Our 2010 Winner- Welcome to Poulsbo!
Gaspar Salazar Mendez' Bio

      One of the main goals of the Viking Fest Corporation is to provide local scholarships to students who might not otherwise have this opportunity.
    
     This annual $1,000 scholarship is sponsored by the Viking Fest Corporation of Poulsbo in memory of Barbara Krell, a long-time volunteer who supported the Viking Fest celebration of Poulsbo’s Norwegian heritage each May.

    Barbara was a talented amateur artist and an active member of the Poulsbo Artist League, serving as the League’s Historian at the time of her death on January 1st, 2000. She found great pleasure in instilling children with an understanding of, and a love of art, serving for many years as an Art Docent at Breidablik Elementary School, near Poulsbo. She also sang in her church’s contemporary choir, taught in its religious education program, tutored for the Literacy Council of Kitsap County, and helped raise funds for breast cancer research. Barbara loved the outdoors, especially the Olympic Mountains and the Grand Canyon. She was an avid backpacker, hiker, and cross-country skier.
    
    She hiked the trails of the Grand Canyon with her sons and fellow members of the Peninsula Wilderness Society on four expeditions. Scenes from her hikes in the Olympic Mountains and the Grand Canyon were frequent subjects of her art.