HERALD NORTH K ITSAP
Friday, January 6, 2012 | Vol. 111, No. 1 | WWW.NORTHKITSAPHERALD.COM | 50¢
Poulsbo Lions Bellringer Fund
Road’s dubious record
KITSAP WEEK: CVG showcases state’s best artists SPORTS: Bucs are undefeated, page A6
Dog’s death is a mystery Vet says it was killed by another animal, but others are not so sure By RICHARD WALKER rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
Donations reach $32K Giving to Poulsbo Lions Bellringer passes 2010 mark POULSBO — A lot of car washes are going to do a lot of good in the community. Mike’s Car Wash in Poulsbo presented a check for $2,200 to the Poulsbo Lions Bellringer Fund on Thursday, bringing the campaign total to $32,561. Donations surpassed last year’s campaign total of $25,590. The check from Mike’s Car Wash reflects a portion of revenue from car washes set aside for the Poulsbo Lions Bellringer Fund since November. Donations to fund are used to provide food, emergency shelter and emergency financial assistance to North Kitsap residents in need. The fund was founded in the See BELLRINGER, Page A13
Three people were hospitalized after a collision Dec. 30 on Hansville Road near Three Berry Lane, the same site as North Kitsap Fire and Rescue / Contributed a fatal collision between a motorcycle and a Jeep Sept. 23.
56 injury crashes on Hansville Road since 2005 By KIPP ROBERTSON krobertson@northkitsapherald.com
KINGSTON — A vehicle collision on Hansville Road Dec. 30 raised the total number of injury
collisions on that road to 56 in approximately a six-year period. The latest crash occurred near Three Berry Lane, the same location of a fatal crash involving a motorcycle and a Jeep Cherokee Sept. 23. Three people were sent to Harrison Medical Center Dec. 30; North Kitsap Fire & Rescue, the Poulsbo Fire Department and other law enforcement went to the scene. NKF&R spokeswoman Michele Laboda said crews were
dispatched at 2:11 p.m. The driver of a red sedan, in her 20s, was heading northbound on Hansville Road when she apparently crossed into the southbound lane. A 57-year-old male driver of an older Ford F250 truck attempted to avoid the sedan before the two vehicles collided head-on in the southbound lane shoulder. The truck was also carrying a 57-yearold female passenger. See CRASHES, Page A9
MILLER BAY ESTATES — It wasn’t like Jake to be away from the house when they got home from work. It was after 6 p.m. Tuesday and it was dark. Kelly Moran and his wife looked for their Maltese on their p r o p e r t y , Jake’s death tucked on a may have been c u l - d e - s a c caused by that backs another animal. onto a forest above Indianola. They found Jake under the deck. “He was a little cold lump of hair on the ground,” Moran said. “I picked him up. His legs See JAKE, Page A9
2011 in review This is part two of a two-part look at 2011. This list was selected by the Herald staff.
Rose project was one of top events of 2011 July ■ Poulsbo City Council approves Rose project: Edward Rose & Sons’ proposed neighborhood at State Route 305 and Bond Road was approved June 28 in a special meeting. The 55-acre neighborhood will have 540 apartments on 46 acres — 11.7 units per acre — with a community center and swimming pool and a
central park. The project also includes a commercial area with an unknown number of apartments and a 160room senior care apartments on 9.2 acres. Under the current plans, a road will be developed from Bond Road to Vetter Road, with vehicle connections to 305 and pedestrian connections to Viking Way. Paul
Mott of the company said construction could begin in spring 2012. ■ Stillwaters Fish Passage project begins: A project to replace a narrow channel beneath South Kingston Road with a 70-foot-long bridge began, thanks in part to $2.8 million set aside for the project in the state budget.
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