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Profits from Tour of Architects will help Japan disaster relief | Kitsap Week
You can tour this home and others March 19 and 20 in the Tour of Architects, Bainbridge Island and Seattle. Part of the proceeds from the weekend will help disaster relief efforts in Japan. - Tour of Architects Mar 18 2011, 5:07 PM Profits from Day 2 of the Tour of Architects, March 19-20, will be given to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in Japan.

WSP: Walmart shooting an ‘unbelievably tragic situation'
Walmart shooting timeline  1. A “suspicious person” call  comes in to CenCom at 3:30 p.m.  2. Deputies John Stacy and Andrew Ejde arrive on the scene shortly thereafter  3. The deputies confront Anthony Martinez near the covered smoking area on the southern side of the Walmart building. He gives them a phony name.  4. Deputy Krista McDonald arrives on the scene circling around from the rear of the building via an access road. 5. After trying unsuccessfully to detain Martinez, Stacy and Ejde are shot by the fleeing suspect, who tries to make it in to the nearby wooded area.  6. Approaching the front of the building just as the first shots are fired, McDonald shoots and wounds Martinez in the leg.  7. 13-year-old Astrid Valdivia jumps from Martinez’s van, which is parked in the southernmost row of spaces, and runs toward Martinez. She is struck and killed by two bullets from Martinez’s gun. - Jeff Rhodes, Kelsey Thomas/Staff Graphic Mar 21 2011, 1:34 PM Investigators probing the Jan. 23 shooting spree at the Port Orchard Walmart store are “completely convinced” 31-year-old Anthony A. Martinez fired not only the shot that killed himself but also the two shots that killed 13-year-old runaway Astrid Valdivia, with whom he had fled five days earlier from Utah.

Investigators say Little Boston Road fire wasn't accidental
A North Kitsap Fire & Rescue firefighter saws into the attic space of a burning home Thursday off Little Boston Road. - North Kitsap Fire & Rescue photo Mar 21 2011, 11:08 AM North Kitsap Fire & Rescue investigators believe a fire that damaged a Little Boston Road manufactured home last week may have been intentionally set. Investigators ruled out all possible accidental causes for the Thursday blaze, according to a statement from North Kitsap Fire.

Washington State Patrol releases surveillance tape of Walmart shooting
Mar 29 2011, 2:14 PM WARNING: Video includes scenes of graphic violence that may be inappropriate for some viewers.

Firefighters help Kingston woman stranded on cliff
A North Kitsap Fire & Rescue firefighter checks safety gear Monday afternoon as crews prepare to assist a stranded Kingston hiker. - North Kitsap Fire & Rescue photo Mar 28 2011, 4:11 PM KINGSTON — A Kingston woman is safe Monday afternoon after being stranded on a cliff off Washington Boulevard NE.

Volunteers give Kingston a spring cleaning
Lenore Lynch trims an unruly plant Wednesday outside the Kingston Community Center.  - Tad Sooter/Staff Photo Mar 30 2011, 2:41 PM KINGSTON — Kitsap's Lutheran church congregations have organized service missions in some far-flung places. Their mission on Wednesday didn't even require a ferry ride. A group of children and parents from Lutheran churches across the county met with volunteers in Kingston this week for a town cleanup.

Sunken boat leaks five gallons of gasoline in Kingston's Apple Tree Cove
Apr 04 2011, 9:43 AM KINGSTON — A 24-foot fishing boat sank in Apple Tree Cove on Saturday morning, spilling about five gallons of gasoline into the bay.

Burglary suspect arrested after two-hour manhunt
A Bainbridge Island Police Department officer carries an AR-15 while holding containment for a manhunt Thursday at the Miller Road-Battle Point Drive intersection. The BIPD, assisted by the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Department and Suquamish Police, arrested two subjects who were wanted on outstanding warrants. One of the suspects fled into the woods and was eventually arrested after a two-hour pursuit when a county K-9 unit cornered him. - Dennis Anstine/Staff Photo Apr 08 2011, 1:10 PM An anonymous tip to the Bainbridge Island Police Department led to the arrests Thursday of two men, including a 24-year-old Poulsbo man who led the police on a two-hour chase through the Battle Point area.

Life abounds in Port Gamble Bay despite lingering contamination
From left, Katie Eiring, Hans Daubenberger, Jessica Coyle and Julianna Sullivan of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s Department of Natural Resources haul in a beach seining net Wednesday on the east shore of Port Gamble Bay. Sampling helps the tribe track fish populations and identify critical habitat. - Tad Sooter/Staff Photo Apr 08 2011, 4:55 PM PORT GAMBLE — The herring larvae squirming in a beach net on Port Gamble Bay Wednesday were about the size of a pinky finger and almost perfectly transparent.

Spring is in the air at Kites Over Kingston
  - Tad Sooter/Staff Photo Apr 09 2011, 10:38 PM KINGSTON — Penny Lingenfelter roved the Kingston waterfront Saturday dressed as though she'd just stepped out of Neverland. The green tunic, brown leggings and pointy green hat are a favorite costume for the professional kite flier from Port Orchard, who has traveled the world for 20 years teaching the high flying art.

Lingenferter was a surprise guest at Kites Over Kingston, a festival celebrating spring. As "Peter Pan Penny" she spent the day at the center of a crowd of children, organizing displays and teaching flying lessons. Kites can be both thrilling and demanding, she said.

"It's physically and mentally challenging," Lingenfelter said. "You have control, you're flying... it can be power or it can be heavenly."