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Our story on the rally ran last night. Organizers plan a larger rally for 4 p.m. Wednesday (May 22), starting at South Kitsap High School, with a march to the district office. Students in charge are Gabrielle Wagner, ASB president, and Vincent Bachteler, a “passionate Wolf.”
C. Henry, reporter
South Kitsap High School Presents its 15th annual Senior Art Show
When: 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 20
Where: Common Project’s Area of South Kitsap High School, 425
Mitchell Avenue, Port Orchard.
What: Guests will enjoy more than 300 photographs, 100 paintings
and drawings, displays of ceramics, wooden boat projects, graphic
art, videos, clothing design and more.
Attendees will have a chance to vote on “Best of Show” and participate in a silent auction of various pieces of art work. The funds from the auction go into a scholarship fund.
For more information contact SKHS photography instructor Robert Davis at (360) 874-5600.
Local kid done good. South Kitsap High grad Chris Olson, now living in Brooklyn, N.Y., is featured with other musicians in the indie band Chappo on the new iPod touch commercial with a clip from their song “Come Home.”
Here’s a video of a live performance the group did earlier this year, with stage door interview before the songs.
Friends of
South Kitsap native Holly Mattson will hold a benefit concert
for her on Sept. 30 at Neumos
nightclub in Seattle to help her with steep medical bills
incurred from a horrific
July 26 car crash that claimed the life of her friend
Douglas W. Simmons III of Fife, also originally from South
Kitsap.
Changes are pending against the Auburn woman who hit the car Simmons was driving broadside. The woman allegedly was traveling at speeds up to 80 miles per hour while fleeing a Federal Way police officer when the collision occurred.
Mattson, who was a passenger in Simmons car, has rough days since the accident but remains the upbeat person friends from Marcus Whitman Junior High School and South Kitsap High School remember. She is taking “baby steps but in the right direction,” she said on a recent Facebook post.
Mattson only learned that Simmons had died after she got out of the intensive care unit.
“My ex-husband and my three boys all came in and surrounded my bed,” Mattson said, in an e-mail to the Kitsap Sun. “They said I had to know and proceeded to tell me. I stopped them after hearing about Doug’s death. My heart was instantly broke.
“He was such a good guy and the waves of tears hit me without warning over him,” Mattson said. “He was a wonderful dad and family was the most important thing in the world to him. He was a true man in his walk in this life.”
Mattson, formerly of Oregon and the Seattle area, for now is living with family in Port Orchard. She is somewhat overwhelmed by the outpouring of support that has buoyed her since she first remembers regaining consciousness in the hospital.
“I am so humble over the outreach from everyone on this whole tragic event. I really cannot even form words other then being ‘Thankful,’” she said. “You ask how I am right now. I am better then yesterday. I say that I feel like my heart, my mind and my body are broken, but honestly, my spirit has been strong throughout and I owe that to all the love and support of friends and family.”
Find the story on Mattson’s heroic recovery in today’s Kitsap Sun.
Friends, spearheaded by Dave Dayton, also formerly of South Kitsap, now of Seattle, have organized this concert at Neumos, entitled “There is a Light That Never Goes Out.” The concert will feature 10 bands covering The Smiths, a 1980s rock band (details below).
I didn’t realize how eerily poignant the name of the event was until I looked for The Smiths on You Tube and found this video.
“There is a Light That Never Goes Out”
What: A benefit concert for South Kitsap native Holly Mattson.
When: 8 p.m. Sept. 30
Where: Neumos, 925 East Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122-3816; (206)
709-9442
More Information: Find organizer Dave Dayton on Facebook,
e-mail
openheart_70@yahoo.com or visit www.neumos.com.
Bands: Leeni, Like Lightning and Guests, Bradford in Taxco, Leslie
Beattie,
Trentalange, Mikey Davis (Calligraphers), Joshua Morrison, The
Small Change,
Aaron Mannino and The Missionary Position.
1. You may have read about recent efforts by proponents of a turf field at South Kitsap High School on their efforts to raise funds for the upgrade, estimated to cost $1.5 million. South Kitsap Community Sports Foundation was turned down by USA Soccer in its bid to land a planning grant for the much-needed field renovations at Joe Knowles Field and improve the quality and conditions of other athletic facilities in the district, but they are planning a 7-on-7 flag football tournament, for Aug. 28 at South Kitsap High School as a fundraiser.
Registration: Forms and more information on the tournament can be found at the organization’s website or on Facebook at Turf 4 SK.
2. South Kitsap Babe Ruth, which folded in March due to lack of
players and a poor economy, has donated the balance of its funds to
three other baseball organizations in South Kitsap. In that way,
said president Jerry Holaway, the spirit of the 50-year-old
organization lives on.
“I met with Kevin Archuleta President of South Kitsap Eastern
Little League on Monday before SKELL board meeting at Puerta
Vallarta,” said Holaway on Aug. 12.
“I also met with board member Daniel Garrett, Vice President Kathie
Thoma (in picture) and President Margot Rustad (not in picture) of
South Kitsap Southern Little League before SKSLL board meeting at
SKSLL ball park,” Holaway said.
“ I presented each league with equal donation checks with the only stipulation that the money be used for players ages 13-18 years old to help with registration cost, supplies and up keep of their ball fields.
”We also donated all of our baseball equipment, lawn mower and everything in our concession stand to South Kitsap Western Little league when they took over the lease from the city on the Babe Ruth field.
I feel all three organizations were given equal parts of Babe Ruth
South Kitsap Babe Ruth will be closing out the leagues bank account within the next couple of weeks depending on when the donation checks clear the account.”
5/27 Update: National winner announced. See update at bottom of this post.
After posting this blog entry, I learned that there are two other local finalists in the Doodle 4 Google Contest, Michelle Ortiz of Poulsbo Middle School in North Kitsap and Bryan Wei of Kopachuck Middle School in Gig Harbor. Bryan’s doodle, titled “Build and Earthquake Proof City” was among 40 regional finalists. Four national finalists, chosen by public vote from among the 40, will be announced Thursday. The winner’s doodle will appear on Google.com.
If you pay attention to the day-to-day changes in the Google Image on the search engine’s home
page, and if you’re
from South Kitsap, you’ll want to pay extra close attention
and look for for a contribution from our little corner of the
world.
Karlie Goss, a South Kitsap High School junior and advanced graphics student, recently was selected as a state finalist in her age group (10th through 12th grade) for the Doodle for Google Contest. Students across the country were asked to create a Google design, mentally completing the sentence, “If I could do anything, I would … ”
Goss’ design shows hands of people of different races playing
with a river of rainbow colors. The title of the piece is “To Give
the World Color.”
The contest drew participants from 20,000 schools, and Google received more than 33,000 entries. Goss’ art is among four hundred state finalists’ doodles selected by judges.
Goss’ art teacher at South is Cathy Duttry.
Google hosted the competition because, “We are delighted to encourage and celebrate the creativity of young people, and are excited to see the range of creative doodles that are submitted.”
As for the theme, according to Google FAQ’s on the contest, “At Google we believe in thinking big and dreaming big, and we can’t think of anything more important than encouraging students to do the same. We are looking forward to what kind of creative visions kids will submit for what they would do in the world, if they could do anything.”
By the way, if you see one of those fancy Google logos and you wonder what it refers to, you can click on the image and the good folks at Google will give you an explanation. I felt so enlightened the day I figured that out.
5/27: The national winner of the Doodle for Google contest is a third grader from Missouri. You can see her artwork today on Google.com. Gig Harbor student, Bryan Wei, was not among the four national finalists announced today on the Doodle for Google blog. But hey, good on ya, Bryan, and Karlie and Michelle. Keep on doodling and dreaming.
South Kitsap High School’s baccalaureate service was canceled Monday, essentially for lack of interest.
The baccalaureate, a non-denominational religious service, is at the high school but not hosted by the high school, said Devin Leith, youth pastor of the Family Worship Center in South Kitsap. Leith was in charge of the service this year, but he had a hard time drumming up enthusiasm among community religious leaders and students, who in the past have co-produced the event.
To the best of Leith’s knowledge, the baccalaureate used to be a regular part of graduation rituals; then it kind of just fell off the table. A couple years ago Family Worship Center picked up responsibility for the event, Leith said.
This year, however, “I put up the word and got zero feedback.”
Leith said he’d like to see a number of churches and the students themselves involved in planning for the event. He thinks a little more advance planning might go a long way.
Leith said a Bible Club at the high school that used to be active in planning the baccalaureate is waning or non-existent. If that group were to fire up again, it probably would help generate enthusiasm for the event, he said.
Does the baccalaureate bust indicate a secular wind in South Kitsap? Leith doesn’t think so. There’s plenty of enthusiasm among young people in his congregation and at other churches. “We just need more community involvement,” he said.
So what do you think? Should the South Kitsap community pursue a baccalaureate next year? Check back later today when I’ve been able to get our Web editor to add a place on the new blog for polls.
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