanitation needed to prevent disease in the Hamars’ now more sedentary lifestyle. This year’s efforts are helping the Hamar transition to a cash economy by providing training in literacy, business practices and the establishment of small local enterprises. The club combines its local and international interests through its recent entry into Rotary’s ShortTerm Exchange Program. Rotary facilitates a direct exchange between carefully selected families here and in some 15 countries abroad. A Kingston youth is a guest abroad for about a month, then returns home with a teenager from the overseas family and introduces the guest to the Kingston community. Last summer, Virginia Magnaghi was the guest of Kingston’s Megan Martin. If all goes as planned, there will be triple the fun in 2012, thanks to plans to send abroad Buccaneers Simon Campos, Taylor Larson and Leah van Lieshout to countries not yet determined. Watch for them around town next summer. The Kingston Community News: In print, online and on Facebook and Twitter.
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Birds are indicators of our environmental health (This edition of Noo-Kayet was written by Roma Call, environmental coordinator of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe)
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o you know the name of the gulls most common to our area? You would be forgiven for thinking “sea�; their proper name is actually Glaucous Winged Gull. Rarely far from water, this bird is often mistaken for the Western Gull and lives, on average, 15 years. If you haven’t already guessed, this column is for the birds. Specifically about an exciting partnership between the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Northwest Indian College and Kitsap Audubon Society to count and catalog bird species around Port Gamble Bay. A birds-eye view of the project: twice a month, for
the next year, students from Northwest Indian College will assist members of Kitsap Audubon at specific locations around the bay. Equipped with binoculars and bird field guides, these volunteers will identify and count bird species before handing the results to PGST’s Natural Resources Department. This information will be used to help us better understand bird life — including habitats and food sources — around the bay. The Kitsap Audubon Society has been essential in getting this program off the ground. They’ve helped complete similar projects around Miller Bay in Indianola and Old Mill Park in Silverdale, among others. Annually, the group organizes a Christmas Bird Count (named for the time of year the event occurs),
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OUR VILLAGE By JEROMY SULLIVAN where members literally count all the birds they see in Kitsap County within a defined 15-mile radius. We’re starting the Port Gamble Bay bird-counting project now because apparently not all birds fly south for the winter: November through February are the best months for birding in our area. Some of the
species we expect to find include: ■Alcid. This species includes the Pigeon Guillemot, which can be easily identified by bright red legs. In the winter, their plumage is mostly white with a dusky back. During the summer, their dress is more formal — all black with white wing patches. ■Bald Eagle: Did you know our national bird was once almost extinct? Protection laws have since helped bring population levels back up to nonthreatened status. Of course, this eagle isn’t bald; the term “bald� once meant white in the English language. ■Belted Kingfisher: Abundant throughout the United States and Canada, these medium-sized birds enjoy a varied diet that includes fish, amphibians, insects, small mammals and
Miss Snippy auditions for Andy Rooney’s job
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o you ever wonder about Andy Rooney? Miss Snippy does. Mostly, Miss Snippy wonders how she can get his old job. We don’t wish to brag, but no one can contemplate the mundane and mediocre like yours truly. Musings on masonry? Heavens, yes. A treatise on tuna salad? Look no further. Still not convinced? Listen in while we work on our rÊsumÊ. Miss Snippy wonders why most drivers departing the ferry cannot see her sitting right there in her car, simply wanting to get from the library to the IGA. They stop in a solid row, blocking all access to or across the road while they idle. How can they be blind to a woman only a few feet away, pleading with big, doe eyes? In attempting to mindmeld with these clueless (or just plain selfish) members
ON KINGSTON TIME By WENDY TWETEN of the human race, we begin with a telepathic “let me in� and proceed to thoughts — and perhaps gestures — not fit for mention in a respectable family paper such as this. Miss Snippy knows that driving in Kingston is a metaphor for life: If one aspires to get anywhere, one must be bold. Give Miss
Snippy an inch and she’ll make a merge. The secret to living in Kingston (listen up you new-comers!) can be summed up in a single word: acceleration. Have you ever wondered what would happen if one decided, just for the heck of it, to pull into the open spaces between cars lined up for a two-boat wait along the highway on a sunny summer Sunday? As soon as the angry mob approaches, one could pull out and move up the road to the next open spot. One could pass a memorable afternoon this way; perhaps a little too memorable if the car you’ve just pulled in front of has a “You Can Take My Gun When You Pry It From My Cold, Dead Fingers� bumper sticker. Do you ever wonder why the West Kingston/Miller Bay Road intersection has
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a double set of lights facing the direction of Miller Bay? Yes, Miss Snippy does too. Do you ever wonder who David H. Wolfle was and what he did to deserve having a school named after him? Do you ever wonder why Ukulele Guy carries a ukulele? More portable than a guitar? Cuter than a banjo? No iPod? Do you ever wonder why any customer of Columbia Bank would choose to use the drive-thru on Fridays when there are fresh-baked cookies inside? True, the drive-thru offers dog biscuits, but they aren’t really the same, are they? No choc-
reptiles. They can often be found perched in trees or other above-water vantage points to make diving after prey easier. â– Grebe: These smallto medium-sized birds are excellent swimmers and often respond to danger not by flying away, but by diving into the water. No need for a wet suit: their plumage is waterproof. The most likely year-round grebe inhabitants of the bay include the Eared, Red-Necked, Pied Bill, and Western. â– Heron: The Great Blue Heron is a regal-looking bird, with long legs and an S-shaped neck, found close to shore in freshwater, coastal areas. Species of heron (also known as egrets or bitterns) exist on all continents except Antarctica. â– Osprey: This bird of prey keeps house close to places like Port Gamble Bay
— a body of water with an ample food supply. They are also known as seahawks or fish hawks. One bird we’re hoping to find is the Marbled Murrelet, which is currently threatened. These are diving birds that eat fish, but will often nest within nearby forests. Birds are an important indicator to the health of an ecosystem. With this project, we hope to better understand the birds of Port Gamble Bay and how to conserve their habitats and food supplies. We thank the Kitsap Audubon Society and the Northwest Indian College for their help in coordinating this important effort. If you’d like to become involved with the Port Gamble Bay bird count, please contact Roma or Destiny at (360) 297-6284.
olate chips, for one thing. On Fridays, Miss Snippy has been known to drop by the bank to get change for a dollar in order to avail herself of a cookie or two. Yes, one could bake a cookie, or buy a cookie, but one feels one has scored a cosmic coup when biting into a treat both fresh and free. And so Miss Snippy pon-
ders Kingston’s many mysteries while wondering what Andy Rooney’s got that she ain’t got. Maybe it’s the eyebrows. — Wendy Tweten and her alter-ego Miss Snippy are long-time students of Kingston’s obscure, ordinary, and odd. Reach them for comment at wendy@wendytweten.com.
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The Closing slump | There are two major causes of this type of slump: No. 1 – trying to close with a prospect who isn’t the decision maker. The solution to this problem is to ensure the person you are presenting has the authority to make a purchasing decision. No. 2 – Trying to maintain control throughout the presentation. Successful salespeople understand that it’s ok to let the prospect dictate the direction in which a presentation heads, as long as the prospect’s problems are being solved. There is no better time than the present to look at where your business is heading and to take the time to freshen up your presentation or store front. If you have a subject you would like to see addressed in one of my articles please email me.
best way to turn an attitude slump around is to pinpoint which of the three has got you down and work on getting your confidence back in that area. One way: Call a satisfied customer and ask what it is the person loves about it. The Prospecting slump | When prospects dry up, some salespeople blame the economy, the products or simply bad luck. Prospecting is not about contacting a ton of people, but identifying and getting in touch with the few who need the benefits you can provide and have the ability to buy right now. Be willing to try new and creative approaches to prospecting. The Presentation slump | These slumps are usually the result of pressing too hard for a sale and failing to listen to what it is prospects are saying they want. This can be solved with a renewed concentration on prospects’ needs and how well they’re being addressed. Take a step back and review your presentation to see where it can be improved.
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PATRON MEMBER ARTICLE- Creating A Child’s World One of the most looked forward to “make overs� in a house is the creation of a nursery or room for children. Nothing is more exciting than bringing forward an energetic and fun concept from colors, fabric, carpet, lighting and paint to create a world for a child. We start, as in all real estate matters, with “location, location, location.� What makes a particular room “good� for a child? If not adding a completely new room to a house, you must determine how easily an existing space (such as a den, office, storage room or workspace) could be converted from its past function into both a safe and pleasant room for a child. How will that room “grow� with the child as they grow, and as their own needs and tastes develop and change? The first phase of a makeover is to assess and take care of the practical aspects of what is needed. Safety, health
and comfort. The structure of the room, including walls, windows, as well as heating and air conditioning must be made sound. Structure: Walls: Check the insulation of the walls, especially those that are exterior walls. Is the insulation sufficient to keep temperatures sustainably moderate in the room? Small children are highly susceptible to temperature extremes and variability. You do not want a room that is too hot in summer, nor too cold in winter. Windows: Have the windows been properly installed? What type of glass has been used? Check for drafts. Measure both the size and the placement location of the windows in the walls. Windows must be large enough to function as escape routes in an emergency. (Check your local Good Life Consignment celebrated their one year anniversary and recent move with a chamber ribbon cutting, live music, raffles and treats at their new location next to Premier Rentals in Kingston.
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NOV. 1 Kingston Chamber Business Luncheon
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Better Than Average Builders – Ken Orlob (360) 297-3704 www.btabuilders.com
Haselwood Family YMCA – Clayton DeNault (360) 698-9622 www.ymcapkc.org
Blue Water Inn – Sheila Powar (360) 297-3622 www.bluewaterinn.net
Kitsap Children’s Musical Theater –Melissa Palmer & Lori Durham (360) 779-7593 www.kcmt.org
Cuppa Bella – Marcus Croman (360) 297-1881 www.CuppaBella.com
Kingston Cooperative Pre- School –Clark Bowen (360) 297-3220 www.kingtoncooppreschool.com
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TUESDAY 1st Tuesday Kingston Chamber Luncheon - 12 PM @ Kingston Cove Yacht Club Events Committee - 4 PM @ Cleo’s Learning Center
2nd Tuesday Friends of the Library - 10 AM @ Kingston Library Plus or Minus 50 Singles Night - 6 PM @ Cleo’s Learning Center
3rd Tuesday Village Green Foundation - 4 PM @ Cleo’s Learning Center
Kingston Garden Club -9 AM @ Redeemer Church on Parcells Road
4th Wednesday Kingston Historical Society - 10 AM @ Kingston Community Center Kingston Networking - 8 AM @ Little City Catering’s meeting room
THURSDAY Every Thursday Kiwanis Meeting - 7 AM @ Oak Table CafĂŠ in Kingston Port Gamble Cruz Car Show @ 4 PM
2nd Thursday Kingston Chamber of Commerce After Hours - 5 PM @ Varying Locations – www.KingstonChamber.com
WEDNESDAY Every Wednesday Rotary Lunch - 11:30 am @ Kingston Cove Yacht Club
1st Wednesday Kingston Citizens Advisory Council - 7 PM @ North Kitsap Fire and Rescue Station on Miller Bay Road
2nd Wednesday Super Seniors Lunch - Call (360) 811-0288 for more information Kingston Networking - 8 AM @ Little City Catering’s meeting room
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Wine Experience 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM @ Greater Hansville Community Center our local wine selection committee has chosen seven wines for you to sample. The evening will host a silent auction of wlocally produced art, gifts, personal services and even guest house stays. Tickets are $15 and are available at the Hansville Grocery and Hansville Cup of Joy. 21+ only. Contact Marco Tyler 360638-2010 or Judy Tallman 360-638-2961 if you have questions.
NOV. 6 Connecting Friends and Neighbors of the Village Green Community Center 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM @ Oak Table CafÊ. Spaghetti Dinner and Volunteer Brainstorming Session. Sponsored by the Village Green Foundation. This is not a fundraising event - it’s a precursor to the community center capital campaign.
NOV. 8 Chamber Board of Directors Meeting
1st Friday Urban Economic Development Committee (Stakeholders) - 9 AM @ Cleo’s Learning Center
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NOV. 10 Kingston Chamber After Hours 5:00 PM– 7:00 PM @ Olympic Printer Resources on Calvary Lane in Kingston. Plan to have a great time while networking with fellow businesses.
NOV . 11-12 Holiday Fair
NOV. 5 Kingston Cooperative Preschool 19th Annual Auction 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM @ Kingston Middle School Over a hundred items to bid on in our Silent Auction and a dozen items to bid on in our Live Auction. Crafts, Gift Certificates, Entertainment Packages and Holiday Gifts. Fun for the whole family, expresso & Bake Sale, Kid games and crafts and 50/50 Split the Pot!
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12 Noon @ Kingston Cove Yacht Club Sponsored by North Kitsap Fire and Rescue. Guest Speaker Nancy Tietje, speaking on “An introduction to eating gluten free.� $15 with RSVP to 297-3813 or $20(cash/check) at the door. Lunch provided by Little City Catering. Door Prizes welcomed! Refer a new member to the Chamber and get your lunch for FREE!
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7:30 AM @ Little City Catering – All members welcome with notification to 297-3813
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM @ Greater Hansville Community Center Arts, Crafts, Gifts, Raffles, The Holiday CafÊ and Christmas Cookie Contest. Presented by the Hansville Art and Craft Guild. Admission is FREE.
NOV. 12 Port Gamble Ghost Walk 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM @ Begin at the Port Gamble General Store Fee: $15/person; This will be a guided tour by our museum curator throughout town with stops at places with reported supernatural activity. The tour will not be cancelled due to inclement weather. portgamble@orminc. com 360.297.8074
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NOV. 23 Kingston Networking Hosted by the Kingston Chamber Ambassadors Open to EVERYONE 8:00 AM @ Little City Catering on the corners of Ohio and 3rd in Kingston. If you have a business you’d like to promote, come and bring lots of business cards. Visit one of our many coffee establishments on your way in! This opportunity is FREE. Chamber Membership Benefits will be discussed as well as Ambassador opportunities.
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Medical study applauds, but misses point SPINAL E COLUMN
very once in a while a health care study comes out that makes you stop and say, “Now why didn’t someone think of doing that earlier?� Well, such a study recently hit the pages of the prestigious medical journal Spine. The study, conducted by two medical doctors in Egypt, acknowledged the body of research that shows lower back suffers do very well with spinal manipulation (or what we chiropractors refer to as adjustments). That’s not breaking news, and it certainly is not why I’m writing this article. What makes their study interesting is an observation they made in the studies that went before them: all the studies were short-term. None of them looked beyond the initial
symptomatic relief that spinal manipulation brought to patients. None of them asked the question: “What would happen if we continued adjusting patients after the pain went away?� Or in their words (and the title of their research), “Does maintained spinal manipulation therapy for chronic nonspecific low back pain result in a better long term outcome?� Well, of course it does! We chiropractors witness it everyday in our practices. I’m just stunned that no one thought of challenging this everyday observation through the rigors of “science.� In hindsight, though, even if it is a bit odd, it’s probably good that a couple of medical doctors conducted the research, because had the chiropractic profession done this one, it would have
By THOMAS LAMAR, D.C. reeked of bias. So here’s what happened: Nearly 100 patients with lower back pain lasting at least six months were brought together. They were broken out into three groups. One of them was a control. The other two received 12 spinal manipulation treatments over a period of one month. Both of them showed significant, and near equal, improvement versus the control group. At this point, treatment was halted for one of the groups, and the other continued to receive treatment every two weeks for
the next nine months. The result: those in the “maintained group� saw continued improvement with their condition, above and beyond where they were after the one-month mark. The patients who stopped treatment after one month found themselves to have regressed to a level that was nearly equivalent to where they were before they started. This led the researchers to conclude: “Spinal manipulative therapy is effective for the treatment of chronic nonspecific low back pain. To obtain long-term benefit, this study suggests maintenance spinal manipulation after the initial intensive manipulative therapy.� Amazing! I know, I had to pinch myself. I couldn’t believe that this actually made it to print in a medi-
cal research journal. So has a new day dawned for chiropractic? Will patients be able to receive chiropractic maintenance care and have their insurance company pay the bill? Probably not, because maintenance care is contrary to the business model of insurance, and this study when applied to chiropractic views it from a medical perspective. When we view chiropractic as a “treatment,� we miss the point. The chiropractic adjustment — or spinal manipulation, as they like to call it — is really not a treatment for anything. It merely serves to remove mechanical interference in the body’s electrical system — an interference that hinders the body’s natural ability to self-heal and selfregulate. Lower back pain,
in this case, is really just a symptom — a sign — that the body’s ability to function in this capacity has been failing. The adjustment really just removes the barriers that are preventing the body from functioning properly. It allows the body to express life. True health is more than being pain-free, it’s about functioning at the most optimum level possible. When the spine is adjusted, and maintained as such, the nervous system which controls and regulates every cell, tissue and organ in the body is able to communicate more effectively ... and when that’s in place, pain just isn’t an option. — Dr. Thomas R. Lamar is a chiropractor at Anchor Chiropractic in the Health Services Center, and is the host of SpinalColumnRadio. com. You can read more of his articles at www. AnchorChiropractic.net.
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Sharing is a powerful community force A
s thoughts turn toward the upcoming holidays, they also turn to the subjects of sharing and giving, which after all are the best ways to celebrate the season. Food banks are a great example of how a community shares among itself, redistributing food or resource surpluses in one area to serve food shortages in another, namely folks struggling with hunger and other poverty challenges. People give to ShareNet in an amazing variety of ways. David Richie donated a sliding platform for our van, which eases the backs of our volunteers in trans-
SHARENET & YOU By MARK INCE port and logistics. Kingston Farm and Garden Coop’s Giving Garden has provided a steady supply of fresh produce for our clients
since spring. The Gluten Free Bakery and Market in Poulsbo donates to us regularly, a big help for our clients with those dietary needs. “Lisa the Egg Lady� and another named Becky bring us their surplus eggs. 4F&G Recycling’s Mark Fladsard picks up metal and electronic donations we can’t use and reimburses us. Beth Kommer of North Kitsap Metal Recycling did a fundraiser for us last month. Our Kingston Albertsons and Poulsbo Walmart donate through the Grocery Rescue program. Caring Clowns International and the Windermere Foundation assisted with our Back to
School Supplies event. Kingston IGA hosts a donation barrel and helps us with storage needs when we’re strapped. Kitsap Youth in Action staffed our needs for the annual postal food drive. The Kingston Farmers Market has made a regular financial donation through the summer months. Wolfle Elementary made ShareNet the beneficiary of its annual Penny Drive in 2011. These are just a few of the more prominent or regular examples of a direct provision our community makes to us, but there are countless others that are one-time only, done anonymously, or are not quantifiable.
Current economic times are too familiar H THIS ‘N’ THAT By JACQUE THORNTON in the mid-1930s, through President Roosevelt’s “Executive Order,� we celebrated. My parents had the greatest respect for FDR the rest of their lives. It was after this that my family came together. I hadn’t seen my mother and little brother in two years, but we survived. Roosevelt’s WPA program saved our cities and towns, by giving work in repairEMOVAL
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them at peon wages again, and watch the rich get richer. It is the same pattern all over again.
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earing today’s news is like living my early childhood over again in the Depression of the 1930s. When Wall Street failed on Black Tuesday, October 1929, the world was thrown into turmoil. My father lost his job in a logging camp where he was saving what he could to get through medical school, and also supporting a wife and family. The family was split up when he was looking for work in Seattle for a few years. My younger sister, Mary, and I were sent to live in Tacoma with Grandma Josie. My ill little brother, Franky, and mom went to the farm in Eastern Washington with my grandparents. Dad would get a day’s labor job, sometimes sleeping all night in a park close by to be at the hiring first. Anything to put food on the table. There was nothing to help families in dire need, but churches in every neighborhood were doing what ever they could, just as they do now. When food assistance came along, we spent whole days in line to get a few commodities. If we were in luck, we ate oatmeal three times a day. On Saturday evenings you could buy leftover fruit and veggies at the Public Market for pennies. Jobs were then and now the biggest need. Even with the few jobs out there today, you have to have a job to get a job? Something is very wrong here. When my father was hired in the Works Progress Administration
Two of the most vital services our community provides for us are volunteers that keep us appropriately staffed and financial donations that keep us operating. From all this giving, ShareNet is able to provide a structure that harnesses this vital helping force in our community for the good of local residents who struggle with hard times, harder than ever for many. It’s a reciprocal relationship and a fair exchange: we exist for you, and because of you. Overwhelmingly, Share Net is funded by small, individual, and local donations. That’s why we appeal to you during this time of year more than any other through our fundraiser Neighbor Aid, because your donations set our budget and ability to serve in 2012. Many schools and parents
use the example of ShareNet as a teaching exercise, an effective model for kids of how a community shares. They might have their teens harvest and haul in surplus home garden produce, host a neighborhood food drive, or make service to ShareNet the focus of a school project. Our community relies on ShareNet to be great at what it does, just as we benefit from many individual community strengths, whether that’s a Kiwanis or Rotary member moved to help our fight against hunger who then marshals his or her organization’s considerable resources for our benefit, or a skilled gardener donating a bumper crop. That’s the essence of partnership and sharing.
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onservation is getting nowhere because it is incompatible with our Abrahamic concept of land. We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.�
These are the words of the famous conservationist, Aldo Leopold. While he is best known for his book, “The Sand County Almanac,� he wrote many essays and commentaries on the state of our human relationship to the natural world that is our home. I am saddened so often by our human ways of interact-
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ing with the land we live on. We often express, in the regulations we follow and in the priorities we set for communities, a value of nature that is centered on what it can provide us and
how we can use it up for our own benefit. And usually that is a monetary benefit. I think we could all change our attitudes for the better if we just think about the ramifications of this comment, also from Aldo Leopold: “The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include
soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land ... In short, a land ethic changes the role of Homo sapiens from conqueror of the land-community to plain member and citizen of it. It implies respect for his fellow-members, and also respect for the community as such.� I truly cannot think of any better way to put it. I would challenge us all to begin thinking of our natural home and the land that surrounds us as a corporate
member of our community. Try it! It truly opens your eyes and makes you think deeply about our human impact and interactions. Stillwaters Environmental Center (www.stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org) is starting a Discussion Group called “Hungry for Change: Food, Ethics & Sustainability�; if you are interested, call (360) 2971226.
green holiday. Why battle at the mall when you may have all you need at home? Instructors will offer suggestions and how-to’s on creating gifts from re-purposed items, using found objects to decorate, and emphasizing “It’s the thought that counts� — whether giving gifts or planning activities. Join in for new ideas, freshened up old ideas, and
lots of inspiration to make your holidays more meaningful. You will be able to make some crafts to take home too. For cost and other information, call 297-1226 or email info@stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org.
StillwatersEvents Want to start a club? Need a place to meet? Stillwaters can help KINGSTON — Stillwaters Environmental Center is hosting special-interest clubs in need of a place to meet. These clubs would be special-interest groups whose mission and purpose align with Stillwaters. For
example, a bird photography group, a nature book reading group, a family hiking organization would all fit. Maybe you are interested in foraging or mushroom hunting and want to find other folks who would like to share and learn with you. You define the club and organize it, recruit a few members, contact Stillwaters, and the center
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Two people who help make this a wonderful place KINGSTON GIRL W ith some wonderful coffee shops in our little town, we are blessed with some great options, but if you haven’t made the time to go to Cuppa Bella recently, you are sadly missing out. The new owners — husband and wife team Marcus and Tonya Croman — have given it a new look, all the way down to the home cooking of the yummy and wonderful menu items. “Cuppa Bella was started by Mark and Karen Scholl in 1998 and the opportunity to purchase the business from them presented itself to us (by accident) last year.� Marcus said. I go to Cuppa Bella a few times a week for their homemade scones. They are simply sinful and so perfect. Two of my favorite are the almond cherry and the cheddar, basil and bacon scones; they really are to die for. In fact, that is my husband Chris’s new go-to
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when he wants to make me happy or cheer me up; instead of flowers, he goes right to Cuppa Bella. All I have to say is, smart man. With exception of just a few short years that Marcus lived in the TriCities, he and Tonya have lived in the area their entire lives. Marcus grew up in Kingston — in the house, he proudly boasts, that his mom still lives in, across the street from Wolfle Elementary School. Marcus said Tonya grew up in Poulsbo on Finn Hill in the same house that her parents live in. Marcus and Tonya’s family history is a few generations deep. Marcus ties to the area started when his aunt and uncle moved to Bainbridge Island in the late 1950s. In 1967, his mom moved here
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from Pennsylvania after nursing school; Marcus’s father was in the Navy at the time and moved to the area after he was discharged. In the mid-1970s, Marcus’s grandmother and grandfather moved here after she retired from teaching. Tonya’s family has been in the area since the early 1940s. She and Marcus say
this is their forever home and do not plan on leaving. “Kingston is a true small town. You get the sense that folks watch each other’s backs, they take care of their fellow citizens, they take care of their own town,� Marcus said. “The volunteers in the Kingston area that come out for town cleanups, that put
up the flower baskets, that put together the Fourth of July (celebration) are what makes this area so great.� The only thing that they would like to see changed is seeing more cooperation and communication between the various organizations in our area so that everyone is working toward the same goal. Knowing
that each will have their own set of tasks to get there, working together instead of apart would make it so much easier for the public to understand. Tonya and Marcus started something like this with the Kingston Food Bank, Kingston Rescue Mission, Kiwanis Club, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Rotary Club, ShareNet Food Bank and Wolfle Elementary School for the “Feed the Kids� program this past summer. Communication and cooperation between the various organizations helped keep everyone on the same page. At times, volunteer efforts can be scattered, creating a situation where each group is fighting for donations and volunteers. By joining together and targeting one issue at a time, we can resolve an issue as a group before moving on to another. Great things could happen See KINGSTON, Page 24
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ou all probably know more than one way to get from Kingston to Indianola. I discovered a new one that travels several of the trails I have already mentioned in this column. This route links them together and provides a good opportunity for purposeful walking, meandering conversation, and a chance to enjoy the fall weather and foliage. I like to walk in the cooler weather. Even in the wet, a raincoat or umbrella will keep you comfortable on the hike from Kingston to Indianola. This expedition is probably best done with a friend so you can do a one-way trip by leaving a car at each end of the hike. It is close to a six-mile hike and took us about three hours. Another option is to choose just part of the trail I followed and return via the same route. The really ambitious could make a day of it and hike to Indianola for lunch on the dock, then turn around and walk back to Kingston again. We parked one car in Indianola, and drove to Village Green Park to begin our walk. From Village Green, exit the park and go west on West Kingston Road, following the sidewalk to Barber Cut-Off Road. Turn right on Barber Cut-Off Road. You will pass
TRAIL MIX By LYNN AGNEW Stillwaters Environmental Center on the left (.5 mile). Turn left onto the Nike Park trail (.7 mile) and follow it to the Kingston High School turf field (1 mile). Walk along the sidewalk to West Kingston Road and turn right to Norman Road (1.6 mile). Take a left on Norman and walk south to end of the road (2.1 miles) where you will see signpost No. 10 identifying the start of the Spine Line Trail of Heritage Park. Follow a dirt road, to a gravel road to where signpost No. 9 (2.4 miles) indicates you turn right. The trail passes a pretty wetland and then ascends a long steep hill that was recently improved by the North Kitsap Trails Association. At the top of the hill you will come to signpost No. 11 (3.2 miles) where you will take a left onto the White Horse Trail. The trail is gravel for a short distance then paved when you
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enter the White Horse Golf Course property. You will be walking within sight of the White Horse Golf Course. Remember to stay on the asphalt walking path rather than the concrete golf cart roads. The trail exits the woods briefly at an intersection with Three Lions Place (3.6 miles). Turn right here and walk on the trail toward the clubhouse and parking lot, then left around the
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fenced maintenance area, picking up the paved path again where it re-enters the woods (3.7 miles). The
Kingston Continued from page 23 in our town; Kingston is the perfect place to do it. Before they bought Cuppa Bella, Tonya had operated a daycare business out of their home for several years and Marcus commuted to Seattle to an IT job. Marcus had been looking for a way out of his commute for sev-
paved trail ends behind the Trillium School on Kitsap Street (5 miles). Continue on to the intersection with Indianola Road and turn left to walk about another mile to the Indianola Store for a well-deserved treat or for lunch. I think connecting communities by trails is an intriguing idea. This walk gives you the chance to see and appreciate schools, neighborhoods, woods, wetlands, and recreation areas. Realizing Kingston and Indianola are within walking distance of each other helps me understand how accessible much of our county is by foot or by bicycle. If this walk appeals to you, you can find out more about the current initiative to link all our North Kitsap communities by trails. You can find a link to the North Kitsap String of Pearls Trail Plan at the North Kitsap Trails Association website, www.northkitsaptrails.org.
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ing from scratch, and Tonya comes in at noon and closes at 8 p.m. “We’re not sure how additional locations will pan out for us in being able to maintain our high level of standards, but we’re not reinventing the wheel so we’ll just have to look at how other successful entrepreneurs have done it,� Marcus said. Marcus and Tonya are a great part of what makes our community in Kingston so wonderful. I love when I get to learn more about locals in our area that make it so wonderful to live here. I hope to see you in Cuppa Bella sometime soon. I will be there with my bag of scones! — Stacey Goodrich blogs about Kingston life on blogs. kingstoncommunitynews. com and kingstongirlie.blogspot.com.
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s an initial step toward launching a capital campaign in February, the Village Green Foundation will host a volunteer brainstorming session with free spaghetti dinner at the Oak Table CafÊ in Kingston, Nov. 6 from 4:30-6 p.m. The purpose is to gather volunteers who will contribute ideas and information about themselves and others they know who want to share their resources — time, talent, treasure — with the Village Green project. Oak Table owner Ross McCurdy will provide that really tasty spaghetti sauce
VILLAGE GREEN UPDATE VILLAGE GREEN FOUNDATION you may have sampled, and you’ll have your choice of meat sauce or meatless sauce. Contact info@ Kingstonvillagegreen.org for any more information.
Raising funds Despite these challenging times, response to earlier requests and to a feasibility study done last fall (under the auspices of Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish
County) has been very positive; we need to raise $1 million to $2 million by this time next year to begin drawing down the $1.03 million state grant Village Green Foundation was awarded this year. Given successful fundraising and grant-writing, by late 2012 we should be completing the infrastructure and getting ready to break ground on the community center building.
Grants Volunteer grant-writers are hard at work developing grant applications for the various pieces of the project. Now that plans are taking
shape for the Village Green pea-patch garden and an older children’s playground — along with the picnic shelter you read about in last month’s Community News — the Village Green Foundation is partnering with Kitsap Regional Library Foundation executive director Peter Raffa to determine what grants are available only for libraries. The capital grant climate continues to be challenging, but we are grateful to have skilled and experienced partners in KRL and the BGCSC on our side. If you’d like to assist with grant-writing, contact info@kingstonvillagegreen.
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Other news ■Progress on the ground: As part of the Administrative Conditional Use Permit process, a technical review of documents was held with the County DCD staff on Sept. 21. Some additional information was required and was subsequently submitted. ■MPD budget: The Metropolitan Park District is submitting a budget to the county assessor’s office
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that will result in about 5 cents per $1,000 dollars of assessed valuation on our 2012 tax bills. We still expect the Village Green property to be transferred late this year or early 2012.
North EndBusiness Kingston, KEDA will move forward together on tourism promotion KINGSTON — Tourism in Washington state generates $15 billion in annual revenues, and 80 percent of all small businesses are tourism related. Kingston has more than 1 million visitors per year, but many of them drive right through. What can the community do to encourage these visitors to stop for a bite or enjoy local shops? The Kingston Stakeholders — the Urban Economic Development Committee of the Kingston Chamber of Commerce — hosted John Powers, executive director of the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance, at the Kingston Cove Yacht Club on Oct. 14 to introduce him to the community. Thirty community members — including bankers, developers, real estate agents, small-business owners, representatives of Village Green and Port of Kingston, and members of the North Kitsap Tourism Consortium — related their personal stories of dedication and contributions to Kingston and North Kitsap County. Susan Rodgers, longtime resident and owner of Cleo’s Landing and Diva, expressed her determination “to make this little town (Kingston) the very best it can be.� Meisha Rouser, White Horse resident and former SoundRunner manager, challenged the group to think beyond “The Gateway
to the Olympic Peninsula and create our own vision and identity.� Jerry Kirschner and Nancy Langwith told of moving to Kingston because of the spirit of volunteerism that turned a military barracks site into Village Green park. Following presentations by the representatives of Village Green, the String of Pearls trails network, and the tourism consortium, John Guerts of BC&J Architects walked the group through a series of drawings depicting the vision of Kingston as it grows and develops. Powers concluded the meeting with a summary of what he had experienced over the past hour. “Kingston has very strong social capital and you must have social capital for economic development,� he said. He recognized the vision of Kingston as to “Preserve character, but create opportunity.� Powers and the Stakeholders agreed to continue talking about how to work together at the next meeting of the Stakeholders.
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LET’S GET REAL ESTATE By JAN ZUFELT
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KHS art included in mall medallions KINGSTON — Artwork by nine Kingston High School students is included in floor medallions unveiled Oct. 12 at Kitsap Mall. The KHS students: Kaitlen Ashley, Andrew Beversluis, McKenzie Clark, Mayra Gonzalez, Darren Guin, Caleb Haughawout, Sarah Hill, Maddi Miller and Michael Simmons. Local high school art teachers were invited to have their students submit drawings of a Pacific Northwest icon representing nature. Twenty-three drawings were selected out of hundreds from Bainbridge Island High School, Kingston High School, Port
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