A MESSAGE FROM THE GHCCMEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

By Christy Mackey

It’s a brand new year and great time to join your Greater Hansville Community Center or renew your existing mem-bership. Whether you are a full-time resident, a part-timer,

a renter or a property owner, you are a vital part of our com-munity. With your membership, you help build your Greater Hansville community and keep it strong.

January 17 | 6:30 pm | By Annette Wright

TALKING ABOUT...CHANGE YOUR DIET, CHANGE YOUR LIFE!

Feel better, fight chronic pain, prevent or treat common diseases, even drop pounds, with anti-

inflammation foods

Presented by Naturopath Dr. Ruth Urand, voted the best in Kitsap for the past 5 years, on Tuesday, January 17, 6:30 pm, at the Greater Hansville Community Center.

Have you resolved to get healthy, eat healthy, lose weight? These are most common New Year’s resolutions and the most difficult to keep. But help is on the way.

Dr. Ruth Urand, who has been a naturopath for more than 16 years, will talk about the foods that can curb and calm chronic inflammation in your body, which is known to cause or contribute to many debilitating illnesses - including osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, heart disease, Parkinson’s, Al-zheimer’s, diabetes, allergies, asthma. Although the goal is to optimize health, many people find that they also lose weight on the anti-inflammation diet. And when you opt for food in-stead of pills, there are no side effects, just good effects.

Discover how to change your diet with anti-inflammatory fruits, vegetables, proteins, herbs, spices, oils, and supple-ments that can boost your health dramatically – and change your life. Coffee, drinks and snacks will be served.

Greater Hansville Community CenterLocated at Buck Lake Park

6778 Buck Lake RoadHansville, WA 98340

Visit us on the web at www.hansville.org

VOLUME XXVIISSUE 1January 2017

GHCC PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEBy Christy Mackey

Happy New Year! As I begin my year as the GHCC presi-dent, I want to thank our outgoing President, Connie Gordon, for her two years of tireless service to our com-

munity. She will remain on the board as a past president and will take on the huge project of running the 2017 Rummage Sale. Big thanks, too, to Judy Tallman, Lois Lee, Chuck Strahm and Lynn Hix. They are retiring from the board after many years of service. All are past presidents who have held lots of other board positions as well. Though they are leaving the board, each of them will continue to volunteer and to serve our community.

Chuck Strahm has just completed remodeling the Community Center kitchen. Be sure to take a look when you are there. Great job, Chuck! January will be a busy month with the first Rum-mage Sale drop-off, an interesting Talking About..., the Neigh-bors Lunch, a Pinewood Derby workshop and Free Chair Yoga. Your Community Center is a busy place.

The Greater Hansville Community Center Mission Statement : “Dedicated to enriching life in the Greater Hansville Communities”

GREATER HANSVILLE COMMUNITY CENTERP.O. Box 133, Hansville, WA 98340

Membership Dues: January - December 2017:

Name/Business or Org:________________________________

Email: ______________________________________________

Name #2: ___________________________________________

Email: ______________________________________________

Phone: _____________________________________________

Mailing Address: _____________________________________

___________________________________________________Donations are tax deductible. Please make checks payable to the Greater Hansville Community Center, mail this form along with your check to GHCC, PO Box 133, Hansville, WA 98340.

DUES AND SPECIAL SUPPORT:New Member:_____ Renewal:______

Membership – Single ($10.00) $ ___________Membership – Family ($20.00) $ ___________Membership – Business/Org. ($40.00) $ ___________ GHCC Annual Campaign Fund $ ___________ GHCC Endowment Fund $___________ Hansville Log Production Expense Fund $ ___________ Education Scholarship Fund $ ___________ Hansville Neighbors Luncheon Fund $ ___________ Hansville Historical Project Fund $ ___________ Norwegian Point Park Fund $ ___________ Buck Lake Native Plant Garden Fund $ ___________ Hansville Greenway Fund $ ___________ Hansville Helping Hands/Cemetery Fund $ __________ Little Boston Library Support Fund $__________ TOTAL $ __________

We (I) would be interested in volunteering time to The Greater Hansville Community Center activities: YES _____ NO _____

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BINGO! December 31, 2016 - GHCC - 5:30 pm (Continued on Page 12)

January 18 | Noon | By Annette Wright and Celia Grether

NEIGHBORS LUNCH

We’ll be kicking off the New Year on January 18 at noon with a very special speaker, Tomi Whalen, Branch Manager of the Kingston and Little Boston libraries.

She’ll be telling us about all the wonderful services and activi-ties offered to seniors at the libraries and what she has planned for the new year.

As always, lunch is a delicious soup, sandwich and cookie combo served by Whit, the owner of the Hansgrill, for only $6. Please contact Judy Hutchinson at 360-638-2871 to reserve your meal.

And this month, we have a very Special Offer:

FREE LUNCH when you join your Community Center.

Simply fill out the application form in this Log and bring it with you. We will also have some applications on hand at the lun-cheon. So you get a Free Lunch plus you keep your Commu-nity Center going strong. What a bargain!

New this year: Check out the Suggestion Box by the door as you enter the Community Center. Drop a note in the box and let us know what your think, any program ideas you may have, anything on your mind. We’d really like to hear from you.

See you there! And may the New Year bring you much love, much laughter and many happy lunches with your friends and neighbors.

January 11 | 9:00 am | By Carolyn Barry

FLOTSAM & JETSAM GARDEN CLUBSoil Science with Scott Titus

Scott Titus will speak Wednesday, Janu-ary 11, 2017 to the Flotsam and Jetsam Garden Club. Do you want to grow

robust healthy plants? Have you thought about growing quality plants without the use of customary fungicides? Would you like your pots to be lighter and easier to move? Scott has explored why, where and how plants grow. He has developed INTREPID products

and founded his wholesale company, Windy Meadow Nursery in Ferndale, WA.

Scott started as an eight year old growing pole beans in the crook of a black walnut tree where years of humus-rich leaf mold had remained. Then in high school, he studied plant propagation and greenhouse technology. He then became a Master Gardener, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture at Washington State University, but that was not enough for Scott. He then completed a Master’s level tissue-culture coursework.

Scott continues to test and evaluate the many beneficial and natural occurring organisms to determine their compatibility in our environment.

Flotsam and Jetsam Garden Club starts at 9:00 am in the Greater Hansville Community Center at Buck Lake with a social time including coffee and refreshments. The business meeting begins at 9:30 am, followed by the featured program begin-ning at 10:45 am. Guests are welcome. Please join us to learn everything you want to know about soil science to help your plants be healthy and vigourous.

For more information about our garden club, visit our website, www.flotsamandjetsamgardenclub.com.

Page 2January 20 | 10:00 am | By Lois Lee, President

HANSVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Hansville Historical Society will meet the third Friday of January on the 20th at 10:00 am. The agenda consists of preparation for the February annual meeting and the

election of officers for the next two years.

The program will feature Gerontologist Terryl Asla, of Kitsap Military Times, who is assembling a series of articles on World War II experiences. If you have questions, please contact Lois Lee at 360-638-1973.

January 20 | 6:00 pm | By Chuck Strahm

SPAGHETTI AND SCOUTS!What could be better?

The local Boy Scout Troop #555 (known as the Triple Nickel) is hosting a fund raising dinner at the Greater Hansville Community Center on January 20, 2017 at 6:00

pm. Dinner for adults is $7.50 and for kids 12 and under it’s $5.00. Dinner will include a healthy portion of spaghetti cas-serole with meat balls, salad, dinner rolls, and ice cream for dessert.

The funds raised will be used to support the 555 troop and their many activities, from summer camp and Scout Lodge Maintenance to camping trips and back packing equipment.

The Scouts will be serving you, providing entertainment, and hosting a Scouts craft auction, it should be a fun evening for a great cause. The Scouts provide a youth building program that helps to build strong minds and bodies while teaching life skills through the extensive merit badge system.

Come on out and enjoy some great food, meet some great kids, and help support your local Scouts. The Greater Hansville Community Center became the Charter Organization for this troop last year and we’re hoping you’ll all come.

January 30 | 2:00 pm | By Marcia Randall DeBard

JANUARY FREE CHAIR YOGA AT GHCC

The Community Center and Marcia Randall DeBard offer free monthly chair yoga on the last Monday of most months at the

GHCC. We meet in the East Room (side door).

The next practice is January 30, 2:00 - 3:00 pm.

Manya O’Shea helps demonstrate the poses so that we can simultaneously demonstrate two versions (bring a mat so your chair won’t slide). Wear comfortable clothes and please be a little early. Latecomers are asked to return next time (it is impossible to slip in unnoticed.) Hope to see you there!

January 11 | 6:00 pm

NOT JUST FOR ANGLERS!

The next meeting of the North Kitsap Puget Sound Anglers will be January 11, 2017 at the Driftwood Key Clubhouse.

Dinner at 6:00 pm. An interesting program on the life cycles of salmon to follow.

Don White President, NKPSA

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January 19 | 6:00 pm | By George Lefler

COON BAY SAILING CLUB

Coon Bay Sailing Club welcomed Tom Speer, part of the design team for the Oracle Team USA, to the November

2016 meeting. Tom’s presentation about Wingsails was well received, and he was invited back to discuss another topic, per-haps foiling, or the America’s Cup in general. His schedule is up in the air, however, until after the conclusion of the 36th America’s Cup in Bermuda in June of this year. Due to the response, we’ll certainly ask him back again.

The December CBSC Meeting was cancelled, to free up the Driftwood Key Clubhouse and allow for the DKC community to hold a “Tailgate” party in conjunction with the Seahawks Thursday Night Football game against the Rams. Go Hawks!

For the January 2017 Meeting, we are revising the format of the meeting. This time, we’ll gather at 6:00 pm on January 19, to have a potluck dinner, socialize, and discuss CBSC business. Then, at 7:00 pm, we’ll start the scheduled presentation. This month, we’ve invited Larry Kight, Commander for the Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 48, to present a talk on Safety and Visual Distress Signals. After the talk, CBSC will provide the opportu-nity for members and guests to step outside to the Driftwood Key beach, and fire off their own (preferrably expired) flares and distress signals. Don’t worry, we’ll contact and warn the Coast Guard beforehand. Bring your old flares and join us.

For more information, please contact George Lefler at 360-638-0208.

Photo Above: Build yourself a hot little car like one of these for the Pinewood Derby at the workshop at GHCC on January 28. Photos Sub-mitted by Chuck Strahm.

January 28 | 10:00 am - 2:00 pm | By Chuck Strahm

GHCC PINEWOOD DERBY WORKSHOP

Do you have a block of wood, some sandpaper, and maybe a little saw? Then you can build a competitive Pinewood Derby car and have fun at the Greater Hans-

ville Community Center on February 11, 2017. If you don’t have those items, then you might want to go to the Pinewood Derby workshop at the Greater Hansville Community Center where they will have everything you’ll need to build a cool little racer. The workshop is open to racers of all ages and skill levels.

They’ll have tools, sandpaper, paint, and people to help make your dreams come true. We’ll also have a few Pinewood Derby kits (wooden blocks with wheels and axles) available for just $5.00 each.

There will be a few helpers on hand to help you with your proj-ect and the helpers have been building these little gems for years so they have lots of great ideas to get you started and some handy tips to make your car just a little faster.

So come on down to the Greater Hansville Community Center and let’s make some saw dust! The workshop is open to all ages.

NEW 2017 GHCC BOARD OF DIRECTORS By Chris Brinton

As the new year starts, the Greater Hansville Commu-nity Center welcomes new members to the Board and says goodbye to several long-time members.

In November, the following officers were elected: Christy Mackey, President; Connie Gordon, VP Rummage Sale; Pat DuVall, VP Events; Celia Grether, VP Endowment; Annette Wright, VP Communications; Chris Brinton, Secretary; Pat Smith, Treasurer; Lindsey Vallance, Director; Robin Ander-son, Director and Rental Coordinator; Xander Walker, Director; Hannah Carlan, Director.

The current GHCC By-laws have been updated and four changes were approved at the November general meeting. The complete By-laws are posted on the GHCC website at www.hansville.org and we encourage you to visit the website and explore all the helpful information it contains.

Four long-time board members are retiring and will be greatly missed. Their contributions of time and talent have helped make our Community Center such a great place. Thank you Lois Lee, Lynn Hix, Judy Tallman and Chuck Strahm. Chuck will continue to be involved in maintenance along with Don Lynch. Judy, Lois, and Lynn will participate in projects even though they are no longer on the Board. We thank the new Board for their willingness to continue the GHCC traditions and encourage the community to support their work by becoming involved in events and enjoying the activities in the coming year.

SCOUTS SPAGHETTI DINNERGreater Hansville Community Center

JANUARY 20, 2017 • 6:00 pm

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The Greater Hansville Log is published monthly by The Greater Hansville Community Center, PO Box 133, Hansville, WA 98340, and is issued as a service to residents of the Greater Hansville Area. The deadline for all submissions is the 14th of the month prior to publication. We reserve the right to accept, reject or edit any article submitted for publication.

The Greater Hansville Community Center is a 501(C)(3) non-profit Organization. All contributions and donations are tax-deductible.

News Editor & Graphic Designer: Ramona Rafferty rrafferr@gmail.com Advertising: DeeAnn Stiles ghclogads@gmail.com Distribution: Russ & Sherry Cordiner Production: Kitsap Printing 360-697-2286For information send your email inquiry to: log@hansville.orgor go to our website www.hansville.org Click on Hansville Log Newsletter for ad rates.

President 360-881-0474VP-Events 360-638-2110VP-Membership 360-881-0474VP-Communication 360-471-3777VP-Rummage Sale 360-271-6166VP-Fund Development 206-755-7560Secretary 360-638-2827Treasurer 808-345-4724 Flotsam & Jetsam Garden Club 360-638-1920Director 360-638-1828 Foulweather Bluff Conservancy 360-638-2950Director 360-638-2366 Hansville Cemetery 360-638-0000Director 678-986-0119 Hansville Greenway 360-881-0470Past President 360-271-6166 Hansville Neighbors Lunch 360-638-2871

Hansville Helping Hands/Cemetery 360-297-2160Book Sale Drop-off 360-271-6166 Helping Hands 360-638-1204Publicity 425-244-8932 Medical Equipment Lending 360-638-1204Signs 360-638-0000 No Sews 360-638-0420Greater Hansville Log 360-626-8335 Norwegian Point Park Volunteers 360-638-0000Rental Reservations 360-638-1828 House Number Signs 360-638-2372Allen Otto

Annette Wright

Robin Anderson

All Board Members ghcc@hansville.orgGHCC Calendar calendar@hansville.org

Webmasters webmaster@hansville.org

Lindsey Vallance

rental@hansville.orgGHCC Website www.hansville.orgGreater Hansville Log log@hansville.org

Angi Jensen

GHCC Email Contacts & Web Addresses

Pres. Nancy PeregrineHowie O'BrienJo NelsonMike Szerlog

GHCC Rental

Connie GordonCelia GretherChris BrintonPat SmithRobin Anderson

Marian Malonson

Hannah Carlan

Jo NelsonRamona Rafferty

GREATER HANSVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER | 6778 BUCK LAKE RD NE, HANSVILLE, WA 98340

Judy HutchinsonPres. Manya O'Shea

Marian MalonsonFred Nelson

Connie Gordon

Connie Gordon

Organizations

Christy MackeyPat DuVallChristy Mackey

Board Members

Committees

Lynn Hix

KITSAP COUNTY NEWSWest Kingston Road Closure coming in April

(Port Orchard, WA) - NE West Kingston Road, between Siyaya Avenue NE and South Kingston Road NE, will close in April as a project to build a new bridge spanning Carpenter Creek gets underway. The road is expected to reopen in December 2017. Local access to driveways within the work zone will be main-tained throughout the project.

The new 150-foot, two-span bridge is part of an estuary resto-ration project under an agreement between the United States Navy and the Suquamish Tribe. Kitsap County has partnered with the Navy to fund the project. The five-foot diameter cul-vert currently in place is identified as a partial barrier to fish migration.

The bridge project also provides many safety benefits includ-ing wider travel lanes for motorists, new street lights, a five-foot sidewalk and five-foot bike lane built on the north side of the road and, on the south side, a six-foot paved shoulder is part of the project.

Kitsap County conducted an extensive traffic study as part of the project. The study suggests Lindvog Road NE as the most effective detour route during the nine-month road closure. In order to reduce delays, motorists can follow these simple tips: travel during off-peak hours, adjust travel routines, combine trips or carpool. To learn more about the project and to sign up for electronic notification, go to http://bit.ly/WKingston or call Kitsap1 at 360-337-5777.

April 22 | 6:00 pm | By Judy Tallman

PIG ROAST at GHCCBrought to you by Three Men and a Pig

Get your tickets at Hansville Grocery now!

The Pig Roast is a group dinner presented at the Wine Social and Auction fund raising event in November. Thirty more tickets are available for sale for this fun event. The pig will

be cooked at the Greater Hansville Community Center - think last year’s Paella Dinner if you were lucky enough to get tickets for that event. For your $40.00 ticket (no discount for teens), you will enjoy the delicious pig entree, beverages (wine, beer, soft drinks), appetizer nibbles, side dishes and des-sert. What kind of music to expect at a pig roast? Come and find out!

Three Men & a Pig are a group from Seattle with family ties in Greater Hansville and come highly recommended.

Come enjoy a culinary ad-venture that will support the Greater Hansville Com-munity Center. Questions: contact Judy Tallman at 206-217-0949 or judy.tallman@comcast.net.

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January 25 | 2:00 pm | By Angi Jensen

HANSVILLE HELPING HANDS“The mission of the Hansville Helping Hands, a Washington State Nonprofit cor-poration, is to assist in serving the needs of our community and neighbors, and to continue to manage the Hansville Cemetery in a manner that maintains the spirit

and heart of the community”

Welcome 2017 everyone! As you may or may not know our organization runs the local community cemetery as well as helping those in need. We ended 2016 with

a new award we have started called “The Award of Gratitude”. This award is given to the person who volunteers the most in the community inside and outside of the Hansville Help-ing Hands and Cemetery organization. We decided to create this award as a way to give back to the members who give so much. If you know of extraordinary people like the one men-tioned below please email us at hansvillela@gmail.com.

Jo Nelson nominated Marian Malonson and we all agreed this person is EXTRAORDINARY. Marian runs the Helping Hands part of our organization which is no small feat. Below are all the things she does for the Greater Hansville Community in-side and outside of our organization.

1. Fields phone calls for requests for help and assigns people to the task needed.2. Whenever there is someone who has died, she will connect with the family to ensure that if they need help with a memo-rial service she would organize a group to help out. This is not part of Hansville Helping Hands mind you, it is something she does herself. And if you are lucky enough to be part of her helper group, her cookies she bakes are THE BEST... 3. Often volunteers to work the Neighbors Luncheons.4. Drives people to doctors appointments, grocery shopping, and/or what ever they might need.5. Visits “shut-ins” in the area and you would be surprised how many people don’t drive in Hansville. Who knew?6. Organizes the Memorial Day Service up at the Cemetery.7. Helps with Meals on Wheels.8. Volunteers at Martha and Mary in Poulsbo.

If you Google Marian you will learn that before she even ar-rived in Hansville her dedication to helping people was amaz-ing. Below are some of those achievements and I’m sure there are more I just didn’t find out about them.

1. Worked with Cesar Chavez (Very influential Civil Rights Ac-tivist) and was a personal friend.2. Worked on the Poor People’s Campaign which was a 1968 effort to gain economic justice for poor people in the United States.3. Was once the President of the Church Women United Orga-nization which is all about working for peace and justice. 4. Recipient of the 2015 Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen Humanitarian Award for her lifetime work fighting the death penalty.5. She even taught Physics and Chemistry in Montana for a time.

So if you run into Marian give her a congratulations!

Our next meeting is January 25 at 2:00 pm at the Driftwood Key Clubhouse - 37608 Vista Key Dr NE, Hansville, WA. We are always looking for new members! Please join us!

NKF&R NEWSBy Michèle Laboda

MAKING A SAFE ESCAPE AT HOME AND AWAY – Every fall, our firefighters sponsor an escape planning con-test in local elementary schools. Families make and

practice their home fire escapes and classes whose members return the highest percentage of accurate plans win an ice cream sundae party served by fire crews. The importance of planning at least two different ways out of every room goes beyond private homes; as illustrated by the December tragedy in Oakland, you must plan at least two different ways out of public places as well. When you go out, make sure you know where you’ll go if there’s an emergency. Plan an alternate in case that way is blocked by fire, smoke or other evacuees. Are any exits poorly lit, too narrow, partially blocked or rife with trip hazards? And if you’re somewhere where you can’t be cer-tain of a safe escape in an emergency, leave. NEW ENGINES – Thanks to careful management of resources and citizens’ on-going support for our funding, we are about to take delivery on replacements for our two oldest fire engines. You’ll be seeing the new 2017 Spartans around the area, starting in early January. Each is powered by a 6-cylinder Cummins diesel that delivers 425 horsepower with 1200 foot-pounds of torque. The engines can pump more than 1,500 gallons-per-minute of water for fire suppression. The base cost for each at $413,000 – is well below the industry average. The new Spartans will be replacing a 1994 Pierce and a 1993 Darley. Because our top-notch vehicle maintenance division has kept our older rigs running well, we’ve been able to squeeze every minute of useful life out of them. But they’ve become increasingly difficult to maintain. Furthermore, the Washington Survey and Rating Bureau, which provides data about fire departments to help insurers set premium rates, says that engines over 20 years old are not reliable enough to serve as first-out apparatus. So, for many reasons, we are very pleased to welcome the new engines. Watch this space as well as our social media and web sites for information about a celebration to welcome the new flagship fire engines to our community! CPR/AED TRAINING – Looking to learn the skills necessary to help save a life from cardiac arrest? Join us for CPR/AED training on Thursday, January 19 at 6:00 pm in our Headquarters Fire Station at 26642 Miller Bay Road NE near Kingston. Call 360-297-3619 to reserve a place in the class. CAR SEAT CHECK – Make sure kids are riding as safely as possible and stop by our child car seat check on the second Saturday of every month from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm at our Headquarters Fire Station at 26642 Miller Bay Road NE near Kingston. No reservations are required.

Photo Above: One of the new NKF&R Engines. Submitted By: Michèle Laboda

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Page 6ABBREVIATIONS:CC - Greater Hansville Community Center LB - LIttle BostonDK - Driftwood Key Clubhouse NP - Native Plant Garden ES - Historic Eglon Schoolhouse at Buck Lake ParkHC - Hansville Church MB - Miller Bay Fire Station

COFFEES HELD at the HANSVILLE GROCERY (HG)Men’s Koffee Klatch - 8:00 am Mon. - Sat.Better Half’s Coffee - 10:00 am TuesdaysSolitarians Coffee - 10:00 am Fridays

January 2017

9 am - Line Dancing - DK

9 am - Line Dancing - DK

9 am - Line Dancing - DK

1 pm - Need to Knit - DK

1 pm - Need to Knit - DK

2:30 pm - Crafternoon - LB

2:30 pm - Crafternoon - LB

2:30 pm - Crafternoon - LB

6 pm - Coon Bay Sailing Club Mtg - DK

8:30 - Tai Chi - DK

For Greater Hansville Community Center rental information, event scheduling and Center usage coordination, please contact Robin Anderson 638-1828 or email rental@hansville.org. This includes posting your event on the community and rental calendars.

9 am - Line Dancing - DK

8:30 - Tai Chi - DK

7:30 pm - Eglon Improve-ment Club Meeting - ES

7:00 pm - Greenway Meeting - CC

2:30 pm - Crafternoon - LB

10 am - Hansville Historical Society - CC

2 pm - Hansville Helping Hands Mtg - DK

9 am - Line Dancing - DK

9 am - Line Dancing - DK

1 - 4 pm Mah-Jongg - LB

1 - 2 pm - Book Group - LB

6:30 pm - Talking About -CC

9:00 am - F&JGC Meet-ing - CC

6 :00 pm - CPR/AED Training - MB

February 8 - NKPSA MeetingFebruary 11 - Pinewood DerbyFebruary 15 - Neighbors LunchFebruary 16 - Coon Bay Sailing Club

February 17 - Hansville Historical SocietyFebruary 22 - Hansville Helping HandsFebruary 27 - Free Chair Yoga

February 1 - GHCC Board MeetingFebruary 2 - Greenway MeetingFebruary 8 - F&JGC Meeting

10:00 am - 2:00 pm - Pinewood Derby Workshop - CC

12:00 pm - Neighbors Lunch - CC

7 pm - Board Meeting - CC

9 am - Line Dancing - DK

9 am - Line Dancing - DK

8:30 - Tai Chi - CC

8:30 - Tai Chi - DK

9 am - Line Dancing - DK

2:30 pm - Crafternoon - LB

1 - 4 pm Mah-Jongg - LB

9 am - Line Dancing - DK

Yoga - CC

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2 pm - Free Chair Yoga - CC

3:30 - 5:00 pm - Family STEM - LB

Noon - Hansville Pairs Cribbage - CC

Martin Luther King Day -Library Closed

UPCOMING FEBRUARY EVENTS:

1 - 4 pm Mah-Jongg - LB

8:30 - Tai Chi - DK

10:30 - 11:00 am -Family Storytime - LB

10:30 - 11:00 am -Family Storytime - LB

1 pm - Memoir Grp -CC

6 pm - Scout ‘s Spag- hetti Dinner - CC

3:00 - 4:00 pm - Drop-In Book Discussion- LB

10 :00 am - 1:00 pm Rummage Sale Drop Off - CC

New Year’s Day

6:30 pm - Cribbage - DK

1 - 4 pm Mah-Jongg - LB

1 - 4 pm Mah-Jongg - LB

6 pm - NKPSA - DK

1 pm - Memoir Grp -CC

Yoga - CC Yoga - CC

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Yoga - CC Yoga - CC

7 pm - Board Meeting - CC

10:30 - 11:00 am -Family Storytime - LB

10:30 - 11:00 am -Family Storytime - LB

1:00 - 2:30 pm - NeedleFelting - LB

6:30 pm - Cribbage - DK

1 - 2 pm - Book Group - LB

Come and join us on Sundays at 9:00 or 11:00 am for wor-ship and praise. Between services, adults enjoy fellowship and refreshments from 10:15-10:50 am while children

between the ages of 4 - 13 attend Sunday School. Nursery is available for infants - 2 years old.

On Fridays at 7:00 pm, youth from grades 6 - 12 meet. We also have men’s and women’s Bible studies and home fellowships.

Call us for details at 360-638-2335 and be sure to check out our website: hansvillechurch.org. Office hours are Tuesday - Friday from 9:30 am - 2:30 pm.

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RUMMAGE SALE DROP-OFF DATESRummage Sale, August 12 & 13, 2017

January 14 • March 11 • April 8 • May 20 June 17 • July 22 (The Last Drop-off before the Sale)GHCC Annex or Norwegian Point Park Boathouse

10:00 am to 1:00 pm

On all drop off days, both the Annex and Norwegian Point Park Boathouse will be open and staffed from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Large items such as furniture,

boats, bikes, etc. should be taken directly to the Boathouse. All other items should go to the Annex. The Annex is located behind the Greater Hansville Community Center at Buck Lake Park. Please follow signs to the park. There will be volunteers to help you unload your items.

Can you help us out by asking a friend, neighbor or family mem-ber with a truck to give you a hand delivering your items to the boathouse or Annex? We have volunteers able to help once you get your treasures here. A few helpers have trucks and on occa-sion can pick up but they’re volunteers and not always available.

If you have spare time and a truck or just want to give a hand with pick-ups (usually 2 people go) that just can’t be delivered, please let Howie or Connie know! We’ll add you to our call list and if you’re available let us know! Thank you! It feels good to help people out. Check the Log for contact information.

GHCC WARMING STATION

The Greater Hansville Community Center (GHCC) Warm-ing Station will be open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm the first day following the first 12 hours of an extended power out-

age due to heavy winds, rain, snow, ice storms or a combina-tion thereof and no estimate for a repair on that day has been provided. The GHCC Warming Station will provide a comfort-able environment and warm nutrition during the day, all the while assisting individuals in trying to locate friends, neighbors or relatives that can provide continuing comfort for people dis-placed by the outage.

The GHCC Warming Station will continue to be open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on subsequent days until the power is restored. The GHCC Warming Station is not able to provide overnight accomodations. For information regarding the GHCC Warming Station, please contact George Briese, gbriese@centurytel.net or 360-638-1499.

2016 ENDOWMENT REPORTBy Celia Grether

Greater Hansville Community Center’s Endowment Fund continued to make progress towards its goal of placing the Center’s finances on a sustainable basis. We held a

reception in July to thank our donors and established a Legacy Circle for those who have included GHCC in their estate plan-ning arrangements. We wish to express our appreciation for this continued support.

We want to thank the following individuals, organizations and businesses who gave to GHCC’s Endowment Fund in 2016:

Wayne and Mary BoothJoan BergyChris BrintonTerry Campbell and Martha PendergastMelvin and Kathleen CarrothersHoward and Marli BennettGreater Hansville Community CenterSteve and Celia GretherHansville Art GuildJohn HarperDietmar and Linda HellCharlie and Janice HelmingMichael and Robin JohnsonAnn JonesJULFRAKIDS LLCNorm LarsenTom and Lois LeeRichard and Christy MackeyEdgar and Linda MarcuseCharles and Margie MayMette MoyerJohn and Lee NeffGary and Suzanne PaulsenBertha Perry and Kathy HettickCarol QueenEdward and Joy RameyThomas and Jane RitleyKen and Tanya ShawcroftDoug and Bonnie SimsRuth StrahmWilliam and Lindsey VallanceGeoffrey and Ann WeaverCarol WesterLeslie and Mary WilliamsDouble M Property, LLC In Memory of Marilyn & Bartow FiteGlenn and Lisa EastepConnie GordonRonald and Tamara KentCraig and Sally KvamJohn and Lynne McGinn Jr.John and Judy RemingtonWilliam and Sally SharpStephanie StanfieldDonald and Pamela Williams

The Endowment Fund continues to be managed by the Cascade Group at Morgan Stanley in Silverdale and their performance is monitored twice a year by GHCC’s Endowment Fund Advisory Committee, composed of members-at-large and board repre-sentatives. In 2017, we plan to hold one or more seminars with the Cascade Group on personal finance topics. If there is a par-ticular subject of interest to you, please contact Celia at 206-755-7560. A brochure on ways you can donate to the Center is avail-able by writing to GHCC at P.O. Box 133, Hansville, WA 98340.

INCOME TAX SEASON IS QUICKLY APPROACHING

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Each year the AARP Tax-Aide Foundation, in cooperation with the IRS, prepares millions of income tax returns, nation-wide, for free. For 2017 the following tax prep

sites will be active in North Kitsap County beginning the last week of January:• Poulsbo: Martha and Mary Health and Rehab 19160 Front Street, Poulsbo open Thursdays

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February 2 | 7:00 pm | By Fred Nelson

HANSVILLE GREENWAY UPDATE

To everyone who enjoys a pleasant walk in the woods, Happy New Year from the Hansville Greenway

Association. We hope to see you on the Greenway trails during the coming year.

During the December annual meeting the following officers were elected for 2017:

• President, Mike Szerlog •Vice President, Jim DeRoy •Secretary, Marilyn DeRoy •Treasurer, Art Ellison

Denny Johnson will continue as Stewardship Coordinator and Howie O’Brien as Maintenance boss. We all expressed our thanks to all of them and the various volunteers for their efforts in maintaining our wonderful trail system last year. Howie and Dennis can always use more maintenance helpers and stew-ards, so please consider assisting with our trail projects in the coming year. You can also help by reporting any trail block-ages, muddy spots, damage, downed trees or anything else that needs maintenance attention. You can contact us at info@hansvillegreenway.org. You can also send us photos to share or just to volunteer. Also, look for the Hansville Greenway on Facebook.

If you are unable to assist with maintenance projects, you can help out with a tax deductible donation to the Greenway through the Greater Hansville Community Center. Every little bit helps to purchase needed supplies and equipment. Just include the amount on the dues renewal form in this issue. The next Hansville Greenway association meeting will be February 2, 7:00 pm at GHCC. There are no dues and everyone is welcome.

GHCC RUMMAGE SALE GUIDELINES FOR 2017By Connie Gordon

Rummage sale donations are accepted on designated drop-off days at the GHCC Annex Building. Furniture and other oversize items should be taken to the Nor-

wegian Point Park boathouse. We have limited transport resources but if you are unable to deliver large items, pick-ups may be arranged provided items are on the ground floor.

General Guidelines

Clothing: Items should be new or only gently used, clean and folded. Clothing not meeting these conditions can be donat-ed to charity at a drop box at the Hansville Grocery Store or to Goodwill.

Electronics: Computers to be donated must be less than five years old. TVs must be flat screen models.

Appliances: Arrange for major appliances to be inspected by a GHCC representative prior to being brought for drop-off. They must be plugged in and running so that satisfactory operation can be verified. This will prevent a needless trip if it is deter-mined during the inspection the item is not suitable for the Rummage Sale.

Disposal fees (for large appliances): We accept large appli-ances (refrigerators, freezers, ovens, ranges, cooktops, dish-washers, washers, dryers, etc.) only if accompanied with a non-refundable fee of $20.00 to cover the cost of disposal if the item does not sell at the Rummage Sale. Please note that this is similiar to what you will pay if you take the item to the county disposal centers.

Items we do not accept: • Large Desks, Entertainment Centers for NON-Flat Screen TVs• Particle Board or Home Made Furniture• Incomplete Beds or Bed Frames, Roll-A-Way Beds, Hide-A-Beds, Cribs• Box Springs or Mattresses• Carpet, Padding (Area rugs OK)• Christmas trees/stands/lights/ornaments• Printers, VCRs, VHS and Cassette Tapes• Children’s Car Seats• Encyclopedias, Readers Digest Condensed Books, Magazines or Periodicals• Tires, Wheels, Tire Chains• Auto and Marine Batteries• Charcoal and “Old-hookup” Propane BBQs• Exercise Equipment• Non-Durable Medical Goods• Vacuums and Ironing Boards• Windows and Doors• “Leftovers” after estate and moving sales

2017 F&JGC SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS

The Flotsam and Jetsam Garden Club (FJGC) of Hansville is offering scholarships of $1000 to $3000 to individuals pursuing a degree or certificate in an environmental or

horticultural related field. Scholarships will vary depending on the applicant’s need and qualifications. High school seniors, cur-rent college students and/or continuing education students are encouraged to apply. The scholarships are awarded in May for the 2017 - 2018 academic year. All applicants must be perma-nent residents of North Kitsap County.

Applications are available at the advisor’s offices at North Kitsap and Kingston High Schools and can be downloaded from the garden club’s website: www.flotsamandjetsamgardenclub.com.

FJGC is also offering grants for the beautification and conserva-tion of North Kitsap. All projects that aid in the protection of na-tive plants and birds, including civic plantings will be considered. Grants will be awarded in May for the June 2017 - May 2018 time period. Applications are also available at www.flotsamandjet-samgardentclub.com. The deadline for scholarship and grant applications is April 30, 2017. Applications can be mailed to Flot-sam and Jetsam Garden Club, P.O. Box 14, Hansville, WA 98340, Attn: Scholarship and Grants Committee, or to f.j.scholarships@gmail.com. For more information contact Linda Marcuse by emailing her at f.j.scholarships@gmail.com.

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(continued from page 8) Income Tax Season Approaching1:00 pm to 5:00 pm and Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Walk-ins welcome.• Kingston: Village Green Community Center 26159 Dulay Road NE, open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, by appointment up to 2 weeks prior 360-297-1263.• Little Boston: Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe at the Elder Center behind the Library – 31948 Little Boston Rd NE, Kingston open Mondays and Tuesdays from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Walk-ins wel-come.All sites are open to all members of the Public (you need NOT be a member of AARP). regardless of age or income. Taxpayers we can serve: All ages with income from wages, retirement, unemployment, self-employment (expenses up to $25,000, no employees, no inventory, no losses), brokerage transactions, sale of primary residence, interest and dividends and a wide variety of credits and deductions.Taxpayers we CANNOT serve: Those with Rental Income, De-

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and inviting to our shoppers. We also need to thank those who helped to create another wonderful evening in Eglon on December 10, the Tra-ditional Christmas Program. We had 20 children show up, with 13 partic-ipating in the play and 7 wonderful teens who helped the younger kids with the decorating. The Schoolhouse was transformed into a snowy night setting with paper chains outlining each of the tall schoolhouse windows. The stage came alive that evening for the charming perfor-mance of the “Game of Playing Elves” followed by Christmas Jokes, a few solos, lots of caroling and a visit from the “Big Guy in Red”. The spirit of the evening would not have been possible without the adult help of Willma Redhed, Cathy Gomes and John Redhed. It was mentioned several times that the children of Eglon had outdone themselves on this special holiday celebration and I know that to be true!

We will start off 2017 with a community meeting on Wednesday, January 25 at 7:30 pm at the Schoolhouse. Until then, our wish is that the New Year is one of your very dearest, peppered fondly with memories in the making!

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CHECK IT OUT AT THE LIBRARYBy Tomi Whalen

Manager, Kitsap Regional Library, Little Boston and Kingston

Happy New Year from all the staff at Little Boston. This year our One Book, One Community title is “A Sudden Light” by Garth Stein. Please check

it out, and then participate in any of the discussions at the library. We will have several opportuni-ties to hear your thoughts on the book beginning this month as described below.

Family Storytime: January 10, 17, 24 and 31, 10:30-11:00 am. Early literacy learning fun. Move-ment, songs, stories, and rhymes designed to build letter knowl-edge, vocabulary, and narrative skills.

Book Group: January 4, 1:00-2:00 pm. “The Golden Spruce: a True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed“ by John Vaillant.

Crafternoon: January 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2:30-3:30 pm. Bring your craft projects or try one of ours. Discover our extensive craft book collection and find inspiration for your next project. All skill levels and interests are welcome.

Needle Felting: January 18, 1:00-2:30 pm. Join local needle felting expert Karen Barker and learn the fundamentals of this tactile art and “paint” with fiber.

Family STEM: January 10, 3:30-5:00 pm. STEM is short for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Bring the family to explore a different STEM topic each month with hands-on activities.

Drop-in Discussion: “A Sudden Light” by Garth Stein: January 31, 3:00-4:00 pm. Share your thoughts with us. Drop by the library for an informal discussion of our “One Book, One Community” title for 2017. Library staff will be on hand to facilitate the conversation.

Kitsap Regional Library will be closed Monday, January 16, 2017, for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. For updated program information, check our website at KRL.org or call us at 360-297-2670. See you at the library!

LIBRARY HOURS

Monday........1 pm - 8 pmTuesday......10 am - 6 pmWednesday..1 pm - 8 pm Thursday......1 pm - 5 pm Friday............1 pm - 6 pm Saturday.......9 am - 1 pm Sunday..................Closed

LIBRARY CLOSED:January 16

31980 Little Boston Rd NE Kingston, WA 98346

Phone: (360) 297-2670

LIGHTHOUSES AND THE ANIMALS THAT LIVED IN THEM

By Shelley Douglas

Many lighthouses were, and some still are, in remote locales ranging from rocks in oceans to islands reached only by boat or air to uninhabited stretches

of salt and fresh water shorelines. In the times of the light keep-ers, assignments to remote lighthouses with an assistant or with families, or both - most often required gardens and live-stock to augment the local fish, seafood and wild game, along with the infrequent visits of the lighthouse tenders. Cows, pigs, goats and sheep along with various types of poultry were a part of keeping everyone fed. A horse or mule was often the sole method of getting to the post office or to medical care, and getting children to school if they were lucky to live close to one. As populations and roads around lighthouses increased, and technology changed the requirements to keep personnel on light stations, the need for gardens and livestock dwindled, but keeping companion animals at the lights endured.

Point No Point Lighthouse keepers had the usual dogs and cats as did the resident USCG families, but one of the lighthouse pets was a bit unusual: a parrot. Light-keeper William H. Cary served from 1914 - 1937, and his parrot (possibly an African Grey) seemed to have been a constant companion as it shows up in almost every photo of Cary. One wonders if the parrot sounded the fog horn on clear days. The parrot’s name is still a mys-tery yet to be solved, unlike Bill, the parrot of the Port-land Head Lighthouse in Maine in the early 1900’s. Those long, frigid winters inside must have been brutal for Bill. Another PNPL pet was a very handsome white dog owned by the Scannells. Edward Scannell was the light-keeper from 1885 -1914; his wife Mary was the Hansville postmistress. Asking young visitors to PNPLH to find the photos of the parrot and dog is a fun activity. Dogs did earn their keep as watch dogs, alerting lighthouse resi-dents to the presence of large wild animals (bears, cou-gars, moose, etc.), and two-legged partiers with beer and bonfires plans. Elinor De Wire’s delightful book The Lightkeepers’ Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses is chock full of lighthouse pets and wild animals includ-ing famous, often-photographed lighthouse dogs and cats, close encounters with bears, USCG mascots, and a dandy fish chowder recipe.

Dogs are still the dominant domestic four-legged animals at PNP Light Station - a cat and several horses have also been seen there, and as much they would love to run free on the beach and in the surrounding environs, the park rule is dogs must be on leashes for everyone’s safety and for the preservation of wildlife and habitats. Please observe the leash rule and use the provided bags for cleaning up after your pets. The lighthouse will open for visitors on the first Saturday in April 2017.

January 25 | 7:30 pm | By Jackie Holbrook

EGLON COMMUNITY NEWS

The holiday events in Eglon just keep getting better and better each year. Before we jump into 2017 there are a few special people we need to thank. Even with

yet another neighborhood holiday sale added in Kingston this year, the Schoolhouse was still bustling on Saturday, December 3. We want to thank Bonnie Bryant Hedman, the vendors, Cathy Gomes, Diana Allen, Sherry Cordiner and Dana Dukes for making the Schoolhouse so warm

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We invite you check out the Greater Hansville Community Center website where there is a ton of information about the community and the many local organizations that are here. Simply go to hansville.org and then click on the “New Here?” tab on the top of the home page.

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2017 MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

• Your Community Center is the local Warming Station in the event of a prolonged power outage or disaster. Membership dues help keep it in good repair and adequately supplied.

• There are lots of young families moving into Greater Hansville. Your Community Center sponsors fun, family-friendly events including the Easter Egg Hunt, the 4th of July Breakfast, the Halloween Party and the Children’s Christmas Party. Learn to build a car at the derby workshop to race in the Pinewood Derby.

• Your dues help fund community-building GHCC activities like the St. Patrick’s Dinner, the Chili cook-off, Spaghetti dinners, the big Rummage Sale, the Wine Social, the Picnic in the Park/Show N’Shine Car Show. This year we will be doing a Cinco de Mayo event in May. Stay tuned for details.

• Hear interesting speakers at the Talking About…..lecture series and at the monthly Neighbors Lunches. Find great reads at the Summer and Fall book sales. Try your hand at Bingo on New Year’s Eve.

• Relax and de-stress at the free Chair Yoga Classes.

We welcome your fresh ideas and new ways to connect with our community. We thank all of you who volunteer and make it pos-sible for GHCC to put on all these wonderful events.

Your membership dues help us continue to offer these programs and events plus publishing the Greater Hansville Log. For those of you who are not already members, this is a great time to join. Membership dues are very modest.

To join or renew, please fill out the membership form on page 1. Make your check payable to GHCC. Please consider adding donations to benefit our special support groups.

Mail your check and your completed form to:

Greater Hansville Community CenterPO Box 133Hansville, WA 98340