Port Orchard Independent, October 14, 2011

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Sports Wolves get first league volleyball win

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INDEPENDENT PORT ORCHARD

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2011 ■ Vol. 120, No. 41 ■ www.portorchardindependent.com ■ 50¢

Election will put at least one newcomer in office Two moms vie for open City Council seat By KAITLIN STROHSCHEIN Staff Writer

Vote 2011 Port Orchard City Council

Both candidates for Fred Olin’s seat on the Port Orchard City Council are moms with business experience. And those aren’t the only similarities between them. Both candidates — veteran campaigner Cindy Lucarelli and newcomer Amy Miller — got involved in local politics by volunteering for citizen advisory committees shortly after Cindy Lucarelli

SEE LUCARELLI-MILLER, A4

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High school teacher challenges incumbent By KAITLIN STROHSCHEIN Staff Writer

The two men running for Port Orchard’s at-large City Council seat claim different strengths and visions for the community. The incumbent, Jerry Childs, says his resumé demonstrates repeated success. The challenger, Ben Pinneo, says he will bring fresh perspective. Jerry Childs

Ben Pinneo

SEE CHILDS-PINNEO, A16

ART

for art’s sake South Kitsap Artists Association celebrates 50th anniversary By KAITLIN STROHSCHEIN Staff Writer

The South Kitsap Artists Association is celebrating its 50-year anniversary this month in Port Orchard. “Just the little things” made the club special through that time, says 89-year-old Melba Moran, the only surviving charter member of the group. The club started meeting in 1961, as a group of Port Orchard

Three long-term members of the South Kitsap Artists Association, (left to right) Melba Moran, Helen Stoner and Toni Nelson, stand in front of the group’s ongoing exhibit at the Sidney Art Gallery in downtown Port Orchard.

SEE ARTISTS, A17

Index Opinion A6 Robert Meadows A6 Scene & Heard A9 Sports A10-11 Thinking Allowed A7 Letters A7, A12 Obituaries A8, A14 Where in South Kitsap? A14

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Our region may get brrr-ned again by La Niña Forecast calls for another wet, cold winter By KAITLIN STROHSCHEIN Staff Writer

Kitsap County is bracing for a second consecutive La Niña winter, with a wet start and cold finish forecast for the Puget Sound region.

“Get prepared for these storms in advance,” said Ted Buechner, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service. Kitsap County and the City of Port Orchard have started preparing for

the anticipated storms. “(Port Orchard) updated our snow route map, and we’ve entered an agreement with Kitsap County, with a little bit of road swapping,” said Mark Dorsey, the city’s public works director and engineer. The county’s Department of Emergency Management is also pro-

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moting the Take Winter by Storm campaign to encourage local residents to prepare for the storms. The campaign, sponsored by local businesses and government agencies, encourages individuals and families to create emergency preparedness SEE WINTER, A16


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