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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011 ■ Vol. 120, No. 42 ■ www.portorchardindependent.com ■ 50¢
STILL FISHING SEASON
Only one name linked to attack ads Committee targeting mayor lists daughter of PO Chamber director as its treasurer By TIM KELLY Editor
The third-party attack ads targeting Mayor Lary Coppola that have been mailed recently to city residents come from a political committee calling itself People for a Better Port Orchard. The group’s treasurer, according to state Public Disclosure Commission records, is Rebekah Johnson, who is the daughter of Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Coreen Haydock. Haydock has endorsed Tim Matthes, who is running against Coppola in the mayor’s race. She wrote a letter to the editor supporting Matthes that was published Oct. SEE ATTACK ADS, A22 Tim Kelly/Staff photo
Dave Holm of Bremerton casts his line into the water on a chilly evening along Port Orchard’s Bay Street shoreline at sunset Tuesday. He was hoping to hook a silver or chum salmon. The weather forecast calls for cool, rainy days through the weekend, with highs in the low 50s and overnight lows in the 40s.
National exposure for local event, organizer PO woman invited to discuss creative approach to staging a Jingle Bell Run
Jingle all the way, just the other way, council suggests
By TIM KELLY
Index Opinion Robert Meadows Scene & Heard Sports Calendar Letters Obituaries Business
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Editor
By TIM KELLY
Sheila Cline has gone to great lengths to organize and promote the first Jingle Bell Run in Port Orchard. This week, that meant going clear across the country. The Arthritis Foundation brought Cline and her daughter, Kinsey, whose juvenile arthritis diagnosis a couple years ago motivated her mom’s involvement in the the foundation’s
Who could oppose a Jingle Bell Run, right? No one on the Port Orchard City Council, although some members would like to redirect the route for the 5k run/walk. At Tuesday night’s council meeting, when the Jingle Bell Run came up for approval, some who said they support the event voiced concern about clos-
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Sheila Cline and her daughter, Kinsey, joined Arthritis Foundation CEO Dr. John Klippel in Atlanta on Wednesday for national media interviews about Cline’s efforts organizing a Jingle Bell Run in Port Orchard.
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