Who's Who - North Kitsap 2012

North Kitsap is world class when it comes to culture, history, natural beauty and

quality of life. And, of course, there are people who work hard to protect and complement those things that make North Kitsap a great place in which to live, work and play. We salute some of them each year in our Who’s Who in North Kitsap section.

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

Virgil Taylor

Sandy Kolbeins

Patty PageNoel Higa

Naomi Maasberg

Kingston and Poulsbo Rotary

clubs

Jim Henry

Jon Rose

2012

North Kitsap’s

Page A12 WHO’S WHO 2012 Friday, July 27, 2012 | North Kitsap Herald

By RICHARD [email protected]

POULSBO – As president of the Historic Downtown

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

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

helped direct the use of lodging tax money for mar-keting purposes.

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

one-year term as HDPA president — was named Person of the Year by the

Greater Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce.

Kolbeins came to

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

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

Richard Walker / Herald

President of the Historic Downtown Poulsbo Association

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See KOLBEINS, Page A13

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

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

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

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

The HDPA pays for and installs downtown’s Christmas decorations, pays for the care of down-town’s hanging flower bas-kets, and bought the blue

benches downtown and in Muriel Iverson Williams Waterfront Park.

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

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

numerous organizations, including HDPA, competed as separate applicants for lodging tax revenue that is set aside by the city for tourism promotion. Kolbeins and others real-ized that if the organiza-tions banded together, they could get more bang for the promotional dollar. The Lodging Tax Coalition was formed; it applies for the grant money and decides how best to use it to ben-efit all coalition members.

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

after year,” Mattson said. “He was the one who took the charge and said, ‘Hey, let’s see if this is working for everybody.’ ”

Kolbeins is also a mem-ber of the Downtown Parking Advisory Committee.

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

doing a pretty good job.” Mattson added, “He’s

a great president. He has a lot of positive, forward-thinking energy. He’s con-stantly looking out for the welfare of the membership and what our townspeople and our guests are looking for.”

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

“He’s an awesome family man,” Mattson said.

By JOHNNY WALKERSpecial to the Herald

KINGSTON — Service above self.

With 1.2 mil-lion members worldwide, Rotary International has a well-deserved global repu-tation for humanitarian out-reach that promotes world understanding and peace. Perhaps less understood, because of the humil-ity of its members, is that Rotary’s main mission — service above self — begins at home in the local com-munity and workplace.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

need a hand.“To go down a path of

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

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

recover and sustain them-selves in the community. Eli’s Place was established after the death of Poulsbo Rotarian Ardis Morrow’s grandnephew, the victim of domestic abuse.

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

Tests of truth, fairness, goodwill and mutual ben-efit help guide all Rotarians in how they think, say, or do to serve in their com-munity.

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

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

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

Friday, July 27, 2012 | North Kitsap Herald WHO’S WHO 2012 Page A13

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By RICHARD [email protected]

PORT GAMBLE — Jon Rose heads the real estate arm of

Pope Resources, but what he mostly deals in is vision.

Pope Resources hired Rose as presi-dent of Olympic Property Group in 1996 to make the former mill town of Port Gamble a viable business district. The mill had closed and the old town was tired. The houses, most of them built in the mid-1800s, were showing their age. The old theater building was closed for years.

Rose saw Port Gamble’s history as its biggest asset

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

He and his staff restored buildings, recruited retail and office tenants, built an events pavilion, opened a museum, made trails avail-able for public use.

Successes followed; Port Gamble emerged as a

regional event and weddings destina-tion, and its renais-sance sparked the imagination of con-servationists and outdoor recreation enthusiasts.

But there have been costs. Correcting the environmental impacts of 150 years of shoreline

wood milling and shipping continues today. And Port Gamble is still subsidized by Pope Resources to the tune of about $250,000 per year. Rose’s challenge is to make Port Gamble pay for itself, and yet allay the concerns of North Kitsap

residents as he does so.It hasn’t been easy. The

Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, which once had a village where the town is now, has been concerned about future land use and potential impacts on the bay. The Tribe has a treaty right to fish and harvest shellfish from the

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

In 2010, a plan, called the North Kitsap Legacy Partnership, was intro-duced. In exchange for relaxed development rules, Olympic Property Group would make its 7,000 acres of North Kitsap forest land available as public-use open space. Essentially, the plan would let OPG recoup the cost of the forest land through more development than that allowed by county law. But the plan met resis-tance from Port Gamble

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

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

The next year, Rose and a coalition of conservation-ists, including the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, formed the Kitsap Forest and Bay Project. With Pope Resources’ blessing, Rose gave the coalition until March 2013 to raise money to acquire the 7,000 acres, which is divided into five blocks. Both sides are confident at this point that the shoreline block, the most desired for conserva-tion and protection, will be acquired. Depending on how fundraising is doing by March, the coalition could receive more time to raise money for the other blocks. If not, Pope will begin selling the land off in 20-acre parcels.

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

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See ROSE, Page A15

Jon Rose, presi-dent of OPG

School. A marine science center. A hotel. A dock where boats can load and offload visitors. A walkable waterfront area with one mile of waterfront access. New homes in the field that was once the site of worker housing. More din-ing and offices. An ag dis-trict, with a 40,000-square-foot greenhouse, 30 acres of working pasture, and a winery. Covenants that ensure that any new con-struction is built according to New England design

standards. “It’s just going to get bet-

ter,” Rose said. “It will be fun, interesting, beautiful — as good for your head as it is for your eyes.”

Rose expects a resolu-tion between OPG and DNR soon; wood waste removal will be com-pleted and creosote pilings removed.

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

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

Participants in the meet-ing wrote their thoughts on paper and turned them in. He said the public’s contri-butions will be considered as the master plan is final-ized so it can be submitted to the county by the year’s end.

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

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

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

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

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

He worked for Pac-Tech Engineering from 1987-1996, managing an engineering, surveying and land-planning office. There, he honed his project management and business development and marketing skills — skills that would be tested when he joined OPG in March 1996. He became president in 2001.

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

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

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


By MEGAN [email protected]

LITTLE BOSTON — Noel Higa had been evaluating the

Heronswood Gardens prop-erty on behalf of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe for two years before it went to auction in May.

As executive direc-tor of the Port Gamble Development Authority, he knew Heronswood would be an economic benefit to the Tribe, but he also rec-ognized the cultural and education opportunities, a viewpoint very important to the Tribe.

“He brought a lot of new energy into the Tribe,” said Paul McCollum, direc-tor of the Tribe’s Natural Resources Department. “He’s really motivated, and he gets the whole tribal per-spective.”

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

He was born in Seattle and raised in Los Angeles. After earning a bachelor’s degree in social sciences and art, and a master’s in civil engineering, he went to work in civil engineer-ing and land development, opening his own compa-nies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Higa has been work-ing with the University of Washington Foster School of Business, which put together a business plan-ning study.

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

From the tribal perspec-tive, Higa noted, he asks: Is the project the right thing to do in environmental stan-dards? How will it affect community pride, neighbor relations, cultural expres-sion, sovereignty, and employment opportunities?

The Tribe is looking to develop and operate busi-nesses on the reservation, such as a family-style res-taurant, a mechanic shop, and a health/fitness center. Higa and McCollum are also looking into a fishmar-ket store on the reservation for tribal fishermen.

Higa also consulted with Chris Placentia, execu-tive director of the Tribe’s Housing Authority, for pos-sible mixed-use residential

units above the commercial units.

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

“The most depressed area in Kitsap County are within the reservations, where the highest concen-trations of poverty are,” Placentia said. “We’re try-ing to help out tribal mem-bers, and by helping out the lowest common denomina-tor, we’re helping the entire area.”

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

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

A better future through economic development

Noel Higa ... ‘There are a lot of pieces to economic develop-ment on the reservation that you don’t see in the community.’ Megan Stephenson / Herald

Noel Higa, executive director of the Port Gamble Development Authority

RoseContinued from page A14


By KIPP [email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Page is currently work-

ing on filling vacant positions and working with the school board on the 2012-13 budget. She doesn’t expect to get much time off.

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

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

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

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

“I’ve had my moments,” she said.

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

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

“It’s fun,” she said. The newest superintendent

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

Page enjoys live music. Her son was in band throughout public school and college. She enjoys attending student music performances. She said her favorite band is the Rolling Stones.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KINGSTON — Since the completion of the Carpenter

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

Maasberg says her new focus is restoration.

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

Kingfisher creeks into the cove.

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

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

‘roll up your sleeves and get things done.’ ”

Kathy Peters, West Sound salmon recovery coordina-tor for Kitsap County, cred-its Maasberg for ensuring this project remained a pri-ority of state government.

“The savvy to be able to

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

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

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

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

Maasberg became an environmentalist after moving to Kingston. She previously worked in com-munity nonprofits, mostly in the Lutheran Church, and woodworking. She and Palmer, a former sci-ence teacher, bought the

Stillwaters property in 1992 to start a retreat center.

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

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

For instance, large woody debris was often removed from streams and salt marshes in the last 50 years by natural resources work-ers, thinking the ugly logs weren’t necessary. Through research, Maasberg learned those logs provide nutrients to the water and habitat for insects, which then feed the fish and birds. One of Stillwaters’ projects is to return old fallen logs to those environments; one such endeavor took place in 2007.

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

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

young adults, some work-ing on their graduation projects with the center.

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

Maasberg said the big-gest reason Stillwaters is re-evaluating what it is able to provide and what it should focus on is because of how Kingston has changed in the last 10 years.

“Green is the new cool,”

she said. “We were one of the few community non-profits when we started. Kingston has just so grown in community involve-ment.”

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

Peters said she appreci-ates the honesty in the work

of Maasberg and Palmer.“The way they have

approached the place that they live in and they care about is really lovely, just because they care about it and they’re translating that into action,” Peters said. “They have taken respon-sibility for where they live and made a healthier place for their community.”

Maasberg said she’s proud of how the commu-nity has embraced environ-mental awareness.

“I’m glad we are ones

people turn to when they have questions,” she said. “But I’m glad when I’m at a meeting and [I’m] not the first to bring up environ-mental questions about a project.”

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

MaasbergContinued from page A17

By Johnny WalkerSpecial to the Herald

T he storied life of Poulsbo City Councilman Jim

Henry may have begun in humble surroundings, but by striking a difference, building relationships and choosing service, his leg-acy endures as quiet but influential leader in North Kitsap.

The Chicago-born first son of James Henry Jr. and Gladys Pollard, James Henry III was born on Sept 9, 1937 at Cook County Hospital in Illinois. Growing up in the Maxwell Street district, Henry had to make tough choices early in life. With the help of his Uncle Charles Henry, who was a steward in the Navy dur-ing World War II, he chose Navy service as a way to move up.

Henry graduated from David G. Farragut High School in 1955 and prompt-ly enlisted in the Navy.

Graduating from boot camp at nearby Naval Station Great Lakes, he was accepted into the submarine service as a Quartermaster and never looked back. Like Admiral Farragut, it was full speed ahead for Seaman Henry.

“I was James until I went into the Navy,” said Henry. “Overnight, I became Jim Henry for 31 years.”

It was on his first sub-marine, the USS Hardhead (SS-365), where the wide-eyed Henry learned one

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

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

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

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

As a new Warrant Officer on the USS Arikara (ATF-98), he was standing his first watch afloat as Officer of the Deck as the fleet tug made a sunrise pas-sage eastward through the

Straight of Jaun de Fuca.“The morning sky was

beautiful, blue and without a cloud,” Henry said. “I was enthralled and decid-ed right at that moment I would tell my wife that this

is where we would live.”The needs of the Navy

were not as easily swayed. It took 14 years for

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

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

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

participate on the planning commission. As he dove in and nurtured new rela-tionships, Henry’s inno-vation and good nature helped to develop a strong and enduring governmen-tal relationship between the Suquamish Tribe and Poulsbo City Council.

Henry’s ability to col-laborate well, and bridge cultural barriers, continues to be a credit to his appre-ciation of how differences can make us stronger.

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

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

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

Concerning schooling and eduction, Henry is equally impassioned.

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

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

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

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POULSBO — It was a Friday night in Tacoma. The North Kitsap Vikings

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

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

It may have paid off. After a 45-minute delay, the

game resumed. Aaron Sele was on the mound.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Western Washington University for his teaching certificate.

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

tion of change and, his favorite, sports appreciation.

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

Staying involved with sports,

however, may have lasted longer that Taylor expected.

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

decided they would coach as long as Parrish coached. Parrish ended his coaching career in 2008.

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

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

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

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

And with decades of coaching comes decades worth of statis-tics.

Taylor began keeping track of baseball stats around 1965. He has binders full of data about


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

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POULSBO — The Dream Home built by Poulsbo’s First Lutheran Church in Milan Chok, Nepal is com-ing along.

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

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

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

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

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

Chaudhary said more fundraisers are in the works.

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the next year to year-and-a-half, Chaudhary would like to begin building

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


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

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

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

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

But Taylor is unsure

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

TaylorContinued from page A19

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More than $2,000 raised for Dream Home

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

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

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

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

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Elections were July 9. Kyle Carpenter and Dawn Mae Purser took their oaths with re-elected Jaime Aikman and Chris Tom.

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

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

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

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

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PORT GAMBLE — Great Peninsula Conservancy has elected two new members to its Board of Directors.

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

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

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Edward Jones Poulsbo office supports Fishline

POULSBO — Four Edward Jones financial advisers in Poulsbo are supporting Fishline’s Back to School Supply Drive by using their branch offices as drop-off locations for a school supplies drive.

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POULSBO — The Poulsbo Fire Department Board of Fire Commissioners pre-

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

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POULSBO — Brianna Oas has graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor’s degree in zoology and animal sci-ences.

She is applying for veteri-nary schools.

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

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Who's Who - North Kitsap 2012

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