Lifestyles - Port Orchard

A little sun, a little scramble

A little thing called the sun and a new event downtown joined forces last weekend to attract particularly healthy crowds to Port Orchard’s Fathoms o’Fun festival this year, organizers said.

Tall ships arrive in Port Orchard

The HMS Bounty pulled into the Port Orchard Marina Tuesday afternoon, one of the first of more than a dozen Tall Ships scheduled to spend the night here before spending the weekend in Tacoma.

Real estate office spruces up Port Orchard family's yard

Sometimes, a little good grows after cancer. Like the curly hair Port Orchard resident Theresa Lyons now sports after losing her “long, stick straight hair” to the harsh chemotherapy and radiation treatments she endured over the past year to rid her body of breast cancer.

South Kitsap man turns bulls into 'pro athletes'

The lot only is five acres and sits just a few miles off State Route 16, but its openness and quiet serenity create a country feel. It’s not exactly destitute, though. Wander through the yard — if the dogs don’t make their presence known first — to the electric fence where Joe Swinney stores his family of bulls. Behind the wires are the 1,920-pound Smilin-Sugartooth Shorty, Captain ’n Krunch (1,700 pounds), Tornado Blanco (1,000), Cinnamon (1,600), the mother, and the first heifer she and Shorty produced, Thunder Cloud (800), who was born last month.

SK girl a ballerina on wheels

What does a girl need to become a ballerina? A pretty pink leotard? Check. A pretty pink tutu? Check. Ballet slippers and a pair of long, graceful arms? Check and check.