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TURKEY TROT On Thanksgiving morning, runners and walkers can burn calories before the big feast and raise money for Helpline House by participating in the Bainbridge Island Turkey Trot. The Turkey Trot includes a one-mile fun run at 8:30 a.m. and a 5K fun run at 9 a.m. around Battle Point Park, 11299 Arrow Point Drive, Bainbridge. The primarily flat route is stroller and walker-friendly — perfect for families. Race fees by Nov. 21 are $10 for the one-mile and $20 for the 5K. After that, participants can register on-site at the event for an additional $5. Register at www. bainbridgeturkeytrot.org.
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Friday, November 18, 2011 | Vol. 110, No. 46 | WWW.NORTHKITSAPHERALD.COM | 50¢
THE JAZZ GUYS The Jazz Guys play a blend of blues, mainstream jazz and standards on Nov. 18, from 7-9 p.m., at Collective Visions Gallery, 331 Pacific Ave., Bremerton. Tickets are $19. Info: (360) 3778327.
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The new reality of school funding Sen. Rolfes says this is the ‘new normal’ By KIPP ROBERTSON krobertson@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — State Sen. Christine Rolfes, D-23rd District, knows funding for education in Washington is inadequate.
Council still grappling with budget Program adjustments bump deficit to $195,063 By MEGAN STEPHENSON mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — The Poulsbo City Council is debating whether to dip into the reserve stabilization fund to balance the 2012 budget, or take other measures such as employee furloughs. The budget, which was cut to within $105,063 of being balanced when the council ■ Fatal agreed with crash is the the mayor and third since finance comSeptember. mittee’s recom— Page A8 mended cuts at Wednesday’s meeting, now sits at $195,063 when year-to-year program adjustments were made. Those adjustments, called baseline adjustments, maintain the operation of programs previously authorized in earlier budgets. These include auditing and legal services, prisoner care and
The state Constitution states that “It is the paramount duty of the state to make ample provision for the education of all children,” but education funding falls short $7 billion to $10 billion per biennium budget to fully fund the new education reform laws passed in 2009. “We are billions short,” Rolfes
audience. Education received the highest funding for support and operation in the state in the 2009-11 budget, $13.2 billion according to state documents. Human services received $10.8 billion. Those two state-funded resources made up 78.7 percent of the state’s neargeneral fund, a statewide total of
$30.5 billion. Though education receives the biggest piece of the near-general fund pie, locally a $2.7 million revenue plunge in the North Kitsap School District forced the school board to adopt a $64 million budget for the 2011-12 school year, See SCHOOLS, Page A3
Love of the launch Popularity is still high for Poulsbo’s namesake boat By MEGAN STEPHENSON mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — It’s been nearly 80 years since Ronald Young first built his unique style of boat, but among enthusiasts and folks proud of their hometown, Poulsbo
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said, adding that “adequate funding” could be years away. “I think we are looking at the new normal,” she said. Rolfes and Reps. Sherry Appleton and Drew Hansen visited the North Kitsap School District Tuesday night. After a state funding presentation, the legislators took questions from a concerned
Hannah Price, middle in yellow dress, is crowned Miss West Sound Nov. 12 at the Admiral Theatre. Miss West Sound Pageant
boats have become the ubiquitous fishing boat of Puget Sound. “I grew up on these boats,” said Joe Schwan, of Bridgehaven on the Olympic Peninsula. Schwan grew up in Eglon in the 1950s and 60s, when Puget Sound still had fish, he said.
From left, Joe Schwan rows a 65-year-old Poulsbo boat with Richard Meyers. Meyers restored this boat, which Schwan now uses as a fishing and history lesson for his grandchildren. Megan Stephenson / Herald “We almost always caught a fish,” he remembered. Poulsbo boats were the vessel everyone wanted — and Schwan said you could usually tell who had a Poulsbo. “A blister and a burn,” he laughed. The early motors never started easily, and Schwan said absentminded fishermen would often rest their hands on the hot
exhaust pipe. Schwan recently got his hands on a Poulsbo boat, originally built in 1946, from fellow boater Richard Meyers of Lofall. “It’s a piece of history, it represents an era in the Pacific Northwest,” Schwan said. See BOAT, Page A2
Hannah Price of Poulsbo wins Miss West Sound title BREMERTON — Hannah Price, 17, of Poulsbo was crowned as the new Miss West Sound, Nov. 12. Taylor Wall of Kingston was chosen first runner-up. Cherisse Martinelli of Bremerton was chosen second runner-up. Both will make appearances as ambassadors throughout the year at various community events. The scholarship pageant held at
The Admiral Theatre in Bremerton featured 16 contestants from around the Kitsap Peninsula. Moments after being selected, Price shared her excitement about winning the Miss West Sound title. “I am already looking forward to my duties this year — traveling, meeting new people and getting
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