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One week left to reach $35K for community needs POULSBO — A mom and her children, ranging from elementary school-age to teenage, took their turns stepping to the counter Dec. 23 to give to the Poulsbo Lions Bellringer Fund. The amount of their donations differed. But with a little more than two weeks left in this year’s campaign, they helped push the fund past its 2010 total. As of Thursday, donations to the Poulsbo Lions Bellringer Fund reached $28,341, ahead of last year’s campaign total of $25,590. See BELLRINGER, Page A7
January County Commissioner Steve Bauer resigns: In order to spend more time with his family, Kitsap County Commissioner Steve Bauer announced his resignation, to take effect at the end of February. Bauer made the announcement Jan. 10 during a board meeting. In a letter, Bauer wrote that two family members were diagnosed with cancer since he took office in 2007. Bauer was appointed in July 2007 after the resignation of Chris Endresen, and won a full term shortly after. His term ends in 2012. ■ Two officers shot at Port Orchard Walmart: Two Kitsap County Sheriff ’s deputies, one of them from Poulsbo, were shot while pursuing a suspect in the Port Orchard Walmart parking lot Jan. 23. Deputy Andrew Paul Ejde, a 1980 graduate of North Kitsap High School, was treated at ■
Tacoma General Hospital and released three days later. He was shot in his left shoulder and right arm. Deputy John Roy Stacy, 50, of South Kitsap, was shot in the right shoulder. He was treated at Tacoma General Hospital and discharged the next day. The officers had stopped Anthony A. Martinez, 31, of Salt Lake City to question him about alleged suspicious behavior in the store. He was suspected of leaving Utah with an underage teen girl. During questioning, Martinez fled on foot, then turned and fired at officers. He was shot by Deputy Krista Rae McDonald; Martinez
IN THIS EDITION Local companies want to help you get home safely on New Year’s Eve: page A2 ■ Some community priorities for 2012: Editorial, page A4. ■ From cruises to fireworks shows, here are some ways you can celebrate the New Year in Kitsap: In Kitsap Week. ■
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Projects trying to beat the clock More homes proposed on Viking near Dogfish Creek By MEGAN STEPHENSON mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com
then shot and killed the teen girl and himself. McDonald was not injured.
February ■ Two teens killed in highspeed SUV crash: Two 18-yearolds died Feb. 5 when the Ford SUV in which they were riding veered off the roadway on the 2600 block of NW Finn Hill Road, struck a utility pole and caught fire. Investigators said vehicle speed was a factor. Anthony Polito and Joel Woodworth were long-time friends whose friendship was
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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1929-1968.
REMEMBERING MLK KEYPORT — Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport’s annual event honoring the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held Jan. 11, 10-11:30 a.m., at the Naval Undersea Museum, Keyport. Monica E. Emerson, diversity officer for the U.S. Department of the Navy, will be the keynote speaker. Emerson was Monica E. previEmerson ously executive director of the Global Diversity Office at Chrysler LLC. Emerson was appointed as the Highly Qualified Expert by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus in August 2009. She is the principal adviser to the Chief of Naval Personnel on all matters relating to internal and external diversity. She also provides leadership throughout the organization in support of the Chief of Naval Operations’ diversity vision and strategy. The ceremony is coordinated by Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport’s Black Employees’ Program. The event is free and open to the public.
POULSBO — Two proposed housing developments on Viking Aveune could be built within 40 feet of Dogfish Creek. Owners of the Valhalla Village and Viking Landing projects have one and two years, respectively, to find developers to build according to wetland setback rules in place when the projects were proposed. In 2007 and 2008, plans for three developments were submitted to the city for approval — Brighthaven, Valhalla Village and Vikings Landing — next to each See HOMES, Page A3
Farmers Market in talks for Viking Ave. site
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2012 From cruises to fireworks shows, here are some ways you can celebrate the New Year in Kitsap — Story, page 2
POULSBO — Poulsbo Farmers Market officials are scheduled to meet Tuesday with a Viking Avenue property owner about leasing property there for a yearround market. Real estate agent Terry Burns, treasurer of the Farmers Market Association, said Thursday he could not disclose the property owner’s identity but said “the
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