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    Articles by Jessica Shelton
    Parks staff and volunteers mount 'lollitops' in preparation for Owen's Playground's grand opening on Saturday.
    The magical new world of Owen’s Playground
    By Jessica Shelton • July 15, 2016 8:53 am

    Bainbridge celebrates opening of all-inclusive park

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    BIMA Bistro server Elaine Greene takes a call before the dinner service begins.
    Tuesdays with Melinda: BIMA Bistro chef makes dinner...
    By Jessica Shelton • July 12, 2016 12:44 pm

    The chef is in her kitchen, mashing potatoes, her dark curls subdued with a magenta head wrap. Three Bistro servers are printing menus, then placing them on gold-wrapped tables, with hints of the Fourth in red runners and blue hydrangeas.

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    Shari Peterson’s 1979 mail jeep is stocked with 25 types of ice cream. The cheapest are Bubble gum bars at $1.50; Big Dipper cones go for more
    Shari Peterson serves up cold treats with a...
    By Jessica Shelton • July 6, 2016 12:38 pm

    For two decades, she’s been putt-putting around North Kitsap, delivering cold treats to the tune of “The Entertainer.”
    It’s not a particularly lucrative summer gig, but that doesn’t matter. Peterson does it for the love of the kids.

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    Sharon Von Ibsch
    Six summer island outings you don’t want to...
    By Jessica Shelton • July 2, 2016 10:47 am

    When we think of summer on the island, we think of paella nights at Suzanne Maurice, kayak paddles from Fort Ward and cool runs through the Grand Forest. We think of blackberry brambles and bonfires at the beach, 9 p.m. sunsets and pods of Orcas, ours for the sighting.

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    Bored? Send the kids to a camp on Bainbridge Island | CELEBRATE SUMMER - BAINBRIDGE ISLAND 2016
    Bored? Send the kids to a camp on...
    By Jessica Shelton • July 2, 2016 1:14 pm

    Summertime and the living is easy… While that might have been true for George Gershwin’s Bess, we beg to differ. If anything, the kids are more stir-crazy than ever, and 10 laps at the Pleasant Beach pool don’t even come close to tiring them out.

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    The staff of Bainbridge Pediatrics toured the site of their new clinic
    Bainbridge Pediatrics to move clinic to Grow Avenue
    By Jessica Shelton • June 30, 2016 11:38 am

    A $1.2 million remodel, designed by BC&J Architects, began last week, with plans for six exam rooms, a large procedure room, consult room and open, light-filled waiting area to be completed by Nov. 1.

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    Luke Anderson
    Ten-year-old wins First Lady’s lunchtime challenge
    By Jessica Shelton • June 29, 2016 9:14 am

    Lukas “Luke” Anderson has got the best summer vacation, hands down. Forget about the beach, he’s headed to the White House.

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    George Bussell
    Senior seniors are ‘gradfitti’ artists
    By Jessica Shelton • June 28, 2016 10:53 am

    Last week, a few seniors were caught red-handed defacing the pavement in front of the Waterfront Park Community Center.
    But the guileless vandals fessed up quickly: They were just reminiscing with a little “gradfitti.”

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    Leslie Mirkovich stands with Kiwanis Club President John Jay
    Blakely teacher is named Educator of the Year
    By Jessica Shelton • June 27, 2016 1:04 pm

    For 43 years, Leslie Mirkovich has taught the same curriculum for the same grade at the same school.
    She’s the expert on mealworms and states of matter, subtraction by thousands and silent reading.
    She’s the Blakely champion of second-graders — and former second-graders’ second-graders.

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    Carina Langstraat gives job-seekers templates for résumés and cover letters
    THE JOB SQUAD: Library volunteers tell seekers what...
    By Jessica Shelton • June 26, 2016 1:11 pm

    As a career specialist, Carina Langstraat advises all sorts of people. She’s met with a foreign service officer, a Gates Foundation project manager, a North Kitsap teacher and a homeschooled ninth-grader.

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    Graduates line up in the rain Saturday
    Sayonara seniors: School’s out for Class of 2016
    By Jessica Shelton • June 17, 2016 9:22 am

    Every graduating class claims it’s unique. It’s a commencement speech staple.
    “We’re the most accomplished, most ambitious, most service-oriented seniors you’ve ever seen. Watch out, world.”
    But in Saturday’s sea of royal blue and raindrops, co-valedictorian Ryan Cox left the cliches at home.

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    A Wear Orange demonstration in downtown Winslow last week invited islanders to consider the costs of gun violence.
    Islanders condemn gun violence with wave of orange
    By Jessica Shelton • June 13, 2016 2:06 pm

    The local chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is collecting signatures for ballot initiative I-1491 to create extreme risk protection orders.

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    Kerrie Sanson’s condiments are pectin-free and loaded with local fruits and veggies.
    Preserve: The making of a condiment queen
    By Jessica Shelton • June 11, 2016 2:04 pm

    Chef gets jammin’ at farmers market.

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