HOLIDAY EVENT You ARGOSY CRUISE GOOD NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE, PLACES ACTIVITIES IN THE WEST SOUND Television Community You INSIDE NEIGHBORS THE SUN SERVING WEST SOUND WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2004 1 SECTION KITSAP MOMENT: A LITTLE EXTRA WINDOW DRESSING Staff photo by Carolyn J. Yaschur Anne Mace of Poulsbo paints a Nativity scene on the window of Poulsbo Pacific Hobbies in Bremerton. Mace, owner of Mace Graphics and Illustration, has been decorating the windows of this hobby shop for years. Santa to accompany firefighters in several local fire districts Three local fire districts have Santa busy making appearances in the north, central and south sections of the county. North Kitsap Fire Rescue, Central Kitsap Fire Rescue and South Kitsap Fire District 7 are leading Santa around local neighborhoods on their fire engines.
Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. Santa will be in South Kitsap at Conifer Park. Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. he'll be at Manchester on Alaska Avenue. Sunday from 5 to 9 p.m.
he'll be in Port Orchard. Dec. 13 he'll head north to visit the Gamblewood Playground, Gliding Eagle Grocery and Kingston Junior High Band Concert between 6:30 and 8:15 p.m. Dec. 14 he'll be at the Indianola Clubhouse at 6:30 p.m.
and Jefferson Beach at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15 he'll visit the Squamish Village Square at 6:30 p.m. and on Thursday the Hansville Community Center at 7:45 p.m. Santa will be busy Dec.
17, splitting his time from 6 to 9 p.m. in South Kitsap near California and Nebraska avenues while visiting the Kingston Albertsons at 6:30 p.m. and Miller Bay Estates Clubhouse at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18, Santa will be in Port Orchard and Parkview Terrace between and 9 p.m.
Old St. Nick will once again make a special visit to the North area riding atop a Central Kitsap fire engine Dec. 13 to Dec. 17 with the assistance of the Professional Firefighters of Kitsap County and Central Kitsap Fire Rescue. Santa's travels will begin about 5:45 p.m.
each evening and usually end around 9 p.m. This year Santa and his helpers also are collecting food to help the Central Kitsap Food Bank. Everyone is encouraged to help fill Santa's bag with nonperishable food. Dec. 13 Santa will visit east of Trenton Avenue; including Helm, Rosewood, 30th, Viewcrest, Ridgeview and Fischer Court as far south as East 17th Street into Manette.
Dec. 14 he'll travel west of Trenton Avenue; north of Stone Way; just north of Sylvan Way; east of Olympus Drive; areas include Franklin Avenue, 30th Street, Wyoming Street, Harbel Drive and Forest Drive. Dec. 15 he will visit Petersville Road to Riddell Road, Including surrounding areas around Petersville. Dec.
16 he will travel to Illahee Drive to Shore Cliff, including the surrounding Fir Drive area and NE Third Street North to University Point, including surrounding areas. His last visit will be Dec. 17 when he will travel to the areas of Illahee to Oceanview; Oceanview to Sunset, including surrounding areas; Sunset to Aegean and John Carlson Road, including surrounding areas; and NE 72nd to McWilliams, including surrounding areas. Santa may be delayed or held back due to bad weather. For more information on South Kitsap visits, call Lt.
Mike Smith at (360) 308-4217. South Kitsap firefighters will collect food and donations for the South Kitsap Help Line. For North Kitsap locations, call (360) 297-3619. SECTION EDITOR: JOANNE MAREZ GooD FOR Winners announced For the second year in a row, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul DuBrall took first place in the Sinclair Inlet Yacht Club Christmas Lane boat decorating Peoples Choice Awards with their bedecked boat, "Our Toy." The local couple bested 17 other boats in the competition Dec. 4. Despite the rain, 225 people walked the docks examining all the lighted boats and made their choice. Second place went to Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Carr and their boat "Grand Journey" with third place awarded to a young boat owner Jesse Mowrey and his boat "Tugzila." Honor students noted Peace Lutheran School in Bremerton recently recognized several students for their accomplishment for the first quarter of the 2004-2005 school year. Given highest honors for a gradepoint average of between 3.5 and 4.0 were: Fifth Grade: Ciana Alverto, Vinnie Diorio, Leslie Guzman, Sydney Hill, Lauren Jung, Alyx Sklenar, Allie Tay- MILESTONES lor and Tricia Vantino. Sixth Grade: Brittney Ferguson, Mackenzie Klinker and Sarah Shannon. Seventh Grade: Phillip Alessi, Dylan Bonsell, Bailey Dodge, Danny Hodun and Mikal Soo Pulse. Eighth Grade: Sully Cotton, Tom Parks, Jonathan Pulse and Jaqi Schaeffer.
Given honors for a GPA of 3.0 to 3.49 were: Fifth Grade: Kenneth Ford, Rachel Hale and Bryan Keenan. Sixth Grade: John Bresnahan, Indy Darst, PJ Harster, Kelsey Ling, Lauren Nelander and Michelle Schaffer. Seventh Grade: Carrina Clauson, Chelsea Davies, KD Gierke and Lauren Hughes. Eighth Grade: Kylee Seibold. Students offer ideas for salmon enhancement Belfair Elementary students Brittany Knapp, Curtis Lovrak, Noelle Green, Ryan Garcia, David Green, Reanna Miller, James Landreth, Melinda Escalante, Levi Cherry-Allen, Michael York and Tristan Stromberg met with To Sharon Swadener and Doug- ma, BIRTHS las Schwartz of Belfair, a son, Dec.
4. Mathew Naval Hospital To Benicia and David Diaz of Bremerton, a son, Nov. 28. To Kari and Chris Beck of Port Orchard, a daughter, Nov. 28.
To Julia and Jason Ray of Silverdale, a daughter, Nov. 29. To Nancy and David Montross of Belfair, a son, Nov. 29. To Nicole and Joshua York of Silverdale, a son, Nov.
30. To Sheena and Justin Boop of Bremerton, a son, Dec. 1. Tacoma General Hospital To Jami and Joshua Downing of Gig Harbor, a daughter, Dec. 2.
To Malia Diaz of Gig Harbor, a son, Dec. 2. To Deana Johnson and Michael Burgess of Gig Harbor, a daughter, Dec. 2. MARRIAGE Michael Kristi LICENSES of Patrick Kitsap County Keri Jeffrey Ralph Burgess, 40, Bremerton, and Megan Elizabeth Farrow, Tommy 25, Port Orchard.
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Ordway students run to fight cancer Students from Ordway Elementary ran in the recent 2004 Seattle Kids Marathon to help raise money and awareness for children who are fighting cancer and their families. Nearly 2,500 children throughout Washington representing 70 schools participated. and Heather Marie Hall, 25, Bremerton. Earl Wirick, 25, and Ashlee Rae Allen, 22, both of Bremerton. William Alfera, 30, and Michelle Beringer, 23, both Port Orchard.
Georges Belhon, 45, and Helen Galt, 41, both of Squamish. Aguon Fernandez, 36, and Rhiannon K. Bergnes, 28, both Bremerton. Allen Hanco*ck, 20, and Charlcy Jarie Miller, 17, both of Bremerton. Andrew McGee, 29, and Natalie Tasha Heyko, 30, both of Bremerton.
Parel Nasayao 41, and Marivic Lumubos Rivera, 29, of Silverdale. Geoffrey Stansbury, 26, Mary Jane Stansbury, 40, of Shelton. E-MAIL: Grants awarded to Kitsap program Rebuilding Together of Kitsap County recently was awarded two grants. A $2,500 grant from Countrywide Home Loans will supplement the Emergency Year Round Service Fund and the annual Rebuilding Day Blitz. The Silverdale Rotary Duck Buck Fund awarded Rebuilding Together a $1,000 grant.
Rebuilding Together is a nonprofit organization dedicated to repairing owner-occupied, low-income housing, particularly for the elderly and people living with physical disabilities. Since 1990, Rebuilding Together of Kitsap County has completed work on 98 homes in the county and four nonprofit facilities including the YWCA Alive Shelter. Mason County employee food drive successful Mason County employees contributed 2,1.20 pounds of food and $135; which will be distributed equally to all four food banks in Mason County. Kelly Frazier, Trish Woolett and Ben Ramsfield organized the food 35 Christmas Ship makes local stop The Olympic High School Vocal Jazz Ensemble will perform on the Argosy Christmas Ship on Friday. The ship is lighted from stem to stern and will stop at the Manchester Dock from 8 to 8:20 p.m.
for a ship-to-shore concert by the jazz ensemble. The Manchester Community Association will sponsor a bonfire on the beach at the Manchester City Park. The Christmas Ship cruises nightly through Dec. 23 from Pier 55 in Seattle. It stops at more than 45 waterfront communities along with a parade of boats, forming what is purported to be the largest holiday flotilla in the world.
A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Seattle Times fund for the needy. For more information and reservations, call (206) 623-1445..
