5-vehicle crash
Three people were injured in a five-vehicle crash that started with one getting rear-ended at a stoplight, causing a chain reaction.
It happened at about 5:30 p.m. Aug. 10 on Highway 3 at Pioneer Way near Poulsbo. All were southbound.
A State Patrol report says a 43-year-old Blaine man hit a truck driven by Shelley Huntington, 57, of Sequim, who hit a car driven by Thomas Penny, 28, of New Haven CT, who hit a car driven by Nancy Ludlow, 64, of Gig Harbor who hit a car driven by Jonathan Hill, 36, of Poulsbo.
The injured: The Blaine man was transported by aid car to St. Michael’s Medical Center in Silverdale. Huntington was transported by family to Jefferson General Hospital in Port Townsend. Ludlow was transported by family to St. Michael’s.
Motorcycle crash
A 39-year-old Suquamish man was arrested for suspicion of DUI, eluding police and wreckless driving following a motorcycle crash on Fjord Drive in Poulsbo Aug. 9.
Per a State Patrol news release, the man was speeding on Highway 305 when a trooper activated its lights to initiate a traffic stop. The motorcycle kept going onto Harrison Street and soon after the trooper stopped giving chase.
As the man went down to Fjord Drive he left the roadway and struck a ditch. He was wearing a helmet but sustained injuries and was transported to St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale.
Body ID’d
The body found in the Jackson Park area of Bremerton July 26 has been identified as Joshua Arquiza, a 24-year-old man with an Indiana address, per a Kitsap County news release.
Cause and manner of death are pending return of toxicology and outside testing results.
3 more accidents
A 49-year-old Shelton man faces charges after a motorcycle crash near the Bremerton airport Aug. 11.
The man was southbound on Highway 3 near the Bremerton airport roundabout. The State Patrol says he was going too fast and crashed into the brush, ejecting both occupants.
The man was transported by aid car to St. Michael’s Medical Center in Silverdale. He faces charges of DUI and vehicular assault, the report says. A 23-year-old, also of Shelton, was injured and also transported by aid car to St. Michael’s.
In another accident, a 43-year-old Silverdale woman also faces vehicular assault charges after an accident Aug. 11.
She was northbound on Highway 3 while Darrell Beyale, 31, of Port Orchard was southbound at milepost 55. The woman tried to pass, hitting the other vehicle. Beyale, who was on a motorcycle, was injured and airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Finally, Brian Wright, 50, of Bremerton was injured when his car rolled off an onramp on a curve onto Highway 3. He was transported by aid car to St. Michael’s Medical Center in Silverdale, also Aug. 10.
Shellfish harvesting
Shellfish harvesting has been closed at North Kitsap’s Liberty Bay as tests show high levels of biotoxin diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, per the Kitsap Public Health District.
Samples for the closure were collected Aug. 7, and results show concentrations of 16 micrograms of toxin per 100 grams of shellfish tissue. Shellfish harvesting is closed when DSP toxin levels meet or exceed 16 micrograms per 100 grams of tissue.
Warning signs have been posted at public beaches alerting people not to collect shellfish from the closure areas. KPHD will monitor for DSP in Liberty Bay on a weekly basis until toxins return to safe levels.
DSP symptoms include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
More Untold stories
Two more in the series of Untold Stories are taking place at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.
Jurors’ Table will take place Aug. 22. Artistic Freedom will be Aug. 25. Both are at 7 p.m. Tickets for both are $5 for members, $6 for non-members.
Artists Elisheba Johnson and Eileen Jimenez were two of the six jurors for BIMA’s Spotlight. Join a discussion about art jury processes, and hear their experiences reviewing 3,400 submitted artworks.
The second event is about how artists Myron Curry and Javier “Spanky Loco” Silva’s journey to being full-time professional artists did not begin with art school. They both emerged from incarceration and began pursuing art, first as a means of expression and then as a means of empowerment.
School supplies
As the school year approaches, shoebox packers are making use of back-to-school prices to purchase gifts and essential items for children in need around the world.
Residents are collecting school supplies, along with personal care items and fun toys, to pack in shoeboxes. Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, will deliver the shoeboxes to children in more than 100 countries.
For details go to samaritanspurse.org/occ. Participants can donate $10 per shoebox gift online through “Follow Your Box” and receive a tracking label to discover its destination. Those who prefer online shopping can browse samaritanspurse.org/buildonline to select gifts matched to a child’s specific age and gender, then finish packing the virtual shoebox by adding a photo and personal note of encouragement.
Former islander
Madeline Deidre Bloedel, originally from Bainbridge Island, but who grew up in Queensland, Australia, married Thue Meller Gram-Hansen Aug. 4 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is a product manager, and he a managing architect.
