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Friday, September 9, 2011 | Vol. 110, No. 36 | WWW.NORTHKITSAPHERALD.COM | 50¢
New year, new faces at NK schools Three new principals, four new teachers, and some new furlough days
Moratorium Kitsap remembers on medical pot gardens City approves temporary ban, saying it’s not ready to regulate
By KIPP ROBERTSON krobertson@northkitsapherald.com
NORTH KITSAP — Another chapter in the North Kitsap School District began Wednesday, and with it came a few new faces and a few promotions. A total of four new teachers and three new principals were hired for the 2011-12 school year. Debora Foreman is the new principal at Pearson Elementary School, succeeding Jeannette Wolfe, who left to work at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic School in Bremerton. Foreman began working at Pearson in 1990. She began teaching fifth grade and has since worked as teacher-incharge and interim principal when needed. She will earn $92,997 starting. Like Foreman, Jon Torgerson is no stranger to the principal position. Torgerson, now the principal of Suquamish Elementary, worked as interim principal See SCHOOLS, Page A2
By MEGAN STEPHENSON mstephenson@ northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — The Poulsbo City Council unanimously approved a moratorium on medical marijuana collective gardens Wednesday, in the midst of unclear laws and jurisdiction. The moratorium closes a loophole allowing medicinal cannabis in city limits. The council previously approved a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries in March; that moratorium expires in mid-September. Mayor Becky Erickson said in an interview the moratorium approved this week continues to disallow dispensaries, which are illegal under state law. “What we’re trying to do is figure out the pieces of the law as it comes out of the Legislature,” she said. “It’s not a clear direction what [the state] is intending local jurisdiction can do.” Medical marijuana is
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unday is the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City, Shanksville, Pa., and Washington, D.C. Kitsap County is remembering the heroes and victims of 9/11 in commemorations throughout the area. Look in Kitsap Week for listings of all local events, and 9/11 memories shared by Kitsap residents. Above, a New York City fireman calls for 10 more rescue workers at the rubble of the World Trade Center, Sept. 15, 2001, in a photo taken by U.S. Navy Journalist 1st Class Preston Keres. Right, the North Kitsap Herald’s Sept. 12, 2001 front page.
Safeway proposes market, gas station, pharmacy on 305 Clockwise from top left, new principals Debora Foreman, Jon Torgerson, and Judson Miller.
STAFF REPORT
POULSBO — Safeway proposes building a grocery store — with affiliated retail spaces for a bank, coffee
outlet, gas station and pharmacy — on the 19000 block of 10th Avenue. The site is down the street from Central Market and
across State Route 305 from Albertson’s and Rite Aid. The City of Poulsbo is accepting public comment until Sept. 24 on the proj-
ect file, which is available for public review Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the Planning
INSIDE ■ Construction is under way on Fjord Drive. — Page A2.
legal under Washington state law, along with 15 other states nationwide, but all marijuana is illegal under federal law. The planning department recommended the moratorium while the department concludes a broad zoning update. Associate Planner Alyse Nelson said under current zoning laws, the city doesn't have a way to regulate a collective marijuana garden that is allowed under state law. “It’s not because we want to not have a discussion about [medical marijuana] ... we want to include [collective gardens] as part of the land use review,” Nelson said. A public hearing on the moratorium, which has not been set yet, is also required within 60 days of the council’s approval. “When we are trying to embrace new ideas that would impact our zoning code, we have to follow See MORATORIUM, Page A3
BUSINESS Viking Bank is being purchased by AmericanWest Bank for $7.2 million. Story, page A19.
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See SAFEWAY, Page A3
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