The Manchester View

August, 2006

 

Wondering what's going on in town, or when all those meetings are?

Check out our on-line calendar!

Feel free to contact the webmaster with additions (or corrections) - we will try to keep it as up-to-date as possible:  info@manchesterwa.org

 
 

MANCHESTER FESTIVAL!

Saturday, August 26th from 10:00 am ~ 4:00 pm

Food, Crafts, Photography, Art, Homemade Foods, Kid's Carnival Games, Children's Parade and more!

The booth space is $20.00 this year and all interested parties can contact Carrilu Thompson on her cell phone at 360-620-8440 or e-mail Carriwho@aol.com. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE VENDOR APPLICATION FORM

 

The RAPSody Ride will also be coming through town on Saturday, August 26th - with a rest stop at Pomeroy Park.  There will be 400+ bicyclists coming through town that morning - so please watch out for them on the roads! 

 

Mosquito Fleet Trail Cruises

The Puget Sound Genealogical Society (PSGS) is planning to have a couple of Mosquito Fleet Trail cruises. The tours will be on the ‘Admiral Pete’, catered by LeGarmache Catering and will have a historian aboard. Sunday, August 20 from 2-5 pm is the date for the Port Orchard to South Colby route. The Port Orchard to Kingston cruise will be Sunday, September 17 from 1-4 pm.  Boarding is ˝ hour before departure for both. The cost is $50 per person, and the event is a fund-raiser for this non-profit organization.  There is a limit of 40 for each voyage, so call right away if you want to get in on this opportunity. 

 

2006 Salmon Bake Photos

The photos from this year's Salmon Bake weren't available yet by the last newsletter, so if you haven't checked them out yet, here's your chance!

click here for 2006 Salmon Bake photos

 

 

Library Events

The library’s annual Summer Reading Program began on Saturday, June 17th.  This year it’s Pays, Claws, Scales and Tales!  Pet lovers of all kinds are invited to join a summer reading adventure!  Kids can sign up for Summer Reading any time on Saturday.  For extra fun, special animal crafts, puppet making and games will be held between the hours of 11:00am and 3:00pm.  Read (or get read to ) for ten hours and receive a FREE paperback and a Kitsap County Fair & Stampede ticket! 

The special programs at Manchester this year will be on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m.  They are:

  •  August 1st -  Buck and Elizabeth

  •  August 15th – Reptile Man

  •  August 29th – Puppets Please

 

Manchester Port Commissioner's Meeting - DATE CHANGE

The Manchester Port Commissioners meeting has been changed this month.  It will be held on  the first Monday (instead of the second) - August 7, 2006 at 7:00 pm in the Manchester Library.

 

 

August Schedule at the Manchester Gallery

  •  Friday evening talks (FREE)...  7 PM

    • 8/4:  Abstract Expressionism, Pop/Op, Conceptual, Post Modern, the Future.

    • 8/11: American Art (the Peales, Hudson River School, Wyeth, Norman Rockwell, etc.)

    • 8/18: First Art Discussion Group meets.  (Dee Molenaar suggests this for our opening topic:  "I've often wondered HOW, WHEN, and WHY other artists got started in their creative processes, WHAT is the basis for their choice of subject matter, and WHO were their greatest inspirations in the art world and inspired them the most in their work."

  •  Art Classes:  Tue. & Thu. 2:30-4:30, Wed: 4:30-6:30.  $15.  Materials provided.
    Children: Saturdays at 11am.  Individualized instruction.  Painting and Drawing. All media.

  •  Figure Drawing:  Noon on Thursdays, 2 hours. $10. Some materials provided.

  •  Saturday Street Art: 11 to 4.  Free.  In front of the gallery.  You can participate, sell your arts and crafts, paint, draw, whatever.

  •  Manchester Festival, Aug. 26, Sat., 10-4.  Sponsored by The Manchester Community Association, in the Library parking lot. Food, arts & crafts, children's parade, etc.  I have chairs & tables if you need them. Let me know if you are interested. You get a 10 x 10 space for $20.

  •  Manchester Gallery's August Exhibition:  "The Art of Charting the Future."

    • Painting and drawings by Dr. Paul Nuchims.  Nuchims uses Time Cones and the art of the masters to show our future and how to chart one's own future.

    • Reception, Sunday, August 6, 1-4 PM.  Talk & demo at 2 PM.

    • Continues: August 6 through September 5. 

  •  Kayaks for rent; We have three; $10 per hour.

 

Manchester Gallery
Dr. Paul Nuchims, Director 
8075 E. Main St.,  P. O. Box 567, Manchester, WA 98353-0567   
E-mail: pnuchims@aol.com      Phone: 360-551-9144

KITSAP GREETER SERVICE

The Kitsap Greeter Service is an organization that provides a Welcome Packet to new residents of Kitsap County, which includes coupons from local merchants, many informative brochures and a free area map.

The good folks at Kitsap Greeter Service have generously agreed to allow our organizations to include a flyer in the Welcome Packets that they produce for new residents of Port Orchard.

We have been working on a draft of this flyer, which has been linked here so people can review it and provide input on it's content and design. 

Click here to see the flyer, and then please feel free to provide your feedback by using our "Contact Us" page.

Thanks for your input, and many thanks to Beth at Kitsap Greeters for working with us on this!

 

 Do you have a business in Manchester that you would like to see included here?  Forward your "upcoming events" to us at info@manchesterwa.org and we'd be happy to post them here!

 

Regular Manchester Meetings:

 

Manchester Community Council

Public MCC meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of every month, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm in the Manchester Library community room.  The minutes of these meetings, as well as a draft of the Bylaws are linked on the MCC Homepage.

We encourage you to come to the next MCC meeting and join one of these groups.  There are also subcommittees for issues such as developing a larger library/community center, building height restrictions, sewers, the downtown design development, plus the newly formed Historical Society.

Get involved in your community!

Manchester Crime Prevention / Public Safety Group (MCP/PSG)

Informal Discussion Group - Meets Every Thursday Morning
6:45 am    Manchester Family Inn

This group of dedicated local residents (aka Neighborhood Watch Group) meets every Thursday morning for coffee and an informal discussion about safety issues in Manchester.  The minutes of the weekly meetings are posted on this website (under the Council pages).  Please take a few minutes to scan some of these minutes to see what these folks are working on for our town.  And come join them for coffee on Thursday morning!  Everyone is welcome - the more people who take an interest in the safety of our community, the better!

Friends of the Manchester Library Meeting

These meetings are normally the fourth Wednesday of the month (except for November and December, when they are held on the third Wednesday of the month). Meetings start at 7:00PM in the Louise Pedersen meeting room in the Library. For more information, visit the Kitsap Regional Library's Manchester Branch web listing).

MCA Meeting

Manchester Community Association meetings are held on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Manchester Library.  Everyone is welcome to attend, and volunteers are always needed to help with community events.

Manchester Historical Society

The Manchester Historical Society is up and running, and will be meeting on the fourth Tuesday of the each month from 4-6 pm.  If you're interested in getting involved in the Manchester Historical Society, they would love to have you join their meetings. People are encouraged to bring historical photos, articles or a good historical story to share.

Manchester Port Commissioner's Meeting

The Manchester Port Commissioners meet on the 2nd Monday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Manchester Library.  These meetings are open to the public.   ** Date change for August ** Meeting will be the FIRST Monday - 8/7/06 **

If you would like to be removed from the MCA's mailing list please reply to this e-mail with 'remove' on the subject line.   All removal requests honored.

 

updated: 01/27/2008