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Friday, February 10, 2012 | Vol. 111, No. 6 | WWW.NORTHKITSAPHERALD.COM | 50¢
Shooting of Black ‘justified’
IN THE HERALD
PORT OBJECTION: Rutledge’s objection is not personal — Page A2
Body cameras led to prosecutor’s decision By MEGAN STEPHENSON mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com
Chet Gausta crouches down next to his state record-setting Chinook salmon, which he caught Sept. 16, 1964 out of Sekui near Pillar Point. Gausta, a 1995 Kitsap Sports Hall of Fame inductee, still holds the record. Courtesy of Robert Hawkinson
KITSAP WEEK: Keeping costs down with coupons — Inside
Gausta leaves behind a legacy The Kitsap Sports Hall of Fame inductee remains a state record holder By KIPP ROBERTSON krobertson@northkitsapherald.com
SPORTS: Bucs take titles, dozens qualify for Districts — Page A6
POULSBO — Chester “Chet” Gausta was not someone to gloat about his accomplishments, of which he had many. Possibly best known publicly as an inductee to the Kitsap Sports Hall of Fame and for catching a state record 70.5pound Chinook salmon, Gausta clearly left a mark on the North
holds the state record for catching a salmon, which weighed in at 70 pounds, 8 ounces. He was inducted into the Kitsap Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. Hawkinson, born in 1950, was taught how to throw a knuckle ball around the age of 9. His first memories of his cousin were from when Gausta worked for Jim Anderson, who owned Richfield Station — Kitsap Tire — and later Jim’s Auto Wrecking — Yank-A-Part. Before graduating high school, Gausta had played three years of football basketball and baseball. See GAUSTA, Page A7
See SHOOTING, Page A3
TIMELINE OF THE AFTERMATH Page A3
One dead after Les Schwab conflict By HERALD STAFF
PINEWOOD DERBY: Big smiles at Hansville’s derby — Page A18
Kitsap community. For those closer to him, his smile and positive attitude will also leave a lasting impression. Whether he was fishing or playing a competitive sport Gausta, who was 96 when he died Jan. 16, always had a smile on his face, said cousin Robert Hawkinson. It was a kind of smirk, but not one that was meant to be offensive. “Not the smirk you would get today,” Hawkinson said. “The kind of smirk like he was proud of what he had just done with a play.” Gausta, a 1937 graduate of North Kitsap High School, still
SUQUAMISH — The shooting of Thomas Anthony Black on Dec. 8 was found justified by the Kitsap County Prosecutor’s review of the investigation. The pathologist found a high amount of methamphetamine in Black’s system, which he reported as a contributing factor in Black’s death. Prosecutor Russell Hauge released his memorandum Feb. 3 after reviewing the Sheriff Department’s investigative report for nearly one month. Black, 44, was killed Dec. 8 when police attempted to serve an arrest warrant on Stacy Callihoo, 42, who was in the Black home. The warrant was issued by Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Court and being served by Port Gamble S’Klallam, Suquamish and Kitsap County Sheriff ’s officers. Hauge wrote that among the evidence presented to him was footage from body cameras
POULSBO — A man died after an officer-involved shooting at the Poulsbo Les Schwab Feb. 8. Three responding Poulsbo police officers are now on administrative leave after the shooting, which left a “young male” dead at the scene,
according to Kitsap Sheriff spokesperson Scott Wilson. The temporary loss of three officers has a “huge impact for our agency,” said Poulsbo Deputy Chief Wendy Davis. The department has 14 officers, and Davis said Bainbridge Island, Suquamish and Kitsap County
have offered to help with 911 responses as needed. Law enforcement received multiple calls at approximately 5:44 p.m., which included seeing a man with a gun and hearing multiple gunshots in the area of Edvard Street and Viking Avenue.
Wilson said it is too early in the investigation to tell how many shots were fired. Though police are on administrative — paid — leave, there were no confirmations police killed the man. And while it “seems to be the obvious answer” that the gunman See LES SCHWAB, Page A9
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