Vaughn News

Good quality at sometimes-bargain prices and less mileage are advantages to shopping locally.

By Kitsap Sun staff Originally published 02:07 p.m., October 21, 2009 Updated 02:07 p.m., October 21, 2009 SOUTH KITSAP - Dorothy Moudry Brown, a 75-year-old woman with advanced dementia who was reported missing from a South Kitsap home Tuesday, was found Wednesday near Vaughn in Pierce County.

Josh Hendershot and Taylor Johnson launch the two 'Big Boy' rockets that they created.

By Kitsap Sun staff Originally published 06:31 p.m., July 25, 2009 Updated 06:31 p.m., July 25, 2009 NORTH MASON A motorcycle rider and a car driver were cited after getting into a Mason County accident that totaled a minivan parked at a nearby home.

VFW District 4 Color and Honor Guard at Ivy Green Cemetery last Memorial Day. From left to right: Gary Helmick of Gig Harbor, Rick Stout of Lakebay, Kent Lachner of Fox Island, Dale Goheen of Gig Harbor and Dale Spitler of Gig Harbor.

Elyse Umemoto championed diversity and women's issues during her reign as Miss Washington 2007.

At the market this week: Heirloom tomato starts from Morgan Creek Farm, Saturday at the Gig Harbor Farmers Market, open 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, 6808 Kimball Drive ; 253-851-7397; www.gigharborfarmersmarket.com . Who are the farmers? Steve and Donna White own Morgan Creek Farm, but they weren't always farmers.