Culture and good cheer: Viking Fest 2013

North Kitsap High School Band Color Guard at the annual Viking Fest parade, May 18. - Kipp Robertson / Herald
Kipp Robertson / Herald
North Kitsap High School Band Color Guard at the annual Viking Fest parade, May 18.
For the 45th year, lovers of Scandinavian culture celebrated Viking Fest, founded to celebrate Norwegian Constitution Day.

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updated 5:14 AM May 21, 2013

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Washington Attorney General and Secretary of State warn against scams

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10:29 AM May 21, 2013 Central Kitsap Reporter

One dead in early morning single-vehicle crash May 17

UPDATED: One Bremerton man died and another Bremerton man was injured and arrested for vehicular homicide, following a one-car collision near the 12500 block of Central Valley Road NW in the early hours of May 17.

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updated 4:51 PM May 20, 2013

Indianola house fire on May 7 deemed 'accidental'

Investigators are fairly certain that the May 7 house fire was accidental and not suspicious in nature, according to North Kitsap Fire & Rescue spokeswoman Michele Laboda.

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updated 3:42 PM May 20, 2013 Kingston Community News

Inslee signs bill strengthening the state’s ability to address derelict vessels

Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation Monday that helps reduce taxpayer burden by strengthening the state’s Derelict Vessel Removal Program.

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3:10 PM May 20, 2013

Bainbridge man faces multiple charges from theft to lying to police

A Bainbridge Island man faces several charges after a chance encounter with a Kitsap County Sheriff’s deputy landed him in jail.

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updated 10:36 PM May 18, 2013 Bainbridge Island Review

Velkommen til Poulsbo: Your Viking Fest schedule

45th annual Viking Fest, presented by Safeway, at Muriel Iverson Williams Waterfront Park, Anderson Parkway, and King Olav Parking Lot in downtown Poulsbo

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updated 8:19 AM May 18, 2013

Norway’s consul is 2013 Viking Fest grand marshal | Viking Fest 2013

Kim Nesselquist, Norway’s consul in Washington and Idaho, is grand marshal of the 2013 Viking Fest Parade.

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updated 8:19 AM May 18, 2013

Suquamish artists join Vikings at festival village | Viking Fest 2013

Two groups were crucial to the founding of Poulsbo — the Norwegian settlers who immigrated, and the ancestral people of the Suquamish Tribe, according to Viking Fest organizer Ron Krell.

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updated 8:19 AM May 18, 2013

Hey, Garrison Keillor, that lutefisk tasted OK | Viking Fest 2013

It’s easy to consider backing out from trying the white fish when there is nothing between someone preparing to eat it but a plastic fork and free will. But I’m not one to back away from trying a new food easily. So I dug in.

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updated 8:19 AM May 18, 2013

Last Viking Fest for B.R.A.T.S.

It’s not just the entertainment from the B.R.A.T.S. that North Kitsap Senior Center President Norman Bates will remember about the program’s annual visit.

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updated 8:18 AM May 18, 2013

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